Suggestion: Add a "0" to the initial greeting

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thorkilnaur
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Suggestion: Add a "0" to the initial greeting

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Hello,

Entering my projecteuler account for the first time, I was greeted with "Your current rating is 0% genius, having solved out of 183 problems." I suggest adding "0" between "solved" and "out".

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neverforget
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Re: Suggestion: Add a "0" to the initial greeting

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Awww how nice is it to be 0% genius anyways.... Should change that message to "You have not solved any problems yet." Nobody wants to be told they're 0% genius.
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With the current algorithm, I think somebody who has solved exactly one problem will also be told that they are 0% genius, so maybe that should be another special case.
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Re: Suggestion: Add a "0" to the initial greeting

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Thumbo wrote:With the current algorithm, I think somebody who has solved exactly one problem will also be told that they are 0% genius, so maybe that should be another special case.
Else (with a modified algorithm) an additional significant digit could be used. Then this rating would be 0.5%.
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Re: Suggestion: Add a "0" to the initial greeting

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Georg wrote:
Thumbo wrote:With the current algorithm, I think somebody who has solved exactly one problem will also be told that they are 0% genius, so maybe that