silent_sky's blog

By silent_sky, history, 4 years ago, In English

After a lot of persistence and perseverance and dedication, I finally became -ve rated on Codeforces. I want to thank the following for helping me to finally achieve the milestone:
1. My amazingly terrible self confidence
2. My single fucked up brain cell.
3. My amazing ability of not being able to solve Div 2D after consistent practice for 2 years.
4. My amazingly terrible patience
5. Hugely talented eighth graders who were able to successfully depress me with their amazing skill level. (Don't get me wrong, it's not their fault that they are good.)

I want to once again, thank all of the following to help me achieve this unique milestone. Also, huge thanks to the community for ruining my aim of having the lowest contribution and rating in Codeforces. You guys are great. Thanks to all. Goodbye.
-meeooow

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By silent_sky, history, 4 years ago, In English

All I have ever done on codeforces is spam. Yet my "contribution" is a whopping +60. This is mostly due to the fact that some of my comments were actually funny, and some were harsh burns.
But today, I saw that the real meooow, who has been such a meaningful contributer to the community, has "contribution" 1 less than me (+59). This made me feel a bit guilty, and also made me question the real value of contribution points on codeforces.
I don't feel that this is right, and downplays the actual value of the word "contribution". Hence I request the community to please downvote this blog and reduce my "contribution" points to my actual contribution.
PS: In case you don't feel like downvoting, here is the ultimate motivation:

IS THIS RATED?

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By silent_sky, history, 4 years ago, In English

Why so many subs in queue even when there is no ongoing contest? Is codeforces undergoing some sort of maintenance right now?

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By silent_sky, history, 4 years ago, In English

What are the best comments that you have seen in a cf submission? For example, I find the jokes on sorry_dreamoon's submissions to be quite funny. I also remember seeing poems on some submissions, which were quite interesting to read.

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By silent_sky, history, 5 years ago, In English

Is the codeforces judge down right now? My submission has been in queue for the past 15 minutes or so.
Update: Cause found.

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By silent_sky, history, 5 years ago, In English

I was recently talking with a cf user on codeforces talks. But when I am trying to send a message, it shows that "something has broken down in codeforces" and the message is not being sent. So is everybody experiencing this or is it only me? Also, how to fix it?

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By silent_sky, history, 5 years ago, In English

Could someone please explain how to implement segment trees and how do they work ? I tried to go through many tutorials, but cannot wind my head around it.

Note : I am a Newbie

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By silent_sky, history, 5 years ago, In English

Given two integers $$$A$$$ and $$$B$$$, find $$$A$$$ $$$\oplus$$$ $$$($$$ $$$A$$$ $$$+$$$ $$$1$$$ $$$)$$$ $$$\oplus$$$ $$$($$$ $$$A$$$ $$$+$$$ $$$2$$$ $$$)$$$ $$$\oplus$$$ $$$\dots$$$ $$$\oplus$$$ $$$B$$$ where $$$A$$$ $$$<=$$$ $$$B$$$

No, not in linear time

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