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ọmọ_τó_dùn: @skydancer

I used Java. I solved the first one(both small and large input) and the third one (only small input; time expired for large because my algorithm was poor).

The lawnmower was indeed very interesting. But I'll admit that I didn't understand it.

Nice, almost same as me. Believe me, I refined my algorithm up to 8 times, I don't get how to solve the other types, first I had to use Decimal to allow up to 22 digits, in the 2nd large input scenario, I was confident since I was using GMP's ultra fast BigInteger class yet I still didn't beat the 8 mins limit. I had to blame my PC in the end

The one I found most interesting was the 4th problem, but I still can't figure out why my solution is wrong... I just committed my solutions to a new branch here... https://github.com/xwiz/csharp/tree/CodeJam2013/

ọmọ_τó_dùn: ^
I was able to qualify for next round. I barely qualified though---I started extremely late.

What language did you use? Did you solve the lawnmower case? Couldn't even grasp the meaning. I loved the last one (Treasure stuff) but still can't solve the small input, though when I manually check, my answers are correct

Let's just say it was hot, will soon post my codes on GitHub

Have tried more than 8 different solutions for Problem 3 and I can't still beat the 8 minutes timing!

Wow, I admit the CodeJam contest is hot!!!

I'm on this now. First problem here... will post c# answer shortly...

Tic-Tac-Toe-Tomek is a game played on a 4 x 4 square board. The board starts empty, except that a single 'T' symbol may appear in one of the 16 squares. There are two players: X and O. They take turns to make moves, with X starting. In each move a player puts her symbol in one of the empty squares. Player X's symbol is 'X', and player O's symbol is 'O'.

After a player's move, if there is a row, column or a diagonal containing 4 of that player's symbols, or containing 3 of her symbols and the 'T' symbol, she wins and the game ends. Otherwise the game continues with the other player's move. If all of the fields are filled with symbols and nobody won, the game ends in a draw. See the sample input for examples of various winning positions.

Given an 4 x 4 board description containing 'X', 'O', 'T' and '.' characters (where '.' represents an empty square), describing the current state of a game, determine the status of the Tic-Tac-Toe-Tomek game going on. The statuses to choose from are:

"X won" (the game is over, and X won)
"O won" (the game is over, and O won)
"Draw" (the game is over, and it ended in a draw)
"Game has not completed" (the game is not over yet)
Input

The first line of the input gives the number of test cases, T. T test cases follow. Each test case consists of 4 lines with 4 characters each, with each character being 'X', 'O', '.' or 'T' (quotes for clarity only). Each test case is followed by an empty line.

Output

For each test case, output one line containing "Case #x: y", where x is the case number (starting from 1) and y is one of the statuses given above. Make sure to get the statuses exactly right. When you run your code on the sample input, it should create the sample output exactly, including the "Case #1: ", the capital letter "O" rather than the number "0", and so on.

Limits

The game board provided will represent a valid state that was reached through play of the game Tic-Tac-Toe-Tomek as described above.

Seun I hope at this point you now have a better understanding of the various things people use Nairaland for and what they expect from it. You asked for beauty, but beauty as said, lies on the eyes of the beholder. Nairaland is beautiful as it is but it can be made much more beautiful to suit the tastes of a wider circle of users.

The mobile version of the website is okay, but I believe it's high time to upgrade, the home page for a logged in user should show the topics they're subscribed to first, followed by recent topics from boards they have marked as their interest, and few of the current hottest topics with a link to view more.

I also think user profiles needs to have a wall, where people can say thanks or leave a message to the user. This will increase my reputation if I am a genuine and good person for other members to know.

The search box should be a custom Google Search box registered with Google CSE, not a normal textbox with "site:nairaland.com".

Finally, the desktop version needs a big retouching. It needs to provide a better UI display of the most prominent features of the website. The notifications should be shown in a modern manner, I think you should adopt Facebook's sidebar method of showing ads. Most accessed features on the left sidebar (nobody wants to go to the homepage every time they want to check a different topic). I also think I can help out during this xmas period in a revamp if you consider one. All the best guys

@H202, hit me up for a typing race on play.typeracer.com, just reply to this thread anytime you're ready

Well, I know many of them.. Hit me up on relaxtuners at gmail on com

To answer your question in a generic manner, I will charge 100k - 400k and I will deliver in 3 - 5 months.

However you should know that you don't just come and ask people how much will you take to build a house for a car dealer who wants a bungalow with 5 rooms. So many things affect the price of that house. That's how software development is.

