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1 - My Facebook Interview Saga - 2010-04-03_19.26PM.html

My Facebook Interview Saga

The following is a retelling of the interview process I underwent with Facebook at 1/April/2010 for a Software Engineer position. I didn't get the job. It was my first interview process I have ever gone through and, despite reading all the other interview recaps others have written about companies like Amazon, Microsoft, or Google, I wasn't quite prepared. In any case, I hope the following is useful to others who may be preparing for the whole job game. Note: I've been careful to leave anything sensitive out of this entry for NDA purposes.


2010-March-23: Derek (Technical Sourcer at Facebook) contacted me by email:




Then i replied:




Then we added each other at google talk and here was the chat:







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2 - 1499 - 1499.txt

1.韩国学者认为：孙悟空其实是韩国神仙，因为他用的是棒子！

2. 再一次祝福那些借网络发泄的朋友们：握紧手中的中华铅笔，一往情深注视笔杆上的字：2B！
3. 把寂寞刻在酒瓶子上，喝进膀胱里，尿出来，让寂寞洒满一地！
4. 用7%耕地养活占世界22%人口根本不算什么成就。看看日本，用世界1.5%的人口产出了世界90%的毛片才叫牛B。
5. 我凝视你地眼睛 发现了深黑色的寂寞,你说那是因为夜太短.你凝视我的眼睛, 发现了火红的刺么忽,我说那是因为睡电褥子睡地——上火....
6. 生活中，每个人都是演员，而装B的人只是其中的佼佼者
7. 一晚上旳髙潮,怎么满足生活旳低潮.
8. 我喜欢闷骚女人。在别人面前闷。在我面前骚。
9. 我学会了喝酒，是想把寂寞和悲伤给淹没，没想到，他们他妈学会了游泳....
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3 - Windows Scripting - 2008-12-19_02.11AM.html

Power of windows command shell

I managed to use just pure windows command shell scripting to process around 500M text data ....
pure means not external exe/com files needed,,, just windows built-in commands (e.g. for, call, if ... )
amazing,,, windows scripting (*.bat, *.cmd) can just do almost anything... it is as powerful as linux shell script...

ok ,, here is the task....
there is a csv file,, let's say A.csv, which contains something like this...
1 5 2 18 0 24 18 0 54
2 5 3 18 1 14 18 1 44
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4 - YES!! - 2008-12-10_19.20PM.html

    %yes

    y

    y

    y

    y (Ctrl+C)

    %

yes .... now i will talk about something about "yes" utility...
in linux,, usually located at /usr/bin/, there is a file called "yes"
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5 - Spectrum Master - 2008-12-10_13.59PM.html

Spectrum Master
I got to play around with this machine these days... Spectrum Master MS2721B, MS2723B, MS2724B....



When I finished the measurements,,, i had to copy around 100M data from the SM to USB stick.
anyway, it took longer than i expect (maybe it does not support USB2.0 transfer)...

Why not use FTP??? I tried,,, and i couldn't login... i couldn't find access details on the manual or internet ..
What the hell is the account name and password to login to vxWorkds 5 ftp?
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6 - Autorun.inf Virus Protection - 2008-12-2_07.36AM.html


A startup script to enable autorun.inf virus protection
Some virus create autorun.inf file to enable automatic file execution when you browse the folder,, which is very annoying... you can create a folder with the same name and in this case the virus would have trouble to write to that file. "Autorun.inf" even can not be overwritten because it is a folder...
Put the script at the startup to make sure every drive has a hidden folder "autorun.inf"

@echo off
REM A Batch Script to Create Folder 'autorun.inf'
REM This can prevent autorun.inf virus.
REM Free to use, put at startup recommended.
REM by Zhihua Lai, 2 - Dec - 2008
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7 - Good Bye, 32 Napier Road! - 2008-11-30_23.06PM.html

这个周末搬家了..
住了一年多的 32 Napier Road,, 有过很多美好的回忆...
. 人是要往前走的...再见了..
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8 - A Story - 2008-10-11_03.27AM.html

似乎很久没有更新这里的日志了。
转一个小故事。
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一只小猪、一只绵羊和一头乳牛，被关在同一个畜栏里。有一次，牧人捉住小猪，他大声号叫，猛烈地抗拒。绵羊和乳牛讨厌它的号叫，便说：“他常常捉我们，我们并不大呼小叫。”小猪听了回答道：“捉你们和捉我完全是两回事，他捉你们，只是要你们的毛和乳汁，但是捉住我，却是要我的命呢！”

立场不同、所处环境不同的人，很难了解对方的感受；因此对别人的失意、挫折、伤痛，不宜幸灾乐祸，而应要有关怀、了解的心情。要有宽容的心！

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9 - Poland, New Year - 2008-02-04_00.22AM.html

真没想到08年的春节要这么样的度过...
期待已久的 一周在波兰学习考察的生活就这样开始了..

今天大早5点起床, 睡了2个多小时, 在寒风中出门, ,,, 到达机场时发现飞机因为技术原因取消了....
大家协商后决定改飞机, ,,, 飞到波兰的另一个城市, , , 但是在下午的飞机, 于是又折腾回去, 睡了4个小时的觉...
波兰真是个小国家, 飞机都不怎么的飞, 下次航班是在二天之后,,,, 真是无奈...

下午上飞机,,,, 真是奇怪, ,,座位上没有号码,,,, 被告之随便坐.... 晕..了,,,, 飞机震动可厉害了,, 提心吊胆了,,,
折腾了三个小时,,, 飞机降落了....
大家开始鼓掌..... 我不解,,,,, 后听说这架飞机第一次飞....晕了.... 还好没事....
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10 - Harvard - harvard_saying.txt

哈佛图书馆自习室墙上的训言

1. This moment will nap, you will have a dream; But this moment study,you will interpret a dream.
2. I leave uncultivated today, was precisely yesterday perishestomorrow which person of the body implored.
3. Thought is already is late, exactly is the earliest time.
4. Not matter of the today will drag tomorrow.
5. Time the study pain is temporary, has not learned the pain islife-long.
6. Studies this matter, lacks the time, but is lacks diligently.
7. Perhaps happiness does not arrange the position, but succeeds mustarrange the position.
8. The study certainly is not the life complete. But, sincecontinually life part of - studies also is unable to conquer, what butalso can make?
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11 - Mysql Control Center - 2007-11-29_22.55PM.html

MySQL Control Center Download Mirror


MySQL AB (the parent company that owns / runs the MySQL project) used to support a win32 mysql admin tool called MySQL Control Center.

They’ve since discontinued support for MySQL CC. So now all their download links for this product take you to this page where you can download their new “MySQL Administrator” which isn’t nearly the same thing. (i.e. you can’t create tables with it or *gasp* manage your databases)

So, my good karma deed for the day is mirroring a copy of the classic MySQL Control Center for win32 platforms:

mysqlcc-0.9.2-win32.zip
Hopefully this’ll show up in google’s index for future MySql Control Panel seekers. :)

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