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Google Code Jam 2012

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Re: Google Code Jam 2012

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Problem D (the only nontrivial problem) was actually in an ICPC regional a few years ago (south american perhaps?) so a lot of people will have seen this one before.

Never seen it, its crazy though. So far around 17 thousand people are participating and less than one thousand have submitted an answer to that problem!

Re: Google Code Jam 2012

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Why didn't I know about this? agh... I always miss these.

you still can participate, there's still enough time to get 20pts which are sufficient to qualify for the next round

qualifying would have been easy... the time the other rounds are at are not compatible.

Re: Google Code Jam 2012

#18

To all saying "Ugh no time!" At this point, there are still 7 and a half hours remaining. You can easily qualify (20 points) in under an hour. That being said, #4 is the only one that tripped me up - I'm think the solution is very simple and elegant but all I can think in my head is something along the lines of ray-tracing. Back to the drawing board!

where did you find that 20 points to qualify?

Re: Google Code Jam 2012

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To every one who is participating, what language(or languages) are you using? Java here

Lua for A&B, Go for C.

Looking at go-hero.net, it's interesting how the successful, popular languages in the past compare against the TIOBE index; what people want to use versus what the _have_ to use.

Re: Google Code Jam 2012

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To all saying "Ugh no time!" At this point, there are still 7 and a half hours remaining. You can easily qualify (20 points) in under an hour. That being said, #4 is the only one that tripped me up - I'm think the solution is very simple and elegant but all I can think in my head is something along the lines of ray-tracing. Back to the drawing board!

where did you find that 20 points to qualify?

Posted at the top of the scoreboard. The FAQ pointed to this for advancement.
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