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By imgoingtoexplodEEEEEEEEE, history, 2 months ago, translation, In English

Initial reason of Googling being allowed on codeforces contests was unability to control if someone is googling or not, so it was easier to allow it. Now with LLMs whole CF is trust-based anyway, so this reason for allowing Google is no longer relevant. Maybe we should consider banning Googling now, and only allow prepared libraries? Thoughts?

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By imgoingtoexplodEEEEEEEEE, history, 9 months ago, translation, In English

Context: https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/137322

This year the guy surpassed team from his own university (K&B++) that would have qualified to world finals. I think this is veey shady and unfair practises and want to attract attention to this subject once again. Nerc scoreboard: https://nerc.itmo.ru/archive/2025/standings.html

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