Tech Hammer

"Hey, Lao Kong, are you so anxious to find me? Do you have any good news?"

While Ning Wei was busy preparing for the awards ceremony in March, Chen Diancheng received a call from Kong Wenjue and immediately dropped everything to attend the banquet.

It was still the Most Beautiful Time Cafe. This time Kong Wenjue ordered coffee in advance. Apparently, Senior Brother Kong had a good memory and ordered a caramel macchiato and an academic cat for Chen Diancheng.

The scale is pretty good. .

"President Chen, this is not the task assigned to you by Director Ning after I last met with you. I have already completed it. I am here to show you how this assignment goes. If it is okay, you can use it. If there is any problem, If so, I can still spare time to help you correct it." Kong Wenjue said with a smile.

After hearing this, Chen Diancheng looked surprised and asked: "Isn't it? Lao Kong, you are so efficient? This homework is not easy! You should have received the homework requirements later, right? Our Director Ning asked to handle it Even with non-linear characteristics and non-stationary time series problems, better prediction effects must be achieved.”

Seeing Chen Diancheng's surprised look, Kong Wenjue smiled reservedly and then replied: "Look what you said, President Chen, after all, I have studied abroad and I have some friends who happen to be doing research in this area, so It’s not that fast. If you really want to be efficient, it has to be Ningshe.”

"I'm writing the program here, but I heard that Ningshe, under the leadership of President Chen, has done another big thing. It's really refreshing! To be honest, I even grabbed a hundred red envelopes from Ningshe this time. I pushed the mini program to my roommate, and he even grabbed a red envelope worth 2,000 yuan, which made me extremely envious..."

Chen Diancheng waved his hand, stared at the notebook placed in front of Kong Wenjue, and said: "Well, isn't it just about ordering red envelopes? Are you afraid that you won't have the chance to get red envelopes in Ningshe? Come on, come on, show me your homework first. , if the effect is good, what is the red envelope? I will arrange for you to meet with our Director Ning later, and maybe we can also ask our Director Ning to help you find a doctoral student quota. Our Director Ning’s student quota, you know! "

Chen Diancheng was talking nonsense, but he had no intention of realizing it anyway, so it was time to see the results quickly. After all, this is not only the homework assigned to him by Ning Wei, but also the tools he needs to use to make mathematical models.

When Ning Wei assigns tasks to students, he never sets a clear target. They always follow one link after another. If the previous problems are not solved well, the latter will naturally not be able to keep up. At least it is difficult to find shortcuts.

Of course, Ning Wei never expected that Chen Diancheng would use Kong Wenjue to complete the tasks he assigned.

Hear the string song and know its elegant meaning...

Looking at Chen Diancheng's appearance, Kong Wenjue secretly despised the so-called President of Ningshe in his heart. His disdainful eyes flashed from the corner of his eyes. He smiled and inserted the notebook he brought into the USB flash drive, and then turned it on. After a circle, he pointed the screen at Chen Diancheng and pushed it over.

"No problem, President Chen, first see if my results these days can meet your requirements. We will talk about the rest."

"Okay, let me study it first and then talk about it."

…

Time passed by second by second, and Kong Wenjue looked at Chen Diancheng with great confidence as he studied the results said to be the work of more than a dozen engineers.

Yes, this assignment actually has nothing to do with him. He actually didn't have much confidence that he could create a time series prediction algorithm that impressed Ning Wei in such a short period of time. Fortunately, he had a support team, but...

"Wait a minute, Lao Kong, why do I think this algorithm is similar to fbprophet, which was open sourced by Facebook before? Could you just use someone else's algorithm and modify it casually to deal with me?"

"Um?" Kong Wenjue was stunned. He had been fully prepared for Chen Diancheng's possible questions, but what he didn't expect was that the first question this guy asked was not a technical question, but whether he The problem of counterfeiting...

"It's really similar. Although this algorithm is actually quite good. It can handle the situation where there are some outliers in the time series, and it can also handle the situation of some missing values. But this structure is completely based on the idea of ​​​​fbprophet, based on For time series decomposition and machine learning fitting, the fitting model also uses the pyStan tool, which also provides a Python language interface..."

Chen Diancheng raised his head, looked at Kong Wenjue with confusion, and asked one after another.

This question made Kong Wenjue a little embarrassed, and his answer seemed a little confused: "Ah...well...I did borrow some open source algorithms from FB. You didn't say you couldn't learn from this before, right? But it must be different from fbprophet. of……"

Chen Diancheng nodded and said slightly disappointedly: "There are indeed differences. The offline storage format of this algorithm is better than fbprophet. The change point detection seems to have improved in detecting whether the boundary problem is reasonable. I feel it is better than fbprophet." Be more scientific."

"Yes, yes, this will help the algorithm to be more accurate in analyzing and judging some special situations." Kong Wenjue replied quickly.

To be honest, Kong Wenjue's performance made Chen Diancheng very disappointed.

Originally, if this assignment was completed well, he would coax this guy for a while longer and draw a bigger cake to motivate the senior brother in front of him, at least so that he can make his dream even bigger in the next six months of his life. Porcelain is solid.

