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Answer: Do not make the same mistake I did.​ I failed my final interview at Goo.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You I have heard I need to spend at least 1000 hours to prepare for the Google or Facebook interview. Is it true? Divyendra Patil, M.S. from Stevens Institute of Technology Updated Sat Do not make the same mistake I did. I failed my final interview at Google a month back. The hiring committee did not go forward to give me a job offer. I believe, I screwed-... Read More » What are some characteristics of a bad Ph.D. student? Olga Pougovkina, former PhD in biochemistry and metabolic disorders at University of Amsterdam (2... Written Feb 6 I'm going to skip the obvious of being a bad student in terms of being unmotivated, not being accurate, thorough or precise. These are characteristics that apply to all 'ba... Read More » Are hackers normal programmers, or do they learn special techniques? Bobby Venal, Sr. Malware Researcher at FireEye (2016-present) Written Feb 7, 2018 You can tell the difference between a hacker and a programmer when they run into a bug. The normal programmer will do whatever they can to fix or mitigate the bug so they ca... Read More » Why are solid-state drive (SSD) not suited for archival purposes? Dale Mahalko, K-12 Public School IT Services (1998-present) Updated May 7, 2018 There is just a tiny, tiny amount of electric charge that keeps your data alive in each data cell, and once the data has been written, that charge is never refreshed, even ... Read More » How is Rust faster than C++? Parashar Krishnamachari, works at Unity Technologies Written Nov 29 Let me give you a little analogy here… Top tennis players can serve the ball at well over 130 mph (~210 kph), with record-breaking serves getting around 260 kph… these are t... Read More » Why can't bots check "I am not a robot" checkboxes? Oliver Emberton, CEO at Silktide Updated Feb 16 · Featured on Mental Floss How complicated can one little checkbox be? I mean it's just OH MY GOD YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. For starters, Google invented an entire virtual machine – essentially a simula... Read More » Will Microsoft ever be replaced? David Seidman, former Security Program Manager at Microsoft (2005-2016) Updated Jan 20 Microsoft Windows is already on its way out. It is still very widely used, but few companies developing an innovative application focus on the Windows version. Azure is doin... Read More » Is C++ fast? Mario Galindo Queralt, Ph.D, CEO at Prophet AI Trading Inc. (2013-present) Updated Feb 24 According to Albert Einstein nothing is faster than the speed of light. Also, the speed of light is a universal constant c whose value is 299,792,458 m/s. No, I am not wrong... Read More » I backed into someone's car in a parking lot but left an apology note but now they want me to pay for the broken tail lights but they didn't see me do it is this legal? Wayne Herbert, IT Project Manager, Problem Solver,and Polymath at Self-Employment (1997-present... Written Jan 30 You did the right thing by accepting responsibility for your actions and leaving a note that you did it. Congratulations. You're a decent human being. Many people would jus... Read More » Why didn't the US convert all their M4s to Sherman Fireflies if the British insisted they did do so? Did the Americans think the ordinary gun was good enough? Richard Airey Written Nov 13 The British offered 1000 guns per month, plus ammunition, to the Americans and even offered to upgun the M4 for them. The Americans turned down the offer for several reason... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/