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🎞️ Life#

College Roommate's Wedding#

On Friday, July 12th, I took a train to Nanjing and went to Wuhu Nanling with my classmates from Nanjing.
Around 12:30 am on July 13th, we arrived at the esports hotel and formed a five-person team for a big brawl.

Since we needed to get up at 4 o'clock to go to the groom's house, we planned to sleep for 2 hours. However, we kept losing and playing, and by the time it was past 3 o'clock, we still hadn't won a single game...
We quickly rested for half an hour (I couldn't fall asleep).

After getting up at 4 o'clock, we went to the groom's house. It was a beautiful village with a dam right at the doorstep, lots of lawns, and rivers.
Despite heavy rain, it couldn't stop the wedding procession.

The bride's family is in a nearby village, in a valley with mountains, water, and waterfalls.

The wedding procession went very smoothly, with the mother-in-law leading the way and urging everyone to move faster (🤣
We had a wonderful wedding banquet at noon.

Afterwards, we went back to the hotel to rest for a while and continued playing. Today's performance is still good, we can win a few games.

In the evening, we had dinner with the bride and groom and chatted. The next morning, we each went our separate ways.

Resuming Exercise#

Since the strain in my right elbow, which should be the tendons, on June 16th, I haven't exercised for three weeks.

The reason at that time was unknown, suspected to be a combination of the following reasons:

• Regular exercise
• Playing basketball for two days during the Dragon Boat Festival
• Hiking in Shaoxing the day before
  I felt pain when I went to bed at night. I should have gone to the hospital immediately and applied ice, but unfortunately, I lacked knowledge in this area.

After resuming exercise, I will see if there are any effects and whether I need to rest.

Shadow of the Golden Tree#

I finished the final boss, the Knight of Rice, last weekend and collected all the fragments and ashes. Next, I can collect all the DLC's battle ashes, equipment, and more.

This DLC feels relatively simple overall. It was difficult at first when there were few fragments and ashes, but after exploring a bit, it gradually became easier. It also provides a lot of souls, so leveling up is fast. When I entered the DLC, I was level 187 in the second playthrough, and after finishing it, I reached level 213, despite losing several times due to high burden.

There are also many wheelchairs, although I haven't had a chance to play with the Pyromancy Flame yet, the original wheelchair is enough to complete the game.

Then I will continue with my second playthrough using the DLC weapons.

Currently, I am considering a Bloodtinge build or a Prayer build. The Flame Knight also seems viable.

💭 Excerpt#

Do ordinary Russians consider Russia to be aggressive?#

There is no justice in aggression, but one should strive not to be aggressed upon and become the aggressor.
When it comes to national interests, we should discuss justice and morality. Why not ask the developed countries why they are developed?
Also, why is China so large, even though it lost so much territory in modern wars?

📰 Weekly Digest#

MongoDB 8.0#

Starting from MongoDB 8.0, you can configure the database profiler to record slow operations based on the time spent by MongoDB executing the operation (rather than the total latency of the operation). This means that factors such as waiting for locks and traffic control will not affect whether an operation exceeds the slow operation threshold.

• Recording the time spent by MongoDB processing queries allows for more accurate recording of slow queries.
• Query analysis tools (such as the query profiler, performance advisor, and search query telemetry) report slow operations based on workingMillis rather than durationMillis. This change provides a more accurate view of problematic queries.
• The slow query log includes a new metric, ticketWaitMillis, which measures the time spent waiting for a ticket. This metric helps determine whether slow operations are due to completion time or waiting start time.

Starting from MongoDB 8.0, you can use the new bulkWrite command to perform multiple insert, update, and delete operations on multiple collections in a single request. The existing db.collection.bulkWrite() method only allows you to modify one collection in a single request.

This is equivalent to integrating transactions into a statement, eliminating the steps of manual transactions.

Starting from MongoDB 8.0, you can use the defaultMaxTimeMS cluster parameter to specify the default time limit for completing a single read operation.

