Remember, the quote is: 'Premature optimization is the root of all evil', not 'early', 'premature'.
If you know something is computationally challenging, start by thinking it through and writing it somewhat efficiently, but readably. Don't just slop up everything, even the low tight parts.
Do enough interviews and they get a lot less stressful. It's a good reason to never stop interviewing. Sure you are wasting their time, but so what? You need the practice.
Don't go muddying the waters in places you will actually want to work though, unless you might actually take the offer.
I've been given whiteboard coding problems by people who obviously couldn't code themselves. I presume they snapped a picture of the board and forwarded it to someone who could make something of it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a 'stress test'.
They're not as small as some. But not as big as the good frozen chicken breasts at the grocery store. Roughly like the super cheapies, I've never seen a chicken breast as small as a Carl's Jr one in the store, and they charge a super premium price for their non-fried chicken sandwiches.
The moon is tidally locked. Earth would likely build any mass drivers on the moon pointed in orbital direction. You could still hit earth, but you'd need to gravity sling off the moon half a month after firing (or include rockets on the mass, how many Gs in the mass driver).
At the end of that all, you get something like an ICBM with a nuke in power, but with much more notice it's coming. It's not like any lunar colony would be that hard to smeg, they would just join MAD.
Belters would be the ones to watch out for. Just a little nudge at the perfect time, six months later.
Realistic medium term plans for space mining call for mining supplies for further space exploration and eventual manufacturing in space. Short term plans are for experiments with zero/micro gravity production of exotic alloys, perfect crystals etc etc.
It would be full tilt 'space nutter' to think raw materials/metal are coming down anytime soon. Current most ambitious semi-concrete plans are to make more rocket fuel out of ice.
Just positing a moon gun capable of shooting stuff down to earth is kind of crazy, rockets down from the moon are less a threat than ICBMs.
The moon is tidally locked. Mass drivers that get to 2.6 km/sec are going to be of fixed orientation.
Heinlein got around this by positing food deliveries from the moon to earth...I'm capable of suspending disbelief to this extent. (Not like he's suggesting a mars colony staffed from the parking lot after a Dead Show, at 6 AM.)
IMHO just building a mass driver capable of hitting the earth with a fairly direct orbit, would be seen as a very aggressive act. If you mass driver is built to send supplies to a Lagrange point, you're going to have to do trick shots (lunar gravity slings anti-orbit.), requiring long lead times (half a month from firing to gravity sling). Not a rocket scientist, but play too much KSP.
They really should make a card reader/labia piercing combo unit. It could vibrate to indicate transaction confirmation. Perhaps with a chip reader included.
The only point I see: Some people don't like that others might go for entertainment they don't like, especially on business trips. Want to have veto power over client entertainment they are not even present for.
I have cut up a lot of chickens. Never seen any chicken parts that look remotely like Subways. Clearly extruded food, like a chicken 'nugget'.
McDonald's and Wendy's claim to be serving 'chicken breasts'. I don't eat McShits, but the Chicken at Wendy's does look like an actual chicken breast, just a very small one.
Typically 1 cable, 1 DSL, four wireless networks (being resold by dozens) and a satellite service (that sucks). Many places also offer a consumer fiber, but often with very high install costs. Plus you can always break bread and get a real business class service.
I'd add another option for geeks. A tower and directional antennas, to leach off nearby hotspots. I can see a dozen+ useable hotspots from my tower top, without spending much on antennas or cracking anybodies locked network. Some are decent.
It's not great competition, but it's hardly two services in isolation.
Also study how Oligopolies work. They are slow to bring out new services. But they also _punish_ players that try and raise costs or lower services.
Drinks are a legit business expense. Why shouldn't I expense the drinks when I take a client out?
We generally take clients where they want to go. Titty bar or super fancy restaurant, we bill it all back to their employers anyhow (plus 20% for the accounting costs).
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Tie one on, drop acid, hitchhike the nation. Do _something_ and get over it, what you're doing is crazy unhealthy for you.
Remember, the quote is: 'Premature optimization is the root of all evil', not 'early', 'premature'.
If you know something is computationally challenging, start by thinking it through and writing it somewhat efficiently, but readably. Don't just slop up everything, even the low tight parts.
Do enough interviews and they get a lot less stressful. It's a good reason to never stop interviewing. Sure you are wasting their time, but so what? You need the practice.
Don't go muddying the waters in places you will actually want to work though, unless you might actually take the offer.
'Wrote my own framework' people are generally out of control egos and lazy researchers. They lie, but to themselves first, just like all good liars.
They're not riddles, they are puzzles. They are in the analysis much more than the coding. What does this process actually do and how?
Won't let me have them, claim they're not covered by the second amendment. Help, help, I'm being oppressed.
