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ultimate storage hack (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, he was bamboozled as soon as he agreed to allow multiple separate files. The challenge was bs from the start, but he could have at least nailed it down with more explicit language and by forbidding any exceptions. I think it's kind of ironic that the instructions for a challenge related to different representations of information failed themselves to actually convey the intended information.