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Using a very high base (like base Graham’s number) in a challenge where you need to output a big numberIn my answer, I just outputted 10, and claimed it was in base number that is bigger than any...
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Cracking your own answer (including using an alt account) in a cops-and-robbers challenge.It would just allow you to get a large number of points with no effort! Plus, it doesn’t even make any sense to...
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Outputting a Lazy list/Lazy data type in fastest-code challengesThis just moves the computation to after runtime. For example, in Python, the code:def f(): return 492084389428**209480438084,...
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Teaming up in a KOTHEach KOTH bot must try for its own win. If a bot has logic that specifically benefits a different bot, especially a bot by the same author, that wouldn't be fair. Then you could...
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Storing information in type of inputImagine a language with billions kinds of arrays and you choose one type as input to do the job, which is silly
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Builtins in sequence challenges that solve the challenge completelyI know we don't like disallowing builtins, but having a builtin in a sequence challenge solve the entire thing is a bit too much....
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Sidestepping in a theorem-proving challengeA theorem-proving challenge is about proving a statement (= constructing a value of the given type) given in a specific host language (designed for theorem...
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Bypassing restricted-source by storing data in the file nameConsensus says that it is perfectly fine to store data in the file name as long as that is added to the byte count. However, this doesn't...
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Using cryptographic functions in a cops and robbers challengeAlmost every cops and robbers challenge will have the following requirement:Using cryptographic functions such as hashes or PRNGs is...
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Exploiting the controller in a King-of-the-Hill challengeI'm surprised that this wasn't here before, but this answer found a loophole to exploit in the KotH problem that should really be sealed off....
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Using an inconsistent I/O format to encode informationFor example, for a hypothetical challenge where the output could only ever be two or eleven, submitting the python programlambda x:print"11"and...
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Infinite output programs that wouldn't give all output given infinite resourcesExample, loophole-violating code to output all integers:bigint i = 0;for(;;) bigint_print(i++);This would never output...
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Empty answers to questions requiring an interpreterIf a question asks for an implementation of a language or a machine, the language/machine itself is a terribly boring answer. In...
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Exactly duplicating another answerThis specifically came up for me in a king-of-the-hill contest. In particular, this contest had a random component, so replicating a submission could allow one to win...
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When consistent and distinct values are asked as input, you cannot input complete or partial functionsWhen I create a challenge and ask for a boolean or two 'consistent and distinct values' I mean it...
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Features added to a pre-existing language, after the challenge was postedSee Covfefify a string. This might been solved in 45 bytes using:select covfefify(:a) from dual@datadictionaryThis isn't the...
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Storing information in platform specificationsWe often allow people to require certain qualities of the machine their answer is run on, (for example Operating System). However we should disallow...
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Outputting Unicode characters in graphical-output challengesIf a challenge requires an image to be output, outputting a Unicode character instead is not acceptable. In graphical-output challenges, the...
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Using a language's lack of features to trivialize a challengeThis is in the same vein as this other loophole.Consider this challenge. Using a language that cannot access an Internet connection would be...
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Precomputing data (including compile-time computation) to achieve lower runtime in fastest-code challengesConsider a challenge where solutions must print out as many Fibonacci numbers as possible...
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