Winning Google Kickstart Round B 2022

[@bigboland6160]

imagine how op this guy will be once he turns on dark mode

[@spencerabma7209]

Hes only using 5% of his power rn

[@hahalol8354]

He is the 2020 IOI Gold medalist, one of the best competitive programmers in the world

[@PhatOof]

​@@hahalol8354 IOI Gold doesn't make you one of the best in the world. ICPC would. IOI would definitely put you in the top tier, especially for younger people though. He likely is, but there are some crazy good competitive programmers out there.

[@sultanelshirazy8229]

@@hahalol8354 and first place

[@hahalol8354]

@@PhatOof At his age group, he is one of best. Even compare across all age groups, he can probably beat 99.99% of people.

[@Jordan-bc3pz]

And here i am again, watching this like i know whats is he doing

[@ChrisCollao]

You're not alone bro

[@kiancarvalho9118]

same bro

[@ThinkwithLex]

Same

[@denizsen97]

you also approve everything he does by shaking your head right xD

[@kuntiechan]

I watch it for the mech kb asmr

[@gianfry]

this dude could finish my data structures & algorithms exam in 5 minutes

[@JohnCena963852]

even with eyes closed lol

[@cos9398]

Problems are easy here

[@Kaiten66]

​@@JohnCena963852I see what u got here

[@steez_lord]

With this guy I wouldn't be surprised if the title just said "Winning Google"

[@VrickzGamer]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@VrickzGamer]

Google Won William Lin instead

[@phyl2379]

I respect you as a programmer honestly, you're a humble competitive programmer and I hope you reach your goals.

[@gondola3465]

*You're (with respect)

[@phyl2379]

@@gondola3465 oh thanks for the correction dude completely missed it when I wrote the text.

[@GodOfFaith]

bro the goal reaches to this guy , he is dream of dream companies ,everyone would like a brilliant mind like him

[@biubiuty]

At 10:00, the loop condition "~j" is equivalent to "-j-1" (because an integer's negation is equal to its two's complement, i.e. -x = ~x+1), which means "-j-1!=0", which means "j!=-1", which means j is 0 for the last iteration.

[@alkhiljohn3813]

ye, it's basically complements in CS

[@dimensionalcookie]

@@alkhiljohn3813 you are the guy i often clash with on Coding game :))

[@daark3113]

@@alkhiljohn3813 your the dude from CODING GAME. I thought you were a bot???

[@mr__cat]

@@alkhiljohn3813 I saw you at Coding Game too XD.

[@saitamapunch8035]

Guys the description of AlkhilJohn literally says: "This account is a CodinGame bot for Clash of Code. Discover why we added it and how it works here: [link]"

[@Soundwave-F7Z]

By the time the 3 hours are up , I would still be looking at the question wondering what it’s asking me.

[@ScienceSeekho]

xD same for rest 99% of population

[@greatEras]

HEY!!! DUDE I THOUGHT I WAS DA DUMBEST PERSON ON EARTH! THIS IS THE BEST COMMENT IVE PROB HEARD BRUH, I PROB WOULD HAVE RAGED IF I DIDNT SEE THIS COMMENT LOL.

[@nics51]

nice pfp, im a solana developer xD

[@harshchaturvedi4218]

i was just attempting this kickstart round and I'm just impressed how you gave a valid answer for the only the first problem... not only i couldn't get a correct solution for it, it took whole 3 hours for me to just attempt the first 2 problems! Dude you seriously are something else.... i need to grow more

[@user-bk9oh9or9i]

All you need is practice I did first two problems within ~40 mins And first subtask of 3rd one in ~20 mins Don't worry you'll improve with time All the best

[@hamzaomari7052]

You neee to break your limiter as saitama did. And then you'll solve every coding problem with one line of code and you will be the ONE LINE MAN

[@harshchaturvedi4218]

@@hamzaomari7052 @69 Thankyou guys! You are awesome 🌼

[@Mr_Cat_11]

@@hamzaomari7052 loving you comment ❤️

[@dio595]

@@user-bk9oh9or9i can you suggest some platforms to practice and where to find such questions?

[@jake9854]

maybe if we buy his keyboard, we ll be as good as him.

[@legendkilla023]

You need a gaming chair to be this good.

