Problem 44349. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

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Matteo Sangiorgio on 21 Oct 2017

There is not a test which really test if the submitted function is really does really solve the problem. here the "best" solution is a trivial function, submitted many times in order to reach the condition.

James on 23 Oct 2017

Elmar, I readily admit that this is a very easy problem.That's why it is in the "Cody5:Easy" section. There is code that will guarantee a correct solution, regardless of when you submit your entry. However, people going for the lowest possible Cody score will just keep submitting a low score entry until they hit the clock just right. There's really not a whole heck of a lot I can do about that.

Srijith Vijay on 13 Feb 2018

Is there a way I can override the clock command used in the test case. Maybe freeze the clock and ignore the one in assert?

Adam Tornabene on 6 Apr 2018

What a waiting game

Jafar Mortadha on 17 Jun 2018

And what is the point of this problem if no coding is invloved and people just submit? The idea is very stupid and shameful.

Rafael S.T. Vieira on 1 Jul 2020

Tip: the command pause in Cody has a ceil of 2 seconds currently. (The code could be way smaller without this constraint.)

Andrew Nolan on 5 Aug 2020

This is funny, but probably shouldn't count for points ????

Maryam HCTRAK Yousef on 14 Aug 2020

It is hard.

Andrew Janke on 21 Oct 2020

5 seconds "after the hour" or "after the minute"? If it's supposed to be "after the hour", that's a long time to wait to see if your submission goes through.

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Qi Zhang on 29 Dec 2017

I tried dozens of times, it didn't work at all. Finally, I passed the test by submitting 3 seconds in advance.

Rafael S.T. Vieira on 1 Jul 2020

The problem is solvable by coding (check my solution). Although a solution with no code is also possible...

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