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Katharina Hacker

 Katharina Hacker (born 11 January 1967) is a German author best known for her award-winning novel Die Habenichtse (The Have-Nots). Hacker studied philosophy, history and Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg and the University of Jerusalem. Her studies in Israel have been seen as an attempt to compensate for the strong anti-Semitic feelings of her Silesian grandmother. She did not finish her studies with an academic degree. Since 1996, she has been living as a freelance writer in Berlin.[1] In 2006, she was the second writer to be awarded the German Book Prize for Die Habenichtse.[2] In this and other works, Hacker examines the consequences of globalization and neoliberalism on the working life, social relations, and family interactions of her German protagonists.el Aviv. Eine Stadterzählung (narrative, 1997) Morpheus oder Der Schnabelschuh (narratives, 1998, published in English as Morpheus, 2003) Der Bademeister (novel, 2000, published in English as The Lifeguard, 2002) E...

HackerRank

 HackerRank is a tech company[1] that focuses on competitive programming challenges for both consumers and businesses. Developers compete by trying to program according to provided specifications.[2][3] HackerRank's programming challenges can be solved in a variety of programming languages (including Java, C++, PHP, Python, SQL, JavaScript) and span multiple computer science domains.[4] On the consumer side, when a programmer submits a solution to a programming challenge, their submission is scored on the accuracy of their output. Programmers are then ranked globally on the HackerRank leaderboard and earn badges based on their accomplishments to drive competition among users. In addition to individual coding challenges, HackerRank also hosts contests (often referred to by HackerRank as "CodeSprints") where users compete on the same programming challenges during a set period of time and are then ranked at the conclusion of the event. HackerRank is part of the growing gamif...