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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I feel this way about most things.

I was literally struggling to answer 2 * ? = ¾ when being watched.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

...I didn't have to work this out manually at all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel the same way. That's why I'd like to be able to make myself invisible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Somehow the variable being a question mark instead of an x completely throws me off

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Does anyone else find "speed coding" and X-day code competitions weird? Like I'm sure they do the same for painting, short story writing, and other creative things, but the point of all these is to have fun while doing it, not arbitrarily put yourself under pressure.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I've never got the appeal of that sort of thing either.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I kinda get it with "soft" targets (e.g. Let's see what we can do in a day/weekend). "Hard" targets (you gotta do x in x Minutes) pretty much guarantee I'll get nothing good done.

Yes, I hated every coding exam I've bin in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

i guess some people like being under pressure? i dunno