一个黑道大佬
最近读各种假新闻媒体，读到一个我闻所未闻，但貌似很有名的人物。今天我写一写关于这个人的故事，给和我一样之前不知道他的人来点开胃小菜。 此人名叫James “Whitey” Bulger（之后就叫他怀帝好了，我不负责任翻译的）。他出生于波士顿南部的爱尔兰裔聚居区，一个当时破败萧条但是现在欣欣向荣的地方。环境造就人，他很快就养成了违法犯罪的好习惯。1955年他双手持枪抢劫了银行，得手后又抢了辆车逃走，可以说很狂拽酷炫了。遗憾的是，警察把他抓住扔进了监狱。有那么…
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Back to QCon: Day 3
When Wesley Reisz, the conference organizer stood on the stage to introduce the closing keynote, he said he was surprised to see so many people stayed till that late, eagerly waiting for the last awesome talk. For me, I stayed bec…
Why I attend QCon
Before I write the rest of my conference notes, let me talk about why I attend QConSF for two straight years, and why you should consider doing it too. {{ toc }} Is it to learn some specific technologies? No. There's a jokingly fo…
Back to QCon: Day 2
The second day of this QCon is still full of joy and learning. One speech I would highlight is from Jessica Tai, a software engineer from Airbnb, talking about their ongoing migration from "Monorail", a monolithic system to Servic…
Back to QCon: Day 1
While I am writing this blog, it's actually Day 2 of QCon. When I post it now, it's Day 3. This year the conference treats me differently: as conference alumni I got a T-shirt. That's a hint that I need to attend it differently to…
What is Robert Bowers attacking
The mass shooting happened last Saturday concerns me a lot. It's like a stab into my body. What is Robert Bowers attacking? And will he succeed? When I just graduated from college, started working in Shanghai, riding a bike cruisi…
匹兹堡的周六
今天周六。早上听到一条令人震惊的新闻：匹兹堡Squirrel Hill（松鼠山）的一座犹太教堂发生枪击案。目前已经死亡11人，据说现场惨不忍睹。枪手是个持强烈反犹太主义的当地男子。 事发地点邻近我就读过的CMU（卡耐基梅隆大学）。对于CMU和匹大的留学生、访问学者和教职工而言，这里是非常熟悉的社区。我们来匹兹堡之前读到的生活指南都会推荐在松鼠山以及附近的Shadyside（一边凉快？）区租房，因为这里宁静安全，邻近学校，生活便利。我们当时落脚在了Shady…
冷清博物馆
Zalishchyky地区乌克兰男子戴的草帽 这两天抽空去了纽约的乌克兰博物馆。动因：这里离办公室很近。我谈不上对乌克兰有什么了解，只是大概知道一些历史事件，知道一些地名人名，都很肤浅。我没有去过，近期也没有打算去那边玩。 这个博物馆也没什么名气，虽然在寸土寸金的曼哈顿拥有可观的可利用面积（三层楼的展厅外加一层楼的办公区），但游人非常稀少。成人门票只有八元，博物馆员是个老太太，再三确认我真的要买票参观之后，非常热情地介绍了每个展厅的展览，以及如何上下楼。我…
Something happened to me, something did not happen to me
Around 18:20 EDT today, I finished today's work at our New York office, I was heading east on East 8th Street to a restaurant for dinner. I started overhearing someone ranting something around me but I didn't pay attention. Sudden…
当我玩手机时我玩些什么
天下熙熙，皆玩手机，天下攘攘，都在上网。身处这个时代，我当然也并不例外。那么，当我玩手机时，我玩些什么？ 要回答这个问题需要回顾一下我的过去。从小我就对人文、历史、地理形成了书呆子式的痴迷。我上小学之前爸妈给了我两本书：青年地图册（其实是本世界地图册）和中国地图册，我竟读得滚瓜烂熟，以至于那本青年地图册的亚洲、欧洲、非洲部分都散架不见了，但我对内容记忆犹新。后来爸妈给我办了张市图书馆的儿童借阅证，我整天借些《抗日英烈小传》、《解放军将领传》之类的书看。中学…