[@notlegal99]

@@legendkilla023 I can hear his mouse scrolling, definitely sounds like you need the mouse more

[@Rayzlight]

Nah we all know it's the Asian blood power

[@IAMDEV1]

Bro can you tell me what is his keyboard name.?

[@IAMDEV1]

And I can buy that keyboard

[@Mitxyt]

I drew a christmas tree with for loops today and I was happy till I saw this video

[@JourneytoBetterSelf]

bro same lmao

[@muskmelon7970]

i printed hello world and i was happy till now

[@kinstar]

😂😭😭

[@aaravgulati2]

1st question isn't that hard

[@Daniel-ld7xs]

@@muskmelon7970 Broo I print hello world too! HHAHAHAH

[@joehsiao6224]

He hires interviewers.

[@connormccartney2953]

This man programs on latop with Notepad ++ and Vim for windows, he is a force to be reckoned with.

[@felipegomes6312]

this is gVim, I think there is not notepad++, this is the actual thing

[@ranveersingh9434]

do you know which theme he is using and font

[@shanewalsch]

Its not notepad++, its gvim

[@shanewalsch]

@@ranveersingh9434 theme is zellner, font don't remember

[@tonyv2685]

32:55 "it says all of these are impossible. Which is cap. So....." Honestly felt that.

[@THE_KIROSHI]

Bro, you're motivating me so much when I am watching these videos, that stuff is incredible Thank you so much

[@angelethunder6723]

this is just ASMR for coders. I love your content

[@kartik_exe_]

bro u are unmatchable ok btw i am really really inspired by u when ever i open my pc for cp i first open your vid and starts learning

[@garyong9334]

Google does not interview him, he interviews google

[@prasadjoshi4058]

When William enters the round everyone else fights for second place ;)

[@vinayjangra1401]

🤣🤣🤣

[@coding8000]

Thank you, William most wanting content on KZbin.

[@AREACREWBMX]

Practice make perfect my friendsss... Very congratulations to you, y're insane bro... Your capacity of problem solving is somathing of incredible.

[@yeetusboiryan5518]

“This wasn’t too bad” Bruh what I can’t even imagine how difficult a coding problem would be when he says “It was a little bit difficult”

[@brooo4219]

Years and years of practice

[@akshitmangotra5370]

Lol, I just saw once the leader board once in the contest and I knew this video will come for sure.

[@vinayakagarwal6728]

Please explain your solutions in short at the end. Many times your's approach is different than editorial.. It would be very very helpful for all of us. Thanks Sir!!

[@lucasdeassis1622]

^

[@lampsenpai4325]

Congratulations William!

[@alexanderpetranov]

You are just amazing! You ARE my ONE AND ONLY IDOL!

[@ricardoalejandretrigo6259]

"This isn't to bad", said the guy winning google's kickstart round B

[@Kradrice]

“Just finished dinner” and the clock says 7 am lmao

[@xenorzy9331]

Well done!

[@blatantslander]

Honestly I have to be honesy I know coding and all that anf know the foundations for all of these but the main issue is how we execute it and think of the process, this man does it extremely well and is aware of the end result for the program

[@micky8331]

Are you being charged for punctuation marks?

[@NicolasAlbamurillo]

I solved C in 2 hours with Top-down DP after many drawings, he did it very fast :O

[@fidgetspinner1050]

Whats dp? He mentioned it in the video, is it an algorithm?

[@NicolasAlbamurillo]

@@fidgetspinner1050 DP = Dynamic Programming, it is a problem-solving technique

[@maxc9432]

William can you make a video to explain the template you are using?

[@bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb]

Got #75 on this one

[@NicolasAlbamurillo]

Congratulations bro, I got 460

[@hil449]

boa mano

[@aj-lan284]

Hey because of you my confidence went down. You are so talented. Please make a video how did you learn coding and from where?

[@sumoluke95]

Ok, but can you center a div with css?

[@DetectiveConan990v3]

man this guys brain works at a completely different level than mine i need to know his thought process when working through these problems

[@DingBop]

I’d say his iq is 145 plus

[@cvale116]

Who's here from his iconic 2020 Kickstart A video? glad to see him win another one

[@ra1u]

For last one, one needs to find spanning tree and then walk around it. This is then like O(n) complexity. But implementation is kind a tricky here.

[@NiranjanKumarGHC]

finding just ANY spanning tree will not work btw

[@apidas]

you're so smart William!

