Xueba's computing system

Chapter 49 Traces of the Internet Age

Lin Yuan tried to look at the account information of the comment owner, but the owner of the message did not leave much information on Facebook, and even his birthday was January 2020, 01, which was obviously filled in randomly.

The gender column was filled with Wal-Mart plastic bags, which can be considered as adapting to local customs.

But combined with that dynamic context.

That post was about a group of people complaining about the expensive computing resources, and the author of this comment was obviously just showing off.

Lin Yuan understood this as, when someone is crying poor and can't get enough food, the author of this comment brags that he can not only eat and drink for free, but also get free things after eating.

Then the question is, why should others let you take things for free?

Therefore, Lin Yuan was almost certain that OCR was a secretive NGO organization.

As for NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), they have long been notorious. In name, they are non-profit government organizations, but in reality they are white gloves. Wherever there is turmoil in the world, they are bound to be there.
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Although Lin Yuan is currently unclear about the true identity of the person nicknamed "Bloody $ong1024", with the information at hand, as long as there is sufficient cooperation from public authorities, he will definitely be able to find this guy.

Since OCR has registered a branch office in HK, and the domain name of the personal blog is also registered in HK, it will be registered with the local information authority.

Then we can find out who the domain name was provided to, and then find out the owner of the blog, and "Bloody $ong1024" is the friend of the blog owner. If we follow the clues, we will never be able to escape.

Even if the guy didn't take some scientific Internet access measures, he could be found by simply checking the network. For example, if he didn't even hide the MAC address of his device, he could be tracked based on the MAC, the unique ID of the networked device.

In short, don't just hang out on the Internet and show off. If anyone wants to find you, they can probably find you.

Especially this Bloody $ong1024, Lin Yuan guessed that he probably forgot himself because of Halloween, how could he use the nickname on the external social network platform in public? He might enjoy the pleasure of hiding under the mask on Halloween, but in the Internet age, many things will leave traces.

But compared to knowing who this guy is, Lin Yuan is obviously more concerned about how to get more computing resources from OCR.

So Lin Yuan naturally turned his attention to the official Chinese website of OCR deployed in HK, and he easily found the entrance to apply for free computing resources.

He immediately clicked on it to view the details.

As expected, it is not that simple. The computing resources that can be applied for free on the OCR official website are extremely limited.

OCR does not even provide a virtual machine for remote login, but only provides a web-based online Python editor. That is, users will not be aware of the existence of the machine at all, but can only run their own code on the web code editor provided by the other party.

This is actually equivalent to moving the IDE on the local computer to the cloud. (IDE, Integrated Development Environment, is used to write and run code)
Lin Yuan registered an OCR account, and the registration process was quite convenient. He only needed to fill out a simple questionnaire, and the questions on it were all helloworld level.

For example: using pseudocode to exchange the values of two variables. This kind of question is entry-level for programmers, but for Muggles outside the door: What is pseudocode?

Lin Yuan understood that the other party's move was only to filter out some people who applied for resources maliciously.

After applying for the account, he successfully obtained the resource quota. But after Lin Yuan looked at it, shit! He didn't even have the desire to try it anymore.

Because the other party clearly stated in the announcement: the allocated computing resources are shared, and they cannot give accurate computing power indicators.

The so-called sharing is a group of people sharing fixed computing resources. No matter how many people there are, there is only so much porridge.

Lin Yuan touched his chin and pondered for a while.

This OCR obviously gives people the same feeling as those domestic cloud computing service providers. Domestic cloud computing service providers also provide some public cloud hosts and computing resources. Such public welfare resources generally have small quotas and are all shared. In addition to cloud computing companies promoting themselves, it does bring a lot of convenience.

Because this type of IDE deployed in the cloud does not require the construction of any pre-development environment, you can start working directly after opening the web page and logging in. You don't need a high-end computer, as long as you can open a browser and surf the Internet.

The main feature is that it is ready to use right out of the box.

Of course, "out of the box" is a term in the IT industry, which means literally: you can open the box and take out the things inside and use them. But in fact, "no foreplay, just fuck it" is more understandable.

However, due to limited resources, this type of cloud IDE is only for people to practice. Why use it for training? Forget it. Capitalists don't like charity. Therefore, at first glance, this OCR really doesn't show anything unusual.

If it weren't for the key information retrieved by the system - the weird comment from Bloody $ong1024, Lin Yuan would have thought that OCR was just an ordinary multinational organization.

As for whether this guy's comment was just a random lie, Lin Yuan felt that it was almost impossible. Because casual bragging is not like this, it would not mention an organization so accurately, and also mention details such as this organization will give away a certain amount of computing resource quotas.

It's like, when you can describe every detail of a foot massage parlor, it means you have probably been there.

Now the question becomes, how should Lin Yuan gain a deeper understanding of OCR?

Before he knew it, there was only one empty plastic bag left of the four steamed buns Lin Yuan bought that morning, and the two bottles of happy water were also empty.

His stomach growled uncontrollably, so Lin Yuan closed his notebook and walked out of the dormitory, ready to get some fresh air, relax his mind, and get something to eat.

In order to match his ups and downs at work, Lin Yuan ordered a bowl of Lanzhou ramen with extra meat. He couldn't let his enthusiasm be dampened by the two thin slices of meat.
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Xia Ye came back early from the tutoring institution today. Song Xiaoxiao, who wanted to help her expose Lin Yuan's disguise, also returned to the rental house early, which was rare.

"Xia Ye, I'm going to test him, why are you putting on makeup?" Song Xiaoxiao snatched the foundation from Xia Ye's hand.

"I was sweating a lot while teaching dance during the day, so I just washed my face with facial cleanser and put on some powder again."

"Then why don't you put on a facial mask first?"

"Oh, yes, how could I forget this?" Xia Ye actually went to look for the facial mask.

"Come back, can't you hear that I'm being sarcastic?"

"Ah? What? " It seemed that Xia Ye really didn't hear it.

"If you want to expose Lin Yuan's disguise, I just need to dress up beautifully. Why are you making such a fuss? You should set me off, understand?"

"But... I don't want to be too sloppy."

Song Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at her and said, "Then I won't go. You can go and throw yourself into his arms."

"No, I didn't. I just invited him to dinner to thank him for his kindness."

"Oh~~, a thousand yuan moved you so much. If he had transferred a hundred thousand yuan to you at that time, you would probably call him dad."

"That's different." Xia Ye argued, "Although it's only a thousand yuan, he makes money by delivering food, which is not easy. A thousand yuan may be all he has, but a hundred thousand yuan is just a drop in the bucket for rich people."

"Tsk~~, the most ridiculous thing in the world is 'a small gift is worth a lot of thought'. A simple greeting is not as good as a huge sum of money."

Xia Ye didn't intend to argue with Song Xiaoxiao on this topic. "Xiaoxiao, if you really don't want to go, then I'll go by myself."

Song Xiaoxiao smiled evilly, "Don't you really want me to go too?"

"I, I, it's up to you."

"Really?"

Xia Ye felt a little guilty, "Although, I don't think Lin Yuan would be that kind of person. But if you insist..."

"Don't worry, I understand you." Song Xiaoxiao interrupted Xia Ye, "You act like a little white lotus, and I'll do the dirty work."

"I don't have any..."

(End of this chapter)