Even my chin gun can't be full auto, though I'll admit a mini gun would be hard on my neck muscles. No grenade launcher allowed either.
I'll just be glad when the government finally pays for my turbines. I'm a _Super_Cobra, asking me get get by on one turbine is fascism.
Zip code isn't right either. Getting total sales tax rate is a tricky problem. Punt, use a web API and full address.
I've been given whiteboard coding problems by people who obviously couldn't code themselves. I presume they snapped a picture of the board and forwarded it to someone who could make something of it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a 'stress test'.
Should have said: 'It's a language, like JCL, COBOL, APL, Dataflex and Ada.'
Compare it to other abominations.
They're not as small as some. But not as big as the good frozen chicken breasts at the grocery store. Roughly like the super cheapies, I've never seen a chicken breast as small as a Carl's Jr one in the store, and they charge a super premium price for their non-fried chicken sandwiches.
At least they are chicken.
My chosen pronoun is 'Huey'. I identify as a SuperCobra.
The moon is tidally locked. Earth would likely build any mass drivers on the moon pointed in orbital direction. You could still hit earth, but you'd need to gravity sling off the moon half a month after firing (or include rockets on the mass, how many Gs in the mass driver).
At the end of that all, you get something like an ICBM with a nuke in power, but with much more notice it's coming. It's not like any lunar colony would be that hard to smeg, they would just join MAD.
Belters would be the ones to watch out for. Just a little nudge at the perfect time, six months later.
Was the name of the protagonist in one of his later books. After he was full tilt batshit nuts.
Realistic medium term plans for space mining call for mining supplies for further space exploration and eventual manufacturing in space. Short term plans are for experiments with zero/micro gravity production of exotic alloys, perfect crystals etc etc.
It would be full tilt 'space nutter' to think raw materials/metal are coming down anytime soon. Current most ambitious semi-concrete plans are to make more rocket fuel out of ice.
Just positing a moon gun capable of shooting stuff down to earth is kind of crazy, rockets down from the moon are less a threat than ICBMs.
The moon is tidally locked. Mass drivers that get to 2.6 km/sec are going to be of fixed orientation.
Heinlein got around this by positing food deliveries from the moon to earth...I'm capable of suspending disbelief to this extent. (Not like he's suggesting a mars colony staffed from the parking lot after a Dead Show, at 6 AM.)
IMHO just building a mass driver capable of hitting the earth with a fairly direct orbit, would be seen as a very aggressive act. If you mass driver is built to send supplies to a Lagrange point, you're going to have to do trick shots (lunar gravity slings anti-orbit.), requiring long lead times (half a month from firing to gravity sling). Not a rocket scientist, but play too much KSP.
Brianna Wu is as much a politician as Vermin Supreme. (No disrespect to Vermin, I voted for him.)
Attention whores gonna attention whore.
This was a success when people looked at her again. She's jumping up and down going: 'Look at me, look at me'. That is all.
If she could sing the national anthem through a bullhorn like Vermin, people would look at her for something positive.
You picked the two options that make your argument sound somewhat reasonable. Ignoring other competitors, as they don't fit your desired narrative.
They really should make a card reader/labia piercing combo unit. It could vibrate to indicate transaction confirmation. Perhaps with a chip reader included.
The only point I see: Some people don't like that others might go for entertainment they don't like, especially on business trips. Want to have veto power over client entertainment they are not even present for.
Subway chicken tastes like festering ass. Just for reference.
About 2 years ago they were advertising 'new improved chicken'. I asked to see it, didn't buy any. Obvious extruded food.
I have cut up a lot of chickens. Never seen any chicken parts that look remotely like Subways. Clearly extruded food, like a chicken 'nugget'.
McDonald's and Wendy's claim to be serving 'chicken breasts'. I don't eat McShits, but the Chicken at Wendy's does look like an actual chicken breast, just a very small one.
Admit it: You don't even know what 'regulatory capture' means.
Typically 1 cable, 1 DSL, four wireless networks (being resold by dozens) and a satellite service (that sucks). Many places also offer a consumer fiber, but often with very high install costs. Plus you can always break bread and get a real business class service.
I'd add another option for geeks. A tower and directional antennas, to leach off nearby hotspots. I can see a dozen+ useable hotspots from my tower top, without spending much on antennas or cracking anybodies locked network. Some are decent.
It's not great competition, but it's hardly two services in isolation.
Also study how Oligopolies work. They are slow to bring out new services. But they also _punish_ players that try and raise costs or lower services.
Double down on stupid. Good job.
Drinks are a legit business expense. Why shouldn't I expense the drinks when I take a client out?
We generally take clients where they want to go. Titty bar or super fancy restaurant, we bill it all back to their employers anyhow (plus 20% for the accounting costs).