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

15 points by federicof 14 years ago · 10 comments

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jc4p 14 years ago

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.

federicofOP 14 years ago

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.
- jc4p 14 years ago
  
  Works now, thanks!
  - federicofOP 14 years ago
    
    Great!

davidw 14 years ago

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.

federicofOP 14 years ago

It's a fairly easy puzzle, for an average programmer it should take at most half an hour. Give it a shot :)
- davidw 14 years ago
  
  That's valuing my time at $10 an hour. No grazie:-)
  - federicofOP 14 years ago
    
    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. :)

TwistedLogic 14 years ago

I solved the puzzle :) $5 to EFF for my solution

federicofOP 14 years ago

Thanks!

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