But judging from this assignment, it doesn’t seem necessary.

It was obvious that he couldn't take the first assignment seriously, so why did he waste his words and brains?

Therefore, Chen Diancheng decided not to give this senior brother the chance to continue dreaming for half a year. Of course, this did not mean that everyone broke up. At least he still hoped that senior brother Kong would rush forward if there was any trouble.

So Chen Diancheng directly disconnected the USB flash drive from the laptop, took it into his hand, then pushed the laptop over and said, "Okay, thank you, Brother Kong. Let's do this for today. Let's go."

These words made Kong Wenjue stunned for a moment, and he quickly asked: "Wait a minute, President Chen, is this it? We agreed before..."

Chen Diancheng smiled, leaned forward slightly, blinked his eyes mysteriously, and said softly: "Hey, Lao Kong, let me ask you a question, do you believe that there are real creatures like idiots in this world?" ?”

this problem……

Kong Wenjue responded with a confused look: "What?"

"I ask you whether you believe there are really idiots in this world!" Chen Diancheng simplified the question and said it again in a more affirmative tone.

"Um...President Chen, what do you mean?" Kong Wenjue, who finally realized something was wrong, looked at Chen Diancheng in surprise and asked nervously.

"Haha, isn't the meaning obvious? Lao Kong, take this material back and look at it carefully. If there are any missing parts, make up for them. I'll talk to Director Ning later about the origin of this material. Where is the best place to send him. But then again, you have helped Ningshe in the past. If you figure it out and feel that you still have a future in Ningshe, say hello to me. Do more things for us at ordinary times. If you don’t ask for anything in return, I won’t send this material to Director Ning. After all, he is quite busy. The choice is yours, so be it.”

With a smile, Chen Diancheng took out two crumpled A4 papers from his pocket, threw them frivolously on the table in front of Kong Wenjue, and said in an extremely indifferent tone.

Then he watched Kong Wenjue subconsciously pick up the two papers he handed over. He looked at him again before opening the two papers. Then he saw Kong Wenjue's hands began to tremble and his face began to turn pale.

Chen Diancheng picked up the coffee, drank it in one gulp, and sighed: "Old Kong, what do you say? Don't blame me for calling you a fool. You are also doing research in this area. Don't you have a clear idea of ​​the current situation? You are not like B.C. In 221, what was the difference from Qin surrendering to Qi? Forget it, let’s not talk about it, you know the influence of our Director Ning. Think about it carefully, and contact me if you have figured it out."

After saying that, Chen Diancheng stood up, turned around, and turned to Kong Wenjue, who had not yet recovered, and said: "By the way, thank you for the coffee and snacks, and for helping me with this homework. Anyway, these days, Thanks for your hard work."

After saying that, Chen Diancheng turned around and walked out of the coffee shop without hesitation.

As a result, my phone vibrated twice as soon as I left the house. I took it out and saw that Senior Brother Kong in the coffee shop had already sent a message via WeChat.

"President Chen, I can make meritorious deeds."

After seeing this sentence, Chen Diancheng was stunned...

"Oh? What's the method of establishing meritorious service?"

Within two seconds, the message was sent again.

"I can give them fake technical information, make them spend money on useless work, and slow down the development progress of a series of projects."

After reading this bottomless news, Chen Diancheng replied with great emotion: "I'm sorry, Senior Brother Kong, I just wrongly blamed you... You are not an idiot, you are actually really smart to the extreme!"

…

"Mr. Fan, this is the three-temperature automated test report and the aging test report..."

"Oh, there's no word on when the FT test and SLT test reports will be released?"

"It should be soon. The software team is still developing test programs, and they say they will definitely complete the task tonight."

"Okay, everyone has worked hard. I'll treat you all to dinner tonight."

As soon as he finished speaking, the office door was suddenly pushed open. Fan Yuxian subconsciously raised his head and looked at the three people in black suits who suddenly broke in.

"Which department are you from? Is there something wrong?"

"Fan Gong, this is our ID. There are some situations where we need you to cooperate with our investigation."

"No, I am working at the most critical moment now. What do you mean? What should I do if I delay the testing work of Ningxin No. 1?"

"Don't worry about this, Mr. Fan. Our actions have been approved by your leader. Someone will take over your job soon. It will definitely not affect the Ningxin No. 1 test. Please come with us. Once some problems are explained clearly, they will be fine.”

…

Yanbei University, Centenary Lecture Hall, Audience Hall.

Zhang Dingxi was leading the entire laboratory team on the framed stage, busy measuring various data accurately.

"Brother Zhang, the main stage here already has 626.37 square meters. How about giving up the side stage? Otherwise, the amount of the project is a bit large, and if the two sides are to be linked, the computing power requirements will increase exponentially, and It’s more complicated, the investment has to be doubled, and it’s not cost-effective!”

"No, Director Ning attaches great importance to this award ceremony. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to prepare more than a month in advance. Besides, if there is no difficulty, why do we still need to do it? Can't cats and dogs do anything? Stages on both sides It must be linked. Come on, come on, circle the lift first and record the coordinates accurately. When it is started, it cannot affect the imaging."

