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  Re: OT Questions Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-10-17 18:05 -0400
    Re: OT Questions Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-17 23:12 +0000
      Re: OT Questions Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-10-17 19:20 -0400
      RE: OT Questions "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-10-18 19:09 +0000

#31541 — Re: OT Questions

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I can't ascertain what your strengths are as I don't work with you on a daily basis (one of the many benefits of working with people smarter than you ;)).
>>
>> Doubt that, unless they have 160+ I.Q.'s(been seeing psychiatrists
>> since I was 13). I'm very secure in my childlike intellectualism.
>
> A high IQ just proves ability to score well on IQ tests. On the whole,
> your statement strikes me as reminiscent of Sheldon Cooper's
> insistence that "I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested!".
>

Someone insulted my intelligence, and stated how they worked with much
smarter people...this was just a confidence statement that I'm
intelligent as well, so don't get uppity with me.

> Personally, I've never taken an IQ test, so I don't know how well I'd
> score. But I'm a school dropout, never went to
> college/uni/TAFE/etc/etc, don't have any certifications of any sort.

Me too, I was tested earlier in life, and took others. Dropped out in
ninth grade, and went to the library to self learn, which isn't always
the best path, but the one I took as well.

> I'm a pretty uneducated fella, according to my
> r&eacute;sum&htmlentitiesdontworkhere; (that's "resume" when folded
> into ASCII). So according to how most people think about intelligence,
> I probably have a sub-par IQ.

There are many aspects to 'sub-par I.Q.', because I like to think
everyone has a savant skill in them.

 On the flip side, I'm a professional
> programmer, I run a server where people play Dungeons and Dragons, and
> I'm a well-respected wordsmith as Dungeon Master. Plus, I work in
> theatre (in fact, at the moment I'm posting from the bio box, sitting
> next to the follow spot that I'll be operating for the next two
> weeks). So I think I have enough muscle upstairs to get through
> life...

Bench pressing those molecules, and problem solving is just like bench
pressing some weight...it gives you the ability to do a little heavy
mental lifting when necessary.

>
> But Dwight (and I'll continue to address you as such until you change
> your mail headers),
I'll get to that eventually.

 a LOT of what you're saying is coming across as
> over-inflated ego.

No, just stating to another I'm intelligent as well, so don't push the
subject if you don't want the actual response of who I am.

 Maybe you are a majorly interdisciplinary learner;
> but boasting that you're "the most interdisciplinary learner [we]
> might have ever encountered" just comes across poorly.

Not a boast. I'm forgetful sometimes because I OCD crash coursing
everything, so I just say that with confidence, not arrogance.

 One thing I've
> learned from various groups is that, no matter how X you are, there's
> someone else who's even more X - for any X. Maybe it isn't true
> somewhere, maybe you really are the peak - but more than likely you
> aren't,
Probably not, I've met many who I can tell you are greater, but I have
my pride as well when I enter into a conversation, and get insulted.


 and it's much more pleasant to be proved better than your
> claim than to be proved worse.
>
> (There are exceptions, of course. I have absolutely no doubt that I am
> the person most familiar with the RosMud++ code and thus the person
> best positioned to maintain that project. This is because I wrote it.
> But I am not claiming to be the best C++ programmer in the world,
> because there are a lot of other C++ programmers among the seven
> billion here.)
>

Went to write my own language as well, but got caught up in a million
more I liked better.

-- 
Best Regards,
David Hutto
CEO: http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com

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#31547

On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:05:12 -0400, Dwight Hutto wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Demian Brecht
>>> <demianbrecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I can't ascertain what your strengths are as I don't work with you on
>>>> a daily basis (one of the many benefits of working with people
>>>> smarter than you ;)).
>>>
>>> Doubt that, unless they have 160+ I.Q.'s(been seeing psychiatrists
>>> since I was 13). I'm very secure in my childlike intellectualism.
>>
>> A high IQ just proves ability to score well on IQ tests. On the whole,
>> your statement strikes me as reminiscent of Sheldon Cooper's insistence
>> that "I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested!".
>>
>>
> Someone insulted my intelligence, and stated how they worked with much
> smarter people...

Much smarter people than *himself*, not smarter than you. Demian made no 
comment about *your* intelligence.

> this was just a confidence statement that I'm
> intelligent as well, so don't get uppity with me.

Please tone down the aggression.


-- 
Steven

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#31550

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:05:12 -0400, Dwight Hutto wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Demian Brecht
>>>> <demianbrecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I can't ascertain what your strengths are as I don't work with you on
>>>>> a daily basis (one of the many benefits of working with people
>>>>> smarter than you ;)).
>>>>
>>>> Doubt that, unless they have 160+ I.Q.'s(been seeing psychiatrists
>>>> since I was 13). I'm very secure in my childlike intellectualism.
>>>
>>> A high IQ just proves ability to score well on IQ tests. On the whole,
>>> your statement strikes me as reminiscent of Sheldon Cooper's insistence
>>> that "I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested!".
>>>
>>>
>> Someone insulted my intelligence, and stated how they worked with much
>> smarter people...
>
> Much smarter people than *himself*, not smarter than you. Demian made no
> comment about *your* intelligence.
>
>> this was just a confidence statement that I'm
>> intelligent as well, so don't get uppity with me.
>
> Please tone down the aggression.
>
>
It's email, things get misinterpreted sometimes.

-- 
Best Regards,
David Hutto
CEO: http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com

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#31676

David Hutto wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:05:12 -0400, Dwight Hutto wrote:
> >
> >> this was just a confidence statement that I'm
> >> intelligent as well, so don't get uppity with me.
> >
> > Please tone down the aggression.
> >
> >
> It's email, things get misinterpreted sometimes.
> 

True, which is why we should all take a little extra care
in what we write to avoid misinterpretation, especially
in terms of offensiveness. 

Besides, what you write here is public and can be seen by anyone 
with access to the Internet and a search engine. That includes prospective 
clients/employers! I know there is an increasing trend for employers 
to search the Internet to learn about potential employees. I do the 
same before I hire a company for many things (e.g. house/car repair,
translator, etc).


Ramit Prasad


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