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That's cheating though - also it likely is faster to do it mentally than typing all that out for the brightest.
by Bahamut 11y ago
That's cheating though - also it likely is faster to do it mentally than typing all that out for the brightest.
- valine 11y agoThat's probably fair. It likely would have taken me a minute to do the mental math. The burst force approach took 15 seconds of typing and very little mental effort.
- harryh 11y agoI think the real answer is that in the competition only pencil & paper is allowed. No computers.
- S4M 11y agoThey are using tablets on the pictures. Surely those have calculators.
- harryh 11y agoI think those are the source of the questions? But ya, you might be right.
- tromp 11y agoThe ipads are locked down to run the contest app. Besides, calculators have rather poor programming support...
- jerf 11y ago"Speak for your self" said the HP-48 owner, tapping into a decades-old bank of accumulated smug. Mmmmmm... delicious, delicious RPN smug. I haven't tasted this in years. Not as fresh as it used to be, but still sweet.