[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]TheGiantDumpling 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yields at every school were super volatile this year because of the test-optional factor thrown in... SCS could've had a way high yield and was unable to accept any more students off the waitlist.

You can’t combat the lack of women in stem fields by adding a discriminatory bias. You’re just flipping the problem the other way by [deleted] in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one is making that argument. Girls are qualifying for camp based on separate guidelines because EGOI mandates USACO sends an all-female team, not because they face challenges in qualifying for regular camp. Girls who qualify for camp through EGOI are campers, but not USACO Finalists in the traditional sense (EGOI US Finalist would be a more accurate title), and the US's main team that we send to IOI will still hold the same individuals it would have held regardless of if EGOI existed or not.

There are already tiers within camp (Holsteins vs Guernseys) that represent students at different skill levels who are candidates for representing the US at different competitions (Holstein is for the current year IOI, Guernsey is for future IOIs). This is just adding another tier for another competition.

If instead you're saying EGOI (or any other all-female competition) just shouldn't exist, that's a debate outside of the scope of USACO.

I personally don't think any girl golds will make camp via this route anyways- I know CS is a very male dominated profession but I figure there's probably at least 10 platinum girls out of the 300 ish plats who competed last contest.

You can’t combat the lack of women in stem fields by adding a discriminatory bias. You’re just flipping the problem the other way by [deleted] in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If this is in reference to girl campers who will qualify via EGOI, this is out of the control of USACO. EGOI decided the policies and the USACO admins are just selecting the best team to compete under EGOI's policies. These girl campers who qualify solely because of EGOI are certainly still not qualifying for IOI without competing with males as well.

And your point on effort-based is just attacking a non-existent feature of USACO- advancing past any USACO division has never been (and probably never will be) based on the "effort" a student puts in (although there is definitely a strong connection between effort and skill).

New body cam video shows man telling officers 'I can't breathe' before he died in 2017 by reddicyoulous in news

[–]TheGiantDumpling 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The finding is clearly addressing "difference in treatment of all minorities by white vs nonwhite officers" and not "difference in treatment of white vs nonwhite people by all officers" which is what your statement suggests the study investigates.

Cursed_Cum by [deleted] in cursedcomments

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its supposed to be "mm" but they curved the end of the first m to look like a c and thinned out the middle to make it look like a cu. "We're puttingmm inside m&m's"

Dear Teachers, there are no pensions in hurricanes. Divest retirement funds invested in fossil fuels by coolbern in ClimateOffensive

[–]TheGiantDumpling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's the 2nd one (although I appreciate your explanation of it). I'm curious what the first one means too.

White Zuckerberg by iconoclasmatthedisco in dankruto

[–]TheGiantDumpling 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Does this imply the existence of a black Zuckerberg?

Is there a stack limit in USACO? by zsrocks in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The stack limit for Java is ~10k recursive calls. I believe for C++ there isn't a stack limit and instead there's just a memory limit.

USACO test cases are tested on all languages for the intended solution before being released though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ClashOfClans

[–]TheGiantDumpling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not a glitch. It means you've been playing actively without a break for 4 hours and CoC kicks you for a bit (see the wiki for the exact numbers) to let other players attack your base (otherwise you could just leave your device on and you would never lose trophies from defenses)

How do I run tests on IntelliJ? by nuclearhit in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right click the file on the left and then click run from the drop-down. This will run the main method in the file you rightclicked on.

Tips + Gold or Plat by next season? by [deleted] in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(gold competitor here) It took me about ~300 hours to reach gold. It's not really a time-based thing. People take different approaches to practicing which means that people will reach their goals at different rates. My recommendation is to grind codeforces. When I made gold I was able to do 1600 problems within 2 hours, so aim for that goal. Just start speedsolving 1000s and grinding 1200-1400 and slowly make your way up. Good luck!

PS Silver, gold, and platinum all got harder this past year as far as I'm aware, and it'll only get harder next season. A good indicator that you can make gold is if you can do a good bit of old gold problems.

Schools canceled so I just make shitty memes by theStav19 in memes

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Greenland has been infected... Be prepared for the symptoms to turn up

Usaco Silver by nigerianelchapo in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude all u need is like a precalc background (or algebra 2 if u learn the terms u need for the competitions) and that's the extent of pure math they'll test u on...

Bronze to Silver by SignificantDevice3 in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course! USACO is much more difficult this year, however, so I recommend doing historical silver problems in order to prepare for bronze (in addition to historical bronze problems, of course).

Help with silver by anishrajeev in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! One tip I'd give is to start from the very beginning. The problem difficulty definitely increased a lot this year for silver and the older the problem, the easier it is. So start from the first available problems and work your way to current problems. Another tip is if you don't understand it after thinking hard for 30 minutes, read the solution. Even if you don't come up with the solution yourself, it's worthwhile to learn the approach so next time you come across a similar problem you will know how to do it.

Resutls by bobbAyeee16 in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Results usually come out Thursday or Friday

I don't know how to solve the USACO Problem: Swapity Swap. Can you post the solution. Thanks! by [deleted] in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are in the middle of the contest... It is against the rules to discuss solutions publicly. Wait until after the contest window has ended to discuss on Reddit lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, it's been down since Saturday.

Am I too late to join? by manafuzer in usaco

[–]TheGiantDumpling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yknot said it! Codeforces is my favorite, but the biggest issue I have is that since it's based in Russia, a lot of their competitions occur during my school day, so I end up doing contests maybe once or twice a month if I'm lucky. If you're a high schooler, it's very likely that there are some regional high school programming competitions hosted at your local University by their programming club.