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Anybody else participating in the Google Code Jam? I just saw it today and am giving it a try. I have solved the first two, and am almost done with the fourth.
 
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Yay I am guaranteed more than 25 points so I guess I made it to the next round.
 
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That's awesome bro.
I don't have time. Either working or driving. And my side-project.
Oh well.
 
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I looked briefly into it but couldn't figure out what I was doing.
 
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Google Code Jam is for sure a hard one to compete in, in my opinion. They do make it challenging. Good luck!
 
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I looked briefly into it but couldn't figure out what I was doing.
Yeah I was confused at first and missed the first one three times lol because I didn't follow instructions, tis annoying...
Google Code Jam is for sure a hard one to compete in, in my opinion. They do make it challenging. Good luck!
Thanks, tbh the first two and last problem were fairly easy, but the third was too hard for me lol. I'm guessing that it will get much more difficult though as this was just the qualification round.
 
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I looked briefly into it but couldn't figure out what I was doing.
Me too. I figured that the qualification registration had closed, even though it says Sunday at some time.
 
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I racked up 44 points for the 2014 qualification round, so I'll see you in the next round. :smile: I would've had more points, but I ran out of time and had a small bug in one of my source code submissions that only allowed me to solve the smaller problemset for the minesweeper.
 
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I racked up 44 points for the 2014 qualification round, so I'll see you in the next round. :smile: I would've had more points, but I ran out of time and had a small bug in one of my source code submissions that only allowed me to solve the smaller problemset for the minesweeper.

Haha yeah see you in the next round. I didn't even attempt C, because I didn't really know how to go at it and didn't have much time. D was really easy though so I got that fairly quickly. I finished with 55 points.
 
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Haha yeah see you in the next round. I didn't even attempt C, because I didn't really know how to go at it and didn't have much time. D was really easy though so I got that fairly quickly. I finished with 55 points.

The toughest thing is finding the time to set aside for the competition. I don't know how late I'll be this time. They leave a 2 hour window that you have to hit, and I barely made the first one with over 24 hours. Granted, I forgot about it until there were only a few hours left.
 
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The toughest thing is finding the time to set aside for the competition. I don't know how late I'll be this time. They leave a 2 hour window that you have to hit, and I barely made the first one with over 24 hours. Granted, I forgot about it until there were only a few hours left.
Yeah I agree. I was just reading hackernews and got really lucky that I saw it. I think there are like 3 weeks that you can do the challenge, so hopefully I find the time as well.
 
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How much time do you get per problem?
For the qualification round you had 24 hours I think to solve four. And you had to get 25 out of 90 points to get to the next round. Idk what happens for the next round.
 
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For the qualification round you had 24 hours I think to solve four. And you had to get 25 out of 90 points to get to the next round. Idk what happens for the next round.

You only get 2 hours for the next round.
 
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For those who were unable to participate (or forgot like me), Codility.com is a great place to do some very similar things (minus the cash reward). It's very, very useful to perform problems like these often if you're into programming, as it really helped expand my knowledge!
 
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Round 1 starts tonight. Hopefully I can finish in the top 1000.
 
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Well I blanked that one... That was sad lol..

edit: I essentially reaffirmed that my brain does not function when it is (relatively) late.
 
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