Diogo Böhm

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  • CodeJam 2009 Qualification B

    Aaaaaand here we are! So, link to the problem entitled Watersheds: http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/90101/dashboard#s=p1 And it says: Geologists sometimes divide an area of land into different regions based on where rainfall flows down to. These regions are called drainage basins. Given an elevation map (a 2-dimensional array of altitudes), label the map such that locations in the same…

  • Old code does not bring back memories…

    Interesting stuff, was reading some of this old pieces of code (Code Jam solved problems) that I began posting yesterday, and I couldn’t understand much of them. It starts with key things I could easily fix, such as bad variable names (blerg, past me!), and goes until I get to the conclusion that I just…

  • CodeJam 2009 Qualification A

    This was my first Code Jam problem ever, and I was quite thrilled with the competition at the time! 😀 So I figured it would be the perfect introduction problem. You can access through the following link: http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/90101/dashboard#s=p0 It is Alien Language, and it says: After years of study, scientists at Google Labs have discovered…

  • Code Jammin’

    Always been a fan of Google Code Jam (http://code.google.com/codejam/), tried competing once (2009 with Java, I guess), passed the first stage, didn’t made after the second. 😀 Still, was a great experience on how to code and understand problems in efficient ways, using small amounts of time and confident solutions. The problems I faced through…

  • Took a while…

    But here we are. New things to start popping in tonight. 🙂