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Name: Anonymous 2011-09-19 18:57

So in my job search I've learned something important - I'm really really really bad at programming tests and interviews. Actually, I'm pretty decent at standard algorithms/data structures-related questions that come up on phone screens, but I'm awful when it comes down to ironing out the details and dealing with edge cases. Just now I horribly failed a take-home test and I feel like total shit right now.

I realize I need more practice, and I've heard from a lot of people that TopCoder's practice rooms are a great way to do it.

Here's the problem:

I find the problems, even the lower-point ones, to be WAY too fucking hard. Is there a similar place with problems that are easier, or at least less math-heavy?

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-20 1:54

>>10
Mathematics cannot be inconsistent, but inconsistent axiomatic systems exist. Wether some specific set theories are consistent (and thus that specific geometric theorem is true) is an open question. If you're undecided about the consistency of some set theory (and thus that theorem), that's okay, but that doesn't mean the whole of math and logic is inconsistent (if they were, I doubt we'd even exist, or anything would physically exist at all), nor that we know about every conceivable mathematical structure. Also, since you're likely the ultrafinitist troll, I'll say this again: by denying natural numbers (the countably infinite), you're denying induction and various forms of computation. It may be that induction fails (as defined by Peano's Axioms), but I wouldn't assign that a (bayesian) probability larger than 10%. You seem to reserve any judgement on anything but that which you can personally observe, which is quite an irrealist position, and I should probably not argue with it as it's about as bad as solipsism.

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