[@lalala9337]

Just found out your channel after googling Benjamin Qi, watched your CP video and the discussion about you on PTT. I gotta say, very impressive man.

[@JoyMajumdarMusic]

sir I have a request that can u make a video on your competitive programming setup , I also want setup like yours. please make a video on it.

[@JeffersonPires90]

dude is ages ahead of us having dinner at 7am

[@avtarchandra2407]

making himecode such questions makes me shiver in my head

[@mexicanmax227]

I’m trying to understand your page of code at the very beginning. Do you have a bunch of snippets/general templates that you easily and quickly access and your allowed to have going into the competition? Or is it just left over questions/answers that you’ve done from past questions.

[@laplace1139]

if you observe the line number he types on, it’s in the 100’s. he has macros/templates above the solve function in every file to shorten amount of code written during contest

[@mexicanmax227]

@@laplace1139 that’s super smart 😂

[@laplace1139]

@@mexicanmax227 yeah, indeed it’s done quite commonly in CP for those reasons

[@NoFailer]

This guy knows how to center a div.

[@thijsyo]

32:55 "k so this says anything is impossible, which is 🧢" - William L. (2022)

[@ohyeah1197]

"William Lin is infinite."

[@mossdem]

This guy skim reads all of the text which tells him the problem, checks the output and then begins to produce coding language I never knew existed inside of a language I code in and still criticizes himself. If Google doesn't hire this lad, then I don't think he is the problem lol

[@1717-o1g]

I think Google is more than happy to hire him as he will probably crack each single interview question given to him. The question is more like whether he wanted to work for Google because he could receive offers from various companies and Google may not be the best one.

[@ke5684]

He will start his own company

[@1717-o1g]

@@ke5684 Well that's a good idea too.

[@jpppptrade]

what do you google should hire him , he can make millions without google but he just need to have a creative mind to build

[@lebumjames1373]

Him working for someone else would be wasted potential. He should start his own company not slave away to a job like the average person.

[@SatrioBudiDharmawan]

When i am trying to understand the question, this dude here already run the solution

[@TechStory5]

The king is back

[@SkrtlIl]

I'd really be interested in an explanation for the dp Task

[@seanamir1667]

i clicked this video and as soon as i saw the problem i went back to my coloring book

[@marciocintra2988]

So this is what's required to work at Google

[@lordarcadius]

He’s the guy she told you not to worry about.

[@gamecode7121]

TMW is Kickstart King 😎😂

[@lightninghunterCR]

This constantly reminds me of what I have to become!! You are an idol to me! I do wish to compete with you one day!

[@Shinchannohara12321]

Can you make a video on what course have you done before becoming competitive programmer

[@somtovitus]

boy had at least 2 hours to spare

[@Ivan-jy3ou]

Hi, William! I started to coding some weeks ago, and you filled me of hope and motivation!! Because I am, I was and I will be wondered about your skills and your capacities while you code. One of my goals in the next some years. It is just to be at least a half of how are you, of course if I can beat you or one day being as good as you coding, it would be awesome. And after found this channel, I was wondering of the amount of people who are genius in their area, and how they are soo substimated and underated. Well, this is to much text, but I want to type this message as a recordatory of my progress in the future, and compare myself to see if I am just a fraction of you!! (Sorry for my english, it is not my first language)

[@hulavux8145]

Keep at it! Best luck to you!

[@Ivan-jy3ou]

@Big Dog And what is the definition of genius? That is comparative, and if you compare him with all the programmers around the world, he is above the media, perhaps he is better than 95% of all them, if that is not a genius, what it is? Being part of the 0.000001%? Just think it

[@Ivan-jy3ou]

@@hulavux8145 Thanksss!! I really appreciate it!! I will give my best

[@scythe2686]

español?

[@Ivan-jy3ou]

@@scythe2686 sipi, bueno, latino

[@diegoalexander1425]

You are the best and you don't need to be told, because you already are

[@jasonz.h31]

Another video that i have seem of you after the one 2 years ago and your also bigger now lol. A total monster

[@朱恒樺]

The KING is back

[@tempsokoku882]

Does your university have you write code on paper or you can use computer to compile and check? Also, what are your thoughts on writing code? I mean it's a good way to practice..

[@FKZYTV]

And this is god tier coding!

[@mexicanmax227]

Lehhhs Gooooo!!!! Gratz!!!

