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0 pointscsmpltn2y ago0 comments

> "I'd fail an interview candidate that suggested adding 1 each time for subsequent prime testing"

Congratulations! You must be that arrogant guy everybody hates interviewing with, the one with the superiority complex.

How about instead of just failing people over literally nothing (wasting everybody's time and money) - just ask the candidate whether they could somehow reduce the search space by utilizing the properties of a prime number?

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hyperbovine2y ago

How many even numbers are prime?

wavemode2y ago

One.

hyperbovine2y ago

Very good. So why is it necessary to check all of them.

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awwaiid2y ago

Two when you include -2, which I certainly think we should in this circumstance.

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lynx232y ago

Downvoting this is not enough. I'd pay $5 (reddit style) to have this properly killfiled if HN allowed for that. Besides, not "everybody hates them, only those inmature enough to still need intellectual babysitting.

throwmeback2y ago

Whoa there Satan

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