As a programmer, what's the dumbest thing someone asked you?

Answer: I wrote the internal software used by about 500 people in my company.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You As a programmer, what's the dumbest thing someone asked you? Heidi Bird, Zoo Biologist (2007-present) Written Oct 13, 2018 I wrote the internal software used by about 500 people in my company. I wrote it a long time ago, so most people don't know that I wrote it, and my current job title doesn'...  Read More » Will people get infected with COVID-19 from a delivery of groceries or prepared food to their house? Jason Cui, 2020 Regeneron ISEF Finalist, History and Piano Enthusiast Written Mar 22 There is a huge risk involved in that. The virus can survive on metal surfaces and plastic surfaces for 72 hours. It can survive in the air for 3 hours and it can survive o...  Read More » A university rejected me saying my portfolio is "totally made up of copied drawings" when they are my original pieces. Why would they even say that? Joshua Gross, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at CSUMB Updated 1h ago I obviously don't know what happened, but I can tell you about the process from my perspective, having participated in portfolio review for applicants. Everything was upload...  Read More » Has anyone ever 'touched' (deliberately or otherwise) the vacuum of space? What would it be like? Mike Miller, Masters Materials Science and Engineering Written Feb 21 Has anyone ever 'touched' (deliberately or otherwise) the vacuum of space? What would it be like? Yes, at least four people have been exposed to the vacuum of space. The thre...  Read More » Can covid-19 spread via the breath? Anita Baklund, Doctor M.D. Scandinavia Written Mar 21 Yes it can, but it seldom does. This is because the droplets we expel when talking have too little speed to travel far. They quickly drops to the ground. But the droplets ...  Read More » Why don't big game companies use Unity for their game development? Steve Theodore, works at GDC Updated Jan 1, 2017 On the practical side, Unity's architecture has two critical problems for building big games. On the tech side, Unity's core engine is C++ but the bulk of Unity games are wr...  Read More » Is the year 2038 problem a real problem, or is it just a hoax in the computer science community? Caleb Xu, B.S. Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2021) Written Dec 27 The year 2038 problem (at the time of writing) is a very real problem in a lot of computing, software, and hardware implementations. That being said, after dealing with the...  Read More » Why did the British government give up on the coronavirus? Branko Dodig, B. Sc. Computer Science, University of Split, Croatia Updated Mar 19 The British may very well turn out to be right. Here in Croatia things are quickly moving to a general quarantine, schools and kindergartens and universities are closed, caf...  Read More » Why isn't everyone buying stocks when the stock market tanks? Isn't the whole point to buy when low and sell when high? Thomas Edmonds, Business Owner (1995-present) Written Mar 16 You are mistaken. There is a buyer for every seller. Every single one. This is why it is called a stock market. These are difficult times for a lot of people. Folks who, unde...  Read More » What fact sounds completely made up but is actually real? Nathan Kemp Written Nov 19 If you work a standard 40 hours a week all year, making $2,000.00 per hour (two thousand, not a typo), and do that every year for 2,000 years (again, not a typo. I'm talkin...  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/