Xueba's computing system

Chapter 8: Difficulty increased, rewards doubled

"I'll give you 60."

"60? You give 60 for this? You... you keep talking about the importance of talent and the need to attract talent. When the talent is right in front of you, you give it a passing grade. You are a bunch of people who only like dragons but do not like them."

"I am also following the rules and regulations. The actual machine assessment focuses on practical ability, and the interview focuses on undergraduate academic records. His undergraduate record is really unremarkable."

"You're so cruel! Give him 60 points. Even if I don't care about my reputation and give him 100 points, according to the 50% weighting, his total score is only 80 points."

Looking at Professor Zhang's expression, Lin Yuan thought that 80 points was a very dangerous score.

Professor Zhang calmed down for a moment and said solemnly, "Can we discuss this?"

Dean Li was unmoved. "No room for negotiation. Giving 60 points is against my original intention."

In order to avoid making the situation too awkward, Dean Li continued, "I will recommend him for an interview at the best Internet company in Zijin City. If he can perform well, I will personally give him full marks in a year."

Professor Zhang was silent for a long time, and finally gave in, "Okay. Young man, even if I give you full marks, you may not be able to get in. For your future, why not accept this guy's suggestion. Work outside for a year first. You are still young and have a long way to go. After all, the school has its own rules. Just treat it as a life lesson."

When Lin Yuan heard about the "interview opportunity at the best Internet company in Zijin City", he was already relieved. This trip was not too bad. Since things have come to this, it is better to stop while you are ahead.

Suddenly, the computing system panel popped up automatically.

[The difficulty of the task has increased. The reward for completion has been doubled. ]

Before Lin Yuan could think more, another line of words appeared on the panel.

[Additional conditions: only valid for the class of 2024. ]

Well, the good news is that the mission reward has doubled, the bad news is that the mission must be completed this year.

Doubled.

In the end, Lin Yuan couldn't resist the temptation of computing power.

What is computing power? It is the fuel for the birth of chatGPT and the blood of the 21st century information industry.

It can be used to mine Bitcoins, which is real wealth in the form of gold and silver.

And what I, Lin Yuan, want most at this moment is: Mané. I want Mektok Mané.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and then stood up, "I know you teachers have doubts, but I've been through a lot in this year since graduation.

I used to be addicted to games. I went through high school and college, relying on my talent, and barely studied, but still managed to pass the college entrance examination. But it was not until I entered society that I realized how shallow I was.

After repeated failures in job hunting, I had no choice but to deliver food.”

Professor Zhang was confused. “What? You’re delivering food?” In his opinion, a person who should have been developing food delivery software is now delivering food. This is a bit... In short, it’s hard not to be surprised.

"That's right. Look." Lin Yuan took out his Haotuan takeaway rider port.

"In the past six months, I have worked hard. Apart from studying, I have been delivering food. I want to change my ways and turn over a new leaf. Now I know how precious time is, and I beg the teachers to give me a chance."

Professor Zhang actually leaned closer to look at Lin Yuan's phone.

“More than 3,000 orders, really.

It makes sense that one can get into a second-tier university without studying hard. "

Professor Zhang then turned to Dean Li and said, "Old Li, now it makes sense, right?"

Dean Li was touched by Lin Yuan's words and said with a hint of affection, "Your realization of this is more important than your successful admission today. You still have a long way to go in life..."

Lin Yuan cursed in his heart, "I want a computing power reward."

"The school has its own rules. Although your experience is inspiring, it still cannot change the fact that your undergraduate resume is thin. I will emphasize this experience when I recommend you." Professor Zhang couldn't stand it any longer, "I'm going to give him extra points. Extra points for inspiration."

Dean Li stood up quickly and said, "There is no such rule in the school. Don't do anything stupid."

"Who said there is no such system? It's just a name. Two years ago, Director Wang's family..."

"Lao Zhang!" Dean Li suddenly raised his voice.

Professor Zhang immediately chose to shut up.

Dean Li continued slowly, "Unless he has something to show for it now, don't bother with it. Even if I want to help, I have to have an excuse to deal with the public."

Dean Li tried to retreat in order to advance, hoping to end the interview.

Professor Zhang sighed, "Okay..."

"Teachers..." Lin Yuan, who was always silent, unexpectedly spoke up, "I want to ask what is an outstanding performance."

Professor Zhang said unhappily, "He is deliberately making things difficult for you. Unless your model training can achieve an accuracy rate far exceeding that of today's batch of candidates, it must be an order of magnitude ahead. Only then can I shut him up and make an exception to admit you."

"Hey~~," Dean Li defended, "You didn't block my mouth."

Professor Zhang added, "Shut up people like you."

Lin Yuan asked carefully, "The accuracy rate is one order of magnitude higher? Is 10 times enough?"

"Five times is enough. But now the exam is over. I have seen the results of your model training. Although it is quite good, it is only in the top ten today."

In fact, Lin Yuan’s code was not really amazing, but it just reached the level that an excellent student should have.

Lin Yuan had actually thought of a solution a long time ago, which was to use his own computing system to assist in the calculations.

But the problem is that his brain can't be connected to a notebook to output results with one click. Moreover, if the model training results are suddenly improved by an order of magnitude, it will be difficult to justify it.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan reacted quickly.

“I could have used a more complex model and a deeper neural network, but my laptop was too old and it limited my performance.”

This antique T440 finally helped.

Hey, I'm actually better than I let on, I'm just limited by my laptop.

"Can you lend me a machine?"

Professor Zhang quickly assisted, "His notebook is indeed too old. I can testify to that."

Dean Li thought for a moment and said, "Okay then. Xiao Liu, go find him a machine."

The young examiner named Liu pointed to his laptop and said, "I bought this laptop a few years ago. I don't know if the 2060 graphics card will work."

Lin Yuan said cheerfully, "That's enough. Do you have Python environment and PyCharm on your laptop?"

"Of course, a full set of genuine Jetbrains products."

This was the first time that Lin Yuan saw someone in real life buying a complete set of genuine Jetbrains products.

"Well, when I have money, I will definitely buy a set of it."

Lin Yuan took the notebook handed to him by Teacher Liu and immediately became fully focused.

(End of this chapter)