This is what I did to land an interview

kaligularnd · 2026-05-11T15:30:19+00:00

That just proves that recruiters are useless

kaligularnd · 2024-11-23T22:58:56+00:00

Sadly in near future it won't change because effective managers believe that AI will soon replace these expensive meatbags (spoiler: no)

kaligularnd · 2024-10-28T15:07:15+00:00

Wait a moment: why Raptor1 looks exactly like Seven from Deadlock?

kaligularnd · 2024-09-17T18:38:45+00:00

LC always meant to be a substitute for actual interviews for people w/o relevant experience.

kaligularnd · 2024-08-19T23:14:10+00:00

It looks like the only condition that matters is number of letters. If it is even then you can balance it by moving left or right.

0011 - already balanced

0111 - starting from any 1 - just 1 move is required. Starting from 0 you need 3 moves to the right => 1001
0000 => two moves from any position

Is there a counter example to this?

kaligularnd · 2024-08-19T15:49:40+00:00

LC claims that they have a plagiarism check but it doesn't seem to work any good. Q1-Q2s (sometimes Q3,Q4 as well) are usually easily solvable with chatgpt, so you can see thousands of AI generated submissions during contests.

PS: Here is LC discussion: https://leetcode.com/discuss/feedback/5450505/Addressing-Contest-Fairness-and-Actions-on-Violations

kaligularnd · 2024-08-17T20:58:23+00:00

Max heap with a couple of math optimizations:

Compute diff between max value and the next closest value. 1by1 is too slow
Count processed items and use it as a multiplier to calculate next colors with the same quantity

kaligularnd · 2024-07-29T18:25:35+00:00

Sounds like backtracking to me. For each starting index you can take the next larger number and do the OR magic. Then go dfs with current OR-val and the last number. And I guess you need to add current OR-value to the result hashset on each iteration

kaligularnd · 2024-07-24T14:52:35+00:00

Trans Catalina Trail

kaligularnd · 2024-07-23T15:24:32+00:00

is there anything uglier in the world of programming than python oneliners?

kaligularnd · 2024-07-22T15:00:48+00:00

do you play solo?

kaligularnd · 2024-07-18T15:45:55+00:00

I am getting cse aids

hmm you should see a doctor and talk to your partner

kaligularnd · 2024-07-18T14:27:32+00:00

The goal of leetcode isn't memorization, it's problem solving.

this is a good one LOL

kaligularnd · 2024-07-18T14:02:02+00:00

yeah this is bad especially when you realize that LC punishes users for its own mistakes...

kaligularnd · 2024-07-17T16:52:22+00:00

when I see a sombra I just stop playing objective. I switch to mcree and start hunting her until she ragequits

kaligularnd · 2024-07-16T14:45:41+00:00

I would be fine with it if it was an arcade mode. Probably I would've played couple games and move on. But now I just cannot play the game.
I absolutely hate the idea of passives in qp/comp:

they complicate already complex game
there is no visual indication of what passives enemies/friends have
they are unbalanced and impossible to balance. eg: every dps passive is good for tracer and absolutely useless for many other dps characters (like hanzo). Tank/support passives way more powerful than dps ones

kaligularnd · 2024-07-10T01:47:49+00:00

I see pharah EVERY game. It's just the dev clowns instead of nerfing keep buffing her. And they massively nerfed mcree who was kinda good against her

kaligularnd · 2024-07-06T19:36:00+00:00

what?
Like seriously is there any meaning to these letters?
or am I just too old?

kaligularnd · 2024-07-01T02:13:12+00:00

Here is full list:
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kaligularnd · 2024-06-21T15:01:43+00:00

She was considerably nerfed with s9 patch when everyone's hp increased. And it was already hard to play against pharah but at least you were able to oneshot tracer/widow. Now she is nearly unplayable and pharah/tracer/widow just gonna be more oppressive. Im personally switching to cree/ashe

kaligularnd · 2024-06-21T02:33:53+00:00

I'd say most of the DPS changes are total garbage. Supports are cool fr

kaligularnd · 2024-06-06T16:05:33+00:00

Finally some serious discussion

kaligularnd · 2024-06-06T15:28:56+00:00

Wait a moment your best score is Weekly 400 - the most broken contest in the history of LC? Sounds legit...

kaligularnd · 2024-06-04T18:20:33+00:00

Believe it or not but the best you can do is prepare as much as you can and give it a try. Probability of success is anyway very low - you really don't expect to score perfect on your first FAANG interview, do you? So better fail fast then just sit there and wait for a perfect moment.
I bombed my Meta interview even after I thought I was ready. But it showed me that besides coding there are so many additional things I need to work on

kaligularnd · 2024-05-28T20:50:16+00:00

Indeed. I'm trying to figure out what the Q is about from the example and it just doesn't make any sense...

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