I scored 8 out of 10! Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? ๐ป๐ช https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/
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It's an or not an xor
I don't know, Reiser is not a serial...
He also didn't invent a programming language.
For a file system you only get one murder.
I think there's a personality anti-correlation that keeps this mostly exclusive.
Serial killers tend to be more outgoing and active (to a troubling degree), whereas coders who create their own languages tend to be indoors types who don't mind sitting in one place for long periods.
I mean there are plenty of psychologies that could make for someone who does both, but it would seem to reduce the odds a lot.
Yeah, I guess a competent programmer would rather go for paralllel killing.
Yeah, the guy who invented scheme is definitely sadistic.
8 / 10.
But it wasn't fair. I actually met Guido at a PyCon conference.
I scored 4 out of 10! Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? ๐ป๐ช https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/
I almost got 2 out of 10 if it wasn't for the COBOL and PYTHON devs
5 out of 10 ๐ญ
I scored 8 out of 10! Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? ๐ป๐ช
https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/
Fun game.
I scored 9 out of 10! Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? ๐ป๐ช https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/
The more unkempt and dishevelled they look, the more likely they are to be a language inventor.
I scored 7 out of 10! Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? ๐ป๐ช https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/
Not bad.
I scored 8 out of 10! Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? ๐ป๐ช https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/
I scored 8/10, but I should get a pass for guessing the inventor of python is a serial killer.
I scored 8 out of 10! Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? ๐ป๐ช https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/
I scored 9 out of 10! Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? ๐ป๐ช https://vole.wtf/coder-serial-killer-quiz/