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While I was studying algorithm performance, I stumbled upon this video featuring a mock interview at Google. It not only provides insight into how interviews are conducted in major tech companies, but also helps understand how algorithmic problems are solved as efficiently as possible. This article serves as a supplementary resource to the video. Here, I provide comments on all the solutions presented, along with my own […]
Many are familiar with Scratch, a programming environment for kids, where learning typically involves creating creative projects following the principle of 'from simple to complex'. However, the 'classic approach' to learning programming (variables → branching → loops → functions → structures → objects → …) is difficult in Scratch. However, changing the sequence of learning concepts (let's call them concepts) of structured, object-oriented […]
The movie title is the first thing that catches a viewer's attention. The initial contact with a film determines the interest in it. Much depends on the title regarding whether a person will watch the movie's trailer and go see it in theaters. Considering that the film industry brings media corporations billions of dollars, titles are carefully chosen based on trends, reactions […]
A Primer: What are Prefabricated Data Center Solutions, Their Advantages, and Why They are Gaining Popularity. Big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things have become commonplace technologies. The need for continuous processing of vast amounts of information drives more investment into creating data centers and expanding the range of services they offer. According to Synergy Research Group, in 2018 […]
A utility as old and popular as WinRAR has been vulnerable for the past 19 years to an error that hackers and malware distributors can easily exploit, as revealed last month. Fortunately, the software was patched in a recent build 5.70. However, many users have not updated the program in a long time and do so infrequently, so […]
Western Digital has announced comparatively affordable WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSDs, suitable for use in desktops and laptops. The products comply with the NVM Express (NVMe) specification, which describes access to SSDs via the PCI Express bus (in this case, PCIe Gen3 x2). This provides higher read speed performance compared to SATA solutions and […]
Recently, I read an interesting book by Alan Pease titled “Questions are the Answers.” Besides the main content on how to ask questions correctly to get the answers you need, the book has an introduction where Alan shares his journey to success. He started selling rubber ducks at the age of ten and became the top agent at eighteen […]
Long ago, I wrote an article on Habr titled “Intensity is more important than thoroughness” about the idea that it is better to increase the number of attempts to do something rather than prolong one attempt. Now, I want to expand on this thought. The main idea: break your work into sessions designed to increase the number of attempts to solve the task. Instead of working for six hours straight, it is often preferable to […]
How would you describe the year 2018? Did it turn out the way you expected it to? We would answer this question more negatively. Starting with particularly devastating natural disasters and ending with a record number of women running for office, 2018 was full of surprises. Looking back, we evaluate the world quite differently than we saw it in predictions a couple of […]