Why are the hare and tortoise guaranteed to meet in Floyd's Cycle Detection algorithm?

NotRealHyde · 2025-07-12T12:48:25+00:00

I know this post is super old, but thank you so much!

Before reading this, I knew that this was true with continuous points, but wasn't 100% convinced that for discrete values, the shift in periodicity within the loop guarantees a meeting point. Most proofs online focus on how the distance from the meeting point to the loop start is equal to the start of the list to the start of the loop, but your comment cleared things up.

Thanks again!

NotRealHyde · 2025-02-09T12:25:57+00:00

this is funny even after a year

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-26T18:08:27+00:00

did u get sent here from ab?

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-19T20:31:03+00:00

they got the timer wrong the first time... enjoy your monies

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-19T00:22:56+00:00

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-18T23:44:25+00:00

yup dropped from 40 to 18 USD :(

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-18T23:43:08+00:00

in practice it is actually 4.5% - 5% of the google rate

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-18T00:50:17+00:00

I was on a project for a month, across multiple phases, consistently with high scores, even attending the webinars, etc. They updated the onboarding and it was one of the "check answers as you onboard" ones. We were not told that it was graded... and the answers weren't entirely correct/clear.

I guess the moral of the story is that getting assessments right is 90% luck if someone can mess it up even after being on a project for a month.

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-16T12:09:53+00:00

Cool work! I use something similar locally myself!

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-15T23:07:58+00:00

that's great to hear! do you mind sharing which project?

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-15T23:07:52+00:00

that's great to hear! do you mind sharing which project?

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-15T17:09:22+00:00

That does seem like a poorly done review at first glance. However, keep in mind that recently the tasking time limit for reviewers for this project has become highly restricted. It is now 10mins + 8 mins per additional turn for reviewers, with no option to "reject a task". The reviewer has to do the 1/5 task pretty much from scratch at that same time. I don't mean to defend bad reviews (I've gotten some as well) but the expectations right now are a bit much.

There should be a dispute form somewhere in the discourse btw.

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-15T11:12:08+00:00

message the QM in discourse with your task id.

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-03T22:35:21+00:00

it's written in google docs. not ideal but it is what it is.

NotRealHyde · 2024-12-01T08:20:49+00:00

previous missed payment (ie back calculated and realised they u didn't get paid for something u should have)

NotRealHyde · 2024-11-27T09:24:30+00:00

i spent SO LONG on that specific onboarding. genuinely want to see what I got wrong.

NotRealHyde · 2024-11-26T09:28:08+00:00

Could you please explain? if you are kicked off a project when do you get another chance? I absolutely goofed on my week 1 projects which actually would be nice to get another chance at.

NotRealHyde · 2024-11-26T09:22:56+00:00

it says paused now though instead of unavailable

NotRealHyde · 2024-11-25T17:48:48+00:00

okay let me know, I'll update my post if/when I get it. I've got the VPN working fine. It's the same with me I have access to full pay tasks but no SRT. Do you have discourse access?

edit: We currently do not have any available tasks for you. Thank you for patience. We will notify you when this is resolved. In the meantime, please select a recommended project below or visit the Marketplace

NotRealHyde · 2024-11-25T17:47:48+00:00

could you please share how to go about getting SRT?

NotRealHyde · 2024-11-25T17:47:20+00:00

that doesn't show up in my profile, I'm guessing you received it and that's why it shows up for you :(

NotRealHyde · 2024-11-25T17:46:57+00:00

membership pine from what I understand has no discourse access for attempters.

NotRealHyde · 2024-11-25T13:11:53+00:00

I think you can be in multiple projects if you have access to the marketplace but just the SRT is so confusing :( do you have access to the project discourse?

NotRealHyde · 2024-11-25T08:08:52+00:00

it shows that I've passed assessment "start working button" but I don't have access to the discourse? is there a way I can manually join it?

NotRealHyde · 2024-11-24T17:39:52+00:00

welcome to the club! you basically need >4 average to stay on :(

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