"Okay..., by the way, why don't we retract the curtain by fifty centimeters? This way, when we build the frame, it can be separated from the moving rails of the curtain. This will make it easier to disassemble and recycle in the future."

"Recycling is ridiculous! Director Ning has already agreed with the school that we will use the Centennial Lecture Hall for free for this awards ceremony in March. All these equipment will be left to the school and will not be recycled. We will go back and dismantle the moving rails of the curtain as a whole. That’s good. Just use the original track to lay our equipment. With this, what curtain is needed? Just adjust the light in the background and simulate the curtain directly in the future."

"Ah? No more recycling? This set costs several million... Director Ning is so generous."

"Don't worry about this small amount of money. Didn't Ningshe just sponsor us a sum of money? Save it for us. Have we ever been short of money in the laboratory? After all, the laboratory is in the school. After this project is completed, what do you have in the future? It's easier to talk if you go to school, right? Besides, what's the use of recycling this thing? Where can I find an identical stage to decorate? From now on, this will be a model project, and maybe all CCTV's studio halls will be used in the future. You want to buy our equipment."

"That's it, I understand. Director Ning's thoughts are really far-reaching."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Everyone, hurry up and measure the data. It must be accurate..."

…

February of the Year of the Monkey passed like usual.

In early March, when the temperature in Beijing began to rise, a big news once again spread throughout the world's technology circles.

XBOX, a subsidiary of Microsoft, invested nearly US$70 billion to fully acquire the well-known game company Blizzard Activision.

It is said that the deal was negotiated in early February. In just one month, Microsoft quickly settled down with the regulators and shareholders of Blizzard and Activision, and paid a high price to fully acquire this world-renowned game company, and it was also Transactions are conducted on an all-cash basis.

The news was sudden enough to raise eyebrows in many people's minds. In particular, it has a huge impact on the gaming industry, which is tantamount to dropping a depth bomb on a calm sea. While people are deeply aware of the abundant cash flow of these established technology giants, they are also a little confused about Microsoft's sudden move.

Is Microsoft going to make a big move into the gaming industry? Will games be the main profit growth point in the future?

What’s even more frightening is that the breach of contract penalty revealed in this sky-high acquisition case is also extremely shocking. Simply put, if the acquisition process is terminated due to Microsoft’s reasons, and Blizzard Activision does not trigger any breach of contract conditions, then Microsoft will face 20 to 30 days. $2.27 billion in punitive damages; conversely, if Blizzard Activision shareholders suddenly no longer want to sell, or want to sell to other companies, Microsoft will have to pay $2.27 billion in termination fees.

After the compensation clause was exposed, it was basically certain that the deal was a done deal.

After all, compensation of more than 2 billion US dollars is unbearable even for a world-class high-tech company like Microsoft. For Blizzard and Activision, this compensation may not be affordable.

And it’s not that easy to find a big buyer like Microsoft who can shell out nearly $70 billion in one go.

In short, the world's largest desktop operating system provider has begun to rush towards the world-class game company, and it is impossible to pull it back...

Of course, this acquisition is not bad news for gamers. After all, with a powerful financial backer, maybe Blizzard, Activision's own son, can make better games?

It is said that the goal that Microsoft executives want to achieve with this acquisition is to lay a solid foundation for the construction of the Metaverse.

Of course, in this era when the Metaverse is almost being ridiculed as a scumbag, Microsoft's sudden return to the same old tune also makes the world feel a little different.

At this time, Ningfeng Software was talking to Blizzard on behalf of Ningshe about the character usage agreement for its once popular game "World of Warcraft".

"Mr. Ding, thanks for your communication, this March awards ceremony can use the latest version of World of Warcraft: The End of Faith, a series of officially announced CG animation licenses, as well as all the characters in the game. I believe that we will use this It will be a pleasure to work together.”

"Mr. Lan, you're so polite. The annual March awards ceremony is an industry event. We should really thank you for using these materials to help us promote the new version of the game. I heard that this March awards ceremony is very popular. so big."

"Haha, no one can say for sure, but this time there are indeed more heavyweight guests. The level of attention must be high. And I can tell Mr. Ding a message. This time the central media will also participate in the live broadcast, not only It is an online channel, and it will be broadcast live on the technology channel. It is said that the contract has been signed, and the official external promotion will probably begin the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"That's great. It seems that we have made a profit from this cooperation!"

Mr. Ding nodded slightly and said with a cheerful smile.

"Actually, it is expected. Didn't Academician Ning announce it to the outside world? He will announce the specific performance of Ningxin One and the future launch plan at the March Award Ceremony, so this award ceremony will attract more attention. It’s also normal.”

"Speaking of Ning Xin No. 1, does Mr. Lan have any inside information?"

"Haha, this really doesn't happen. Please don't hurt me. The arrest of more than 20 people in Ning Si Laboratory has just made the news. So, now the whole network is discussing Ning Xin so enthusiastically, but there is no news at all. The reason is that their confidentiality measures are very strict."

"It's better to be strict! Then we can only look forward to the award ceremony."

"Looking forward to it together!"