With a very basic mathematical knowledge you can solve this kata, just think. Like GiacomoSorbi says, the point is trying to find a way to avoid useless big calculations when you can do the same with a small one, that's also coding skill.

doest matter if they cheat or not. bad for them not worth the time they dont learn a shit.

Well, brute-forcing even smaller number is VERY computationally intensive, so that is bad (and you should learn about avoiding those pitfalls); the "deep knowledge of Math" might by in some other katas, this one requires stuff I learnt in middle-grade...

It comes a bit late, but i second your opinion.

I come to this site in search for puzzles that help me improve my algorithmic and coding skills and too often stumble in problems that rely on deep knowledge of Math.

@nef4r1us, oh, don't tell me: born and raised in the "red triangle" of Italy, where like half of the people I knew had Russians or (more rarely) South American names to show how devoted they were to the idea of the socialist revolution (some still opening praising uncle josif, meh...), I am just glad I dodged that totalitarian bullet.

Anyway, I think it was blatantly obvious from me description that I had an ironic/sarcastic intent, but apparently it was not the case for everyone ;)

Oh man, please, can we stop this discussion already? This long off-topic thread is already hindering normal discourse use, and it's a topic of a can of worms.

If you think some CW users are spreading their harmful ideologies through site behaviours, you should be contacting site admin, not shitposting on the pile of mess already here.

Wow Giacomo respect for you. I come from Poland and if I read this white babies from American's middle class whining about capitalism and praising ideas of socialism my knife opens in my pocket and I also feel really sorry for their parents that they raised ignorant

We are not poor because CAPITALISTIC pigs are enslaving us. We are poor because sick "social justice" ideology driven our countries during half of century.

Uhm, please, don't start the discussion again, I'm pretty sure nobody wants to open this can of worms anymore.

The worst part is that this whole long thread is off-topic, it has nothing to do with the programming task aspect of the kata itself. Normally off-topic stuff is fine, but this one is just bad, and it has become too long it hinders the normal use of the discourse itself.

xd

Why run the rist of offending someone?

For fuck sake, I think we already discussed it before, but let me spell it again: "it is not freedom of speech if we can only talk about things everybody agrees with".

The idea of satire is built on the idea of lack of respect: the ancient Greek satirists used to joke on the big four: sex, politics, religion and death. And while I might see a lot of naive (and uneducated) SJWs like you goose-marching over fires of those classics, luckily that is not yet happening.

The recent perversion about not hurting anybody which stems from people too disconnect from reality to realize they could use their "privilege" in much more productive ways is just plainly dumb.

Now, unless you expect to bind everybody to your orwellian (and snowflakish) dystopic idea of politically correct, stop whining, create your swastika kata if you wish so (I am tempted to do one myself) and do not expect people to blindly comply when you throw a tantrum crying and screaming on the ground until you get your ice-cream.

[Also, learning how to spell properly, particularly the higher register ones, would help to look less like the stereotypical donnie supporter, but that is another story]

Thanks for trying to spread awareness, ksjazzguitar.

Unfortunately, "nerd culture" has always been unwelcoming to those of us most likely to be on the receiving end of these situations. I've been on the internet long enough to not be surprised to see apathy from people who are likely unaffected.

Cheers.

I have really no time to waste on reading meme explanations while our SJ hero spread a bit more Streisand effect on something that I thought might have been racist only towards Namekians :(

@ksjazzguitar I've learnt there's no point arguing with someone who is illogical and irrational, otherwise it's a waste of time and unecessary "anger". Also, my discource level is high because I like helping people :) - I've had some time recently because I've finished my high school exams (A-levels). Nice try though.

@GiacomoSorbi they're either a troll or a retard, unfortunately it's really difficult to tell the two apart. My money is on a troll since I don't think it's physically possible to be that retarded.