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by stack_underflow 6y ago
1. The first language I ever used/learned was batch to script things in windows. When I learned python shortly after I recall it taking quite a bit of convincing myself to accept/use the "magic" of control flow being abl
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by stack_underflow 12y ago
Are you referring to the TopCoder Arena java applet? It still exists here: http://community.topcoder.com/contest/arena/ContestAppletPro... . They've redesigned the site recently but to access it you can just
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by stack_underflow 12y ago
Also, the new Plugin command doesn't support double quoted string arguments, it gets parsed as a trailing comment. I discovered this after I s//'d my Bundle "<plugin>" lines to Plugin "<plugin>
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by stack_underflow 12y ago
I highly recommend the book Competitive Programming 3 by Steven and Felix Halim ( https://sites.google.com/site/stevenhalim/ ). I prefer the larger print version as it's much easier to read and have laying on y
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by stack_underflow 12y ago
Competing in algorithmic programming competitions is an extremely eye-opening experience. I competed in 3 ICPC regionals during my time as an undergrad and realized that my level of knowledge in core/fundamental algorithms was (and sti
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by stack_underflow 14y ago
I forgot all about this problem ever since I remapped 'jk' to <esc>. Although when I was primarily using <C-[>, I tried the timeoutlen and ttimeoutlen solution but couldn't really find any values that didn't conflict with my
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by stack_underflow 14y ago
You should check out sites like TopCoder [0] or UVa's online judge [1]. These sites offer tons of problems that focus more on algorithms and data structures, rather than just number theory and math-based problems like Project Euler - which
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by stack_underflow 14y ago
'man -K' is also useful, for when you want to search the contents of man pages and not just the descriptions.
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by stack_underflow 14y ago
I've designed my dotfile repo to be easily installable on any machine I happen to be on with the help of a script that backs up any existing dotfiles that may conflict with those in my repo. This allows me to backup any existing configs, li