It has been a year since the last major release of MongoDB, and since the protocol changed to SSPL, if you want to use new features, you can only set up your own server and cannot use cloud products.

Interview with a Laid-off Employee of Nice: "Laid off at 35", Over 800,000 Yuan in Stock Options Gone｜Storm Eye#

Phoenix Technology has learned that in medium-sized Internet companies, laying off high-cost employees before the vesting period of stock options has become a common practice for HR layoffs. "They deliberately prevent you from obtaining the options," said a laid-off employee of an Internet company, "I have never seen anything so despicable."

Key Points#

I. Background

• Company: Nice, a medium-sized Internet company specializing in trendy online shopping communities.
• Employee: Xu Kai, former employee of Nice, front-end technical expert, laid off due to reasons such as "failure to submit weekly reports" and "unreasonable allocation of working hours".
• Layoff time: July 2023.
• Stock option issue: Xu Kai holds about 2,000 shares of Nice stock options, worth about 1.6 million yuan, which he was unable to exercise due to the layoff.

II. Events

• Xu Kai's actions: After failing to reach an agreement with Nice on regaining the labor relationship after leaving with the options, Xu Kai applied to restore the labor relationship with Nice and received support from the Shanghai Labor Arbitration Commission.
• Nice's response: Disagreeing with the arbitration result, Nice continues to appeal and files a lawsuit against Xu Kai.

III. Key Issues

• Stock option vesting: Nice laid off Xu Kai before the vesting period of his stock options, preventing him from exercising them.
• Reasons for layoff: Nice laid off Xu Kai citing reasons such as "failure to submit weekly reports" and "unreasonable allocation of working hours", but Xu Kai claims that he did not have any significant work negligence during his employment.
• Employee treatment: Xu Kai faced high-intensity work during his time at Nice, but Nice did not discuss the stock option issue with employees during the layoff.

IV. Company Situation

• Business growth: Nice's performance in 2023 has shown significant growth, with first-quarter GMV already surpassing the full-year GMV of 2022.
• Business strategy: Nice is facing growth pressure and is implementing cost reduction and efficiency improvement strategies, conducting personnel optimization every quarter.

V. Employee Voices

• Xu Kai's perspective: Xu Kai expresses dissatisfaction with Nice's layoff behavior, believing that the company deliberately laid off employees before the stock option vesting period, depriving them of their rights.
• Other employees: It is reported that in medium-sized Internet companies, laying off high-cost employees before the vesting period of stock options has become a common practice for HR layoffs.

VI. Company Response

• Nice stated that Xu Kai's labor contract was terminated due to multiple unsatisfactory performance evaluations and emphasized the healthy development of the company's business, welcoming outstanding talents to join.
  Source

The stock price of our company is so low that I can't be bothered to sell it. I'll just sell it when I leave in the future.

Qunar Employees Can Work Flexibly for 2 Days a Week#

Good!

📚 Articles#

France: The AI Revolution#

Key Points#

I. Introduction

• Background of AI Big Model Startups: Emphasizes the importance of mathematical geniuses in AI big model startups and points out that the underlying technology of AGI big models is controlled by a few geniuses.
• Status of Mathematics in France: Highlights that France is the cradle of mathematicians and places great importance on mathematics education and social culture.

II. History and Current Status of Mathematics in France

• Historical Heritage: Lists famous mathematicians in French history and their contributions to mathematics, such as Descartes, Fermat, Cauchy, Fourier, etc.
• Modern Achievements: Mentions the outstanding performance of French mathematicians in the Fields Medal and top mathematical institutions and research organizations such as Paris-Saclay University.

III. Current State of AI in France

• Return of Mathematical Talent: Points out that many mathematical talents who received education in France are returning and becoming the main force in the French AI ecosystem.
• AI Companies: Lists some AI startups in France, such as Mistral, HuggingFace, etc.

IV. Conclusion

• Potential of AI in France: Emphasizes the tremendous potential of France in the field of AI due to its profound mathematical foundation and the return of mathematical talents.

Education is still crucial.