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Gild to donate $5 to EFF fo each coder that solves our programming puzzle

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Re: Gild to donate $5 to EFF fo each coder that solves our programming puzzle

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Post by jc4p »

Clever idea to generate buzz while making an impact.

Edit, took a shot at it:

Is there something wrong with how you're running the scripts? My Python script seems to die saying:

    No such file or directory: '/opt/puzzles/*.in'
But your example on how you're going to run it on the bottom says you will specify an actual file rather than a wildcard. Running it locally on my machine on all your tests results in this:

    $ python test.py d.in > d_me.out
    $ md5 d.out 
    MD5 (d.out) = c6dc722a7020baacebd876d4377065ad
    $ md5 d_me.out
    MD5 (d_me.out) = c6dc722a7020baacebd876d4377065ad
So I doubt it's a silent failure in my code.

Re: Gild to donate $5 to EFF fo each coder that solves our programming puzzle

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Post by federicof »

davidw wrote: post #2

How long does it take? I earn an hourly rate such that $5 is not a lot of my time - perhaps it'd be more efficient simply to send them $5.

It's a fairly easy puzzle, for an average programmer it should take at most half an hour. Give it a shot :)

Re: Gild to donate $5 to EFF fo each coder that solves our programming puzzle

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Post by federicof »

jc4p wrote: post #3

Clever idea to generate buzz while making an impact. Edit, took a shot at it: Is there something wrong with how you're running the scripts? My Python script seems to die saying: No such file or directory: '/opt/puzzles/*.in' But your example on how you're going to run it on the bottom says you will specify an actual file rather than a wildcard. Running it locally on my machine on all your tests results in this: $ pyt…

Yup, your script should receive the path to a single file, not a wildcard. I'll take a look at the logs. :) Thanks for your feedback.

Re: Gild to donate $5 to EFF fo each coder that solves our programming puzzle

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Post by davidw »

federicof wrote: post #4
davidw wrote: post #2

How long does it take? I earn an hourly rate such that $5 is not a lot of my time - perhaps it'd be more efficient simply to send them $5.

It's a fairly easy puzzle, for an average programmer it should take at most half an hour. Give it a shot :)

That's valuing my time at $10 an hour. No grazie:-)

Re: Gild to donate $5 to EFF fo each coder that solves our programming puzzle

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Post by federicof »

davidw wrote: post #6
federicof wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a fairly easy puzzle, for an average programmer it should take at most half an hour. Give it a shot :)

That's valuing my time at $10 an hour. No grazie:-)

Sure in this case you better send them the 5$, nevertheless please share this with friends or colleagues that may want to give their contribution while having fun for half an hour.

By the way, if you're an experienced programmer the solution is quite obvious, it should take less than 15 minutes. :)

Re: Gild to donate $5 to EFF fo each coder that solves our programming puzzle

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Post by jc4p »

federicof wrote: post #5
jc4p wrote: post #3

Clever idea to generate buzz while making an impact. Edit, took a shot at it: Is there something wrong with how you're running the scripts? My Python script seems to die saying: No such file or directory: '/opt/puzzles/*.in' But your example on how you're going to run it on the bottom says you will specify an actual file rather than a wildcard. Running it locally on my machine on all your tests results in this: $ pyt…

Yup, your script should receive the path to a single file, not a wildcard. I'll take a look at the logs. :) Thanks for your feedback.

Works now, thanks!
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