The Lounge

When debugging a tough issue, what’s your go-to strategy or tool that saves the day?

What is the most valuable piece of advice you've ever received as a programmer or system administrator, and how has it impacted your work?

If you could design your own programming language, what unique feature would you add to make it stand out from existing languages?

In your opinion, what is the most underrated command-line tool or script for server administration, and why do you think more people should use it?

If you could instantly master any superpower, skill or subject, what would it be and why?

Unscramble the following letters to form a single word: R, E, V, O, L, U, T, I, O, N. Hint: It’s a significant historical or scientific concept.

A man looks at a photograph of someone. His friend asks, “Who is it?” The man replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man’s father is my father’s son.” Who is in the photograph? Hint: Focus on family relations.

What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates on its side? Hint: It’s named after a mythological figure.

What’s the next number in this sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30? Hint: Look at the difference between consecutive numbers.

You’re in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match. What do you light first? Hint: Sequence matters.

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? Hint: It’s not time-related.

I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my one's digit, and my hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I? Hint: Start from the middle.

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I? Hint: Think about sound and nature.

I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I? Hint: It’s not alive, but it consumes.