XRD Manifesto

Hrishikesh Choudhari

Oct 21, 2008 — 1 min read

We reject mediocrity.

We are happen to be intolerant of unintelligent beings because intelligence is a requirement to accomplishment.

We seem to have an instinct for knowing which technologies to shun and which to pursue. That is called focus. Something which many other software coders don’t seem to grasp.

Sometimes we are frustrated of living in a defective world that deprives us of our wish to rise above the mediocre.

We are in the business of finding questions which have no answers. And when we do find such questions, we simply invent the answers.

We are convinced that nothing is more powerful than a community of talented people working on related problems.

To identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity; to encourage research into the nature, characteristics, and uses of intelligence; and to provide a stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members…all through software.

Answer the The XRD questionnaire to see if you think you are one of us. Email the answers, or write them in the comments.

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