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		coolThingsFirst 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ICPC 2025 World Finals Results The problems are really low quality. Topcoder/ICPC/CodeJam have the best problem statements. Check out this for example: https://codeforces.com/contest/2136/problem/C Why would I care if some array can be obtained by combining some other patterns?

pxx 5 months ago [–]

This is a pretty neat problem. Maybe this isn't the activity for you...

coolThingsFirst 5 months ago | [–]

No, sorry. You have a bad taste.

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