Welcome to C#, you'll discover it's a most amazing programming language as you go on, if you need any help you can contact me or just post your problems here. And remember, stackoverflow is your friend

If you're considering a career to focus in, you'll find this page news very useful. Here's some excerpt:

A statistical analysis by the Potrix Media at team in the past two days revealed that from all the about 21,653 listed jobs, Lagos had the most number of job listings - a whopping 45% of the total listings. The more surprising thing however was the speed at which it was increasing. In just 48 hours, there were 52 new job listings, i.e. 1.083 jobs in every hour!

See the full news for charts and more. and drop your comments.

@goon: Not there yet, just wondering who and who I might be able to meet

Imagine Cup national finals for this year will be happening at PH and I'm wondering if there any programmers here in PH for I'd like to meet'em.

What do you mean by:

these updates are done via any of mobile, web, external api responses.

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Surprised there're not much SkyRim fans here , my dovak is itching,

Army Lol. They have automatically announced themselves as bandits. Nigeria is not ripe for such activity with her illiteracy. I think they're using an automatic hacking script for their petty escapades.

The only point in this was tradition of NL, nothing more, so let's focus on the real task this year guys (we need world-competitive programmers). It wasn't even a fair competition

Happy New Year y'all

Mobinga:
There are no enforced laws against it in Nigeria. Continue the downloading.

Exactly, I never really thought about it that way. If the Nigerian police starts to jail all these local places where they sell pirated software, it will reduce vastly. I guess the problem is because we are not rich enough to buy these softwares, if Nigeria could focus on developing our ICT sector a bit, not only will we be able to make cheaper softwares which our own citizens can buy, but we will also encourage developers and create more employment for youths.

dhtml5:
^^^Now whorrissfunny? If i cannot get nominated because i am not law-abiding, i can at least vote. And i never saw any rule that said you can only vote once anywhere.

Hehe.
_{ps: I have been wanting to ask you, can you develop drupal modules very well? Are you well knowledgeable in drupal performance and scalability? if yes/maybe can you inbox me here or on fb?}

*dhtml:
^^^Well, lets see how the votes will go, i will try not to influence it. . .

Lol. Very funny

*dhtml:
I have been banned uncountable times, and also a law-abiding trouble-maker. . . i nominate skydancer!

Oh geez, lol. You're a truly law-abiding trouble maker
ps:why is segsalerty's name not up?

Hmm, ericot. Who are you?

Section poster of the year Why my name? Not even dhtml or fayimora? It's not fair naw. I don't remember posting more than once so I vote omo

slick708:
hi skydancer,pls can u tell me d site i can download freebrowser software n how 2 configure it? Thanks

huh? What do you mean by 'free browser software'?

Hmm, when I refer to security measures, I'm actually more scared of website hijacks, rfi, lfi and co. A legal user registers on your site and starts to explore the security weaknesses, and eventually takes over it for you. The StockExchange stuff is cool though, nice job

Hmm, you sound like SSO is a fuss Of course that can be seen by a dumb web developer. It is easily seen that the sites are on different subdomains and can therefore not be the same drupal installation. Thought you were referring to some security measure or style. I personally don't like the ideas of 'cookies only' for security. When I was talking about firefox, I was actually referring to fiddler addon, I was thinking the subdomain was performing some kind of special hidden security measures

Hmm, the coding seems really pretty raw, you may have done it for different reasons. I can analyze what exactly it's doing on firefox though, but it seems like your own personal choice more or less.

Oh, and sorry, I forgot to add.

You really did a good awesome job with that site. I just hope it's easy to maintain. Nice job man

Btw, have you tried developing stuff like twitter or facebook before?

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Edit: Ok, Can see a bit of drupal now. . .

Oh, sorry. It's been a long time. Usernames and nice names and all can really get confusing on Nairaland.

Lol, nice. People are really lazy both physically and mentally. One thing I have discovered with getting a good team is your ability to really share your passion and motivation across those who look up to you. In the beginning, never target the big guys for a team, just go with someone who has a bit of knowledge or skills, who is ready and completely willing to learn and work. At first I was doing most things alone, but now I don't just have a great team, but I have many who are willing to work with me; a really big temptation. (Running Lean is the smart way )
Secondly, one should do a complete prototype of whatever they want to build first, before going ahead. It's very important one creates a business plan of whatever they are doing as it will help them analyze what they are doing and how exactly to move ahead.

Btw, how come it appears you're hosting your site yourself? Or are you not Sawyerrken?