Gild to donate $5 to EFF fo each coder that solves our programming puzzle(fightsopa.org)

15 pointsby federicofقبل 15 سنة10 comments

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

http://fightsopa.org

3 comments

jc4pقبل 15 سنة

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.

federicofقبل 15 سنة

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.

jc4pقبل 15 سنة

Works now, thanks!

federicofقبل 15 سنة

Great!

davidwقبل 15 سنة

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.

federicofقبل 15 سنة

It's a fairly easy puzzle, for an average programmer it should take at most half an hour. Give it a shot :)

davidwقبل 15 سنة

That's valuing my time at $10 an hour. No grazie:-)

federicofقبل 15 سنة

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. :)

TwistedLogicقبل 15 سنة

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

federicofقبل 15 سنة

Thanks!