[@XxXK9]

If I took Mr. Lin 40 min to complete this means it would take me about a year and a half

[@kenseifeitan4663]

hes back

[@Nico-xi3mn]

what keyboard are you using ?

[@zerinfalible8639]

great job bro! ]

[@danielnanguyasmu]

Hi, i got a question, what does "ll r, a , b;" means in line 2 at 3:52. I suppose it's used to declare the variables

[@rusty_67]

ll means long long date type which he defined as ll and r,a and b are the variables

[@sl4x0]

The king is back ❤️

[@michaelslifecycle]

I wish I could just have a miniature version of you on my desk to help me learn programming. I’m learning the CS50 course right now and every lecture is so complicated 😅

[@akagaminoshanks21]

What chrome skin is he using?

[@Gosen_5000]

“All right, just finished dinner here…” Clock says 6:59 am.

[@machans-203]

Hey william, i have a question, how u take notes when u studying and how u recall the notes how could u take and how to recall it. Can u make a video for that. And last you taking notes in digital or notebooks

[@Jay-qw1gq]

Watching things like this is so thrilling

[@keylazy]

Is there a memory constraint on Hamilton Tour? I was thinking construct the actual graph by expanding each input character into 4 cells and do ordinary DFS on it.

[@anhluong4976]

love to see you're still using gvim lol, congrats!

[@solomonlian441]

@William Lin, how'd you get so better at thinking so quick?

[@versace10]

You should make videos on solving jane street puzzles

[@kanu941]

william can you please tell me which ide and laptop you use? 😁

[@BoomTJ89]

Ide is VIM

[@ThePredator315000]

The unkillable demon king of coding

[@dooncroft]

"just finished dinner" at 7am 😬😬

[@alkhiljohn3813]

I was sitting there in my programming chair and was expecting this video. The only thing I didn't expect was getting shitted on by him, again.

[@freddiekb1004]

Great video! What's your Chrome theme? Looks sick

[@5tq6]

I hope you make videos on solving problems and explaining how you solve it

[@pomodorostudywithjanin3326]

There have any course or tutorial for basic to advanced CP learning? i need resources to study to like you are understand easily the problem so fast?

[@studioa.c.3686]

This man keeps winning, plz post some videos about losing. Let’s know we still have a chance 😭

[@BigbSurvey]

bro u nailed it

[@alrik7172]

Hey William, are you using Vim motions or stenography keyboard?

[@kekakiala946]

DID U DO 2022 december contest?? can u upload that video too??

[@centipedekid9824]

How did you get so good? I want to be on your level and don't know where to start.

[@Wizard101duncan]

It takes years of practice. He’s likely put thousands of hours into competitive programming alone, so it’s very unlikely you’ll get to his level if you haven’t already have much exposure

[@ImLay-Z]

Start coding. Anything.

[@notorious7706]

Practice, and more practice.

[@chi6168]

Don’t imitate, find your own strength

[@alice_002a9]

man what a genius mind

[@Hypura]

when you forgot how atan works, i felt that in my bones.

[@jaspersydenham3967]

How does he understand how to solve it before I've even had time to read the question? This man is simply diff

[@sebaspeche]

practice man

[@M4D4F4K4.]

​@@sebaspeche ....You think that's obtainable through practice? I mean yeah for some degree in job interviews but only few make into FANG and that problems are way harder than one in interviews. He's obviously talented being #1.

[@M4D4F4K4.]

@@sebaspeche And at the end results #2 is scoring only 73 and he's just perfect lol no way to obtain that lvl without being chosen :)

[@brooo4219]

​@@M4D4F4K4. It's extraordinary IQ paired with intense practice

[@justjie1008]

Say no more. William Lin #1

[@jinxscript]

bronem outhere cranking 90s 💀

[@xeed4545]

I love these videos, but I don‘t understand much of the code. As an idea for a new video, could you explain 1-2 tasks, the logic etc.? 😊

[@fresh-avocado]

Can you tell me which keyboard you use?

[@therealal1713]

Starting to learn coding. Specifically Python and SQL. Any advice for a beginner? 🙂

[@gauravchugh9919]

don't focus on learning language too much. Just learn the basic syntax if, for, while . Start learning DSA and start solving leetcode problems.

[@JulioSavio]

Little questions: What do you think about Taiwan, do you enjoy this little powerful land?