Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100 • Hacker News Board

Re: Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

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Post by kareemsabri » Tue, Dec 06, 2011, 6:27 PM UTC

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Re: Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

#32

Post by orionhickman » Tue, Dec 06, 2011, 6:45 PM UTC

sigvef wrote: post #9

[deleted] wrote: post #6

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// is Python's floor division operator, enabled in 2.2[1]. [1]: http://docs.python.org/release/2.2.3/whatsnew/node7.html

I don't understand how this is related.

Re: Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

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Post by orionhickman » Tue, Dec 06, 2011, 6:46 PM UTC

timb wrote: post #19

http://i.imgur.com/o1A7M.png

The one-line rule is your friend.

Re: Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

#34

Post by hmottestad » Tue, Dec 06, 2011, 6:49 PM UTC

monochromatic wrote: post #18

VladRussian wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

couldn't make myself pass the bloodsucking reg form (it has more than 2 fields :), so didn't even see that it is python.

How long does it take to type in a gibberish mailinator address and a password?

Longer than closing the tab. It would be nice if the qualifier didn't require registration.

Re: Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

#35

Post by jakubw » Tue, Dec 06, 2011, 7:10 PM UTC

suhastech wrote: post #4

Let me guess. US only?

No. It asks for your country if you win.

Re: Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

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Post by H4wk_cz » Tue, Dec 06, 2011, 7:32 PM UTC

That was fun. The challenge is not very hard.

Re: Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

#37

Post by weaksauce » Tue, Dec 06, 2011, 7:54 PM UTC

msluyter wrote: post #10

Just curious... not that I'm going to do this. Couldn't this be easily gamed by having one person in a group do the challenge first and then broadcast the question to the rest of the group to analyze at leisure prior to taking the quiz?

If it's like the last time there were different challenges.

Re: Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

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Post by VladRussian » Tue, Dec 06, 2011, 8:25 PM UTC

monochromatic wrote: post #18

VladRussian wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

couldn't make myself pass the bloodsucking reg form (it has more than 2 fields :), so didn't even see that it is python.

How long does it take to type in a gibberish mailinator address and a password?

>How long does it take to type in a gibberish mailinator address and a password?

it isn't about "how long" this specific operation takes. In Russian there is a saying "One's experience of a theatrical show starts with the coatchecking experience at the theater". In this particular case the reg form strongly suggests that the user experience on the site wasn't designed well.

And as it happens according to the other posts, the experince of the majority of the users (the ones who completed the registration) was miserable as they didn't fit the narrow category of "know and interested in Python and ready to provide Skype ID".

Re: Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

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Post by mindstab » Tue, Dec 06, 2011, 10:48 PM UTC

radq wrote: post #27

timb wrote: post #19

http://i.imgur.com/o1A7M.png

There's also this: http://i.imgur.com/vvKOR.png

Yeah I got that and

arr.push(x) marked wrong instead of their arr.add(x)

Re: Quixey Challenge - 1 Bug, 1 Minute, $100

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Post by mindstab » Tue, Dec 06, 2011, 10:52 PM UTC

aquark wrote: post #15

Note: if you pass the qualifier you need to provide a Skype id to register for the challenge itself.

More than that you need to be able to take a skype call, so doing this at work is out