神奇的Jeff Dean

很有一意思的一段趣闻; 参考:https://www.zhihu.com/question/582916722/answer/2951998203 During his own Google interview, Jeff Dean was asked the implications if P=NP were true. He said, “P = 0 or N = 1.” Then, before the interviewer had even finished laughing, Jeff examined Google’s public certificate and wrote the private key on the whiteboard. 当他被Google面试时,Jeff Dean被问及如果P=NP意味着什么。他说,“P=0 或者 N=1”。然后,在所有的面试官还没笑完之前,Jeff瞄了一眼Google的公共证书然后在白板上写上了对应的私钥。 Compilers don’t warn Jeff Dean. Jeff Dean warns compilers. 编译器从来不给Jeff编译警告,而是Jeff警告编译器。 The rate at which Jeff Dean produces code jumped by a factor of 40 in late 2000 when he upgraded his keyboard to USB 2.0. ...

May 18, 2023 · 3 min · Rancho

谷歌发现的十条真理

Google的网站上有一个网页,叫做“我们的哲学”(Our Philosophy),上面列出了十句话。 1. 用户第一,然后其他事情就会发生。 (Focus on the user and all else will follow.) 2. 最好的方法就是把一件事情做到非常、非常好。 (It’s best to do one thing really, really well.) 不要在乎自己现在的状况,如果你不断地正确地做一件事情,总有一天会有不一样的结果。 3. 快比慢好。 (Fast is better than slow.) “我们也许是世界上唯一一家希望用户尽快离开自己网站的公司:最快地给出用户想要的结果,一个多余的字节也没有,并且还在致力于变得更快。” 4. 民主在网上很管用。 (Democracy on the web works.) 相信民主的人在互联网上能获得成功,相信管制和独裁的人在互联网上必将遭到失败。 5. 要寻找答案,不一定需要办公桌。 (You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer.) 6. 不干坏事,也能挣到钱。 (You can make money without doing evil.) 当考验来临时,要将信念置于金钱之上。坚信人生中有比金钱和物质更重要的东西,更加坚信这样做的人最终会赢得信赖和回报。 7. 未知的信息总是存在的。 (There’s always more information out there.) ...

August 6, 2022 · 1 min · Rancho