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thought you stood a chance? (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

What is this meme about? "Competition", "Leaderboard", "Waiting for the timer to hit 0:00"? I am so confused.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Competitive programming.

    Usually multiple algorithmic problems that are released to public at the same time and the fastest people to submit a correct solution get more points.

    A fun one I still like to participate in is advent of code, which is a yearly christmas themed one with two problems released a day during advent.

    If you want to seriously compete in competitive programming, you need to learn and memorize different problem types and the solutions to those. A bit like you start learning patterns in chess.

    For practicing, the CSES Problem Set is a gold mine for practice problems. Theres also a list of competitive programming books on the site.

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