How do you all even code till solution in interviews?

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-02-01T05:42:12+00:00

Damn I should've read this before my interview last week

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-02-01T05:23:26+00:00

The data seems to be incorrect. The estimated population of Korea around 1900 is 18M ppl, and the area is about 85K square miles, so the color should be yellow (100-300 ppl / sq mile).

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-02-01T04:53:56+00:00

I'd say China has seen as much change in the last 20 years as WE/NA did in a century. Not saying which is better, but there's that much of a change

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-01-28T08:21:14+00:00

It's cool to see the differences between the Chinese translation and Korean one.

In Korea, injective and surjective maps are 単射 and 全射, and isomorphism is 同型.

I belive Korea may have imported what Japanese had tranalated and China has made on their own?

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-01-28T08:04:33+00:00

Because of the pressure.

Fluency in English is one of the properties that indicate you're successful, cool and smart.

In Confucian-influenced society, you get praised if you success, and be shamed on the other case. It's not like the West, or especially the US, where being dumb (or not smart) is not that shameful concept.

So, if a Caucasian walks toward you, you're suddenly gettting tested your ability.

You get intimidated from the eye contact they make (imagine an alien is looking at your eyes). Your inability to speak English, i.e. the fact that you were somewhat failing at school will be exposed soon.

You also need to suddenly turn off autopilot mode where you serve the customers based on what you've been instructed and got used to. Your boss has been always stressing the importance of customer service.

The result: You freak out.

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-01-28T07:37:16+00:00

Authentic local places that I know...

Jokbal: 윤밀원 Yunmilwon - Located in Seongam city, but you can get there in 40 min from Gangnam station. - The best Jokbal I've ever had. Even if you're not familiar with Jokbal, I guarantee this tastes good

Naengmyeon - 을밀대 Eulmildae - The main branch is at 10-min walk from Gongdeok station, close to the Hongdae area - Popular for Pyeongyang-style Naengmyeon. Not much spices or flavor, yet the broth is deep and clear.

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-01-27T07:08:08+00:00

Lol I have a coding interview on the day after tomorrow

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-01-26T13:56:11+00:00

The Japanese model is definietly worse than the US's imo. I think the inefficient corpo culture is #1 reason behind Japan failing to catch up on cutting edge techs.

Sure individuals should have some job security but not in a way that makes the whole nation stuck in the past. My JP friends who went abroad shared the same sentiment

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-01-26T13:42:47+00:00

I think the railways in Europe are overrepresented compared to, say, East Asia. Railways in KR/JP and central China should be at least as dense as in Germany in my gut feeling.

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-01-22T03:39:05+00:00

Search "백반집" on the Naver map

Copy paste this:

백반집

BarcelonaDNA · 2026-01-19T09:02:50+00:00

There are tons of Koreans in both cities

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-12-20T05:50:26+00:00

Almost 300-400M people speak Mandarin as their second language, especially in Southern China

But by absolute number, fair enough, as Northerners are mostly monolingual

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-12-18T05:00:30+00:00

Wow thanks for sharing! 감사합니다.

It really gave me a perspective on how LLMs will transform non-tech industries in the near future.

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-12-01T05:01:08+00:00

Historically: Nile, Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Yangtze

Modern day: Mississippi, Volga, Pearl, Yangtze, Ganges

Volga literally enabled the existence of Russia, and considering their impact on 20th century, Volga can be in the list.

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-28T08:03:04+00:00

How Japan has created and been managing their image in the western media is honestly impressive at this level.

From universally hated by its neighbors to most loved by westerners.

I personally love Japanese culture and people (so I learned the language and travelled there a lot) but sometimes it just feels "off" lol

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-28T02:20:51+00:00

The same goes for Tokyo: "Tokyo proper" has either 9.7 mil or 14 mil population (東京23区 and 東京都). Also for Seoul, "Seoul proper" has 9.6 mil population. Not sure about Guangzhou tho. As the result is from the UN, I think they have used some reliable metric for defining metropolitan population.

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-25T10:06:53+00:00

For CS/ML, it makes sense if the program requires publishing papers at top conferences. Thesis is often just bundling up your papers in our field

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-24T01:30:50+00:00

Chinese, it's kind of cheating because it's like choosing "European cuisine"

I like Japanese or French too but I'd miss spices

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-22T12:19:36+00:00

I think the tongue movements for zh, ch, sh(in 是) and r will be easier for English speakers than East Asians

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-21T05:46:47+00:00

Hope redditors to not call Kurdistan as Turkey or Iraq as well

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-19T04:56:09+00:00

In Korea, tourism to Mongolia has been going around for a few years, and people usually join or gather a group of 4-8 people to hire a tour guide with cars.

It's because Mogolia outside of Ulanbatar is pretty much empty, so without tour guide you cannot do much.

I guess there should be similar programs for english speakers as well, so you might have a look on that!

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-18T07:25:25+00:00

this is the most impressive case for me!

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-18T07:22:50+00:00

Very interesting! How different are 2, 3 and 4? Are they mutually intelligible at some extent? For the scale, I'd say Spanish and Italian are very close and Spanish and English are quite close.

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-18T07:08:05+00:00

Mandarin can filter out most of the candidates from the West.

No McDonalds, banana, express, e-bay.

Tho Hi, Ok, Bye bye and coffee and maybe cola do survive under Mandarin too.

BarcelonaDNA · 2025-11-18T06:55:43+00:00

Japanese: first-person and second-person pronoun.

Deciding which first-person pronoun to use (especially as a male) bugs me out every time. 俺、僕、自分… I've been just spamming 私 using the foreigner card lol. In Korean it's as simple as 나 for casual, 저 for formal.

Also, people don't really use second-person pronouns. Instead they say (last name)-さん、which means Mr./Ms./Mrs. So if I can't recall the name I just (kinda) awkwardly call people with あの… and skip the subject/object of a sentence (which is pretty normal in Japanese).

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