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Re:Many Hard LeetCode Problems Are Easy Constraint Problems by aeonik on Friday September 12, 2025 @07:42PM (#45227960)
In the same way that writing and performing a new song is "just memorizing prior patterns and law"

or that writing a new book is the same.

I.e. it's not about that. Like sure it helps to have a base set of shared language, knowledge, and symbols, but math is so much more than just that.

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Re:Many Hard LeetCode Problems Are Easy Constraint Problems by Jensson on Saturday September 13, 2025 @03:53AM (#45230181)
Programming competition problems are also much more than just memorizing patterns, that was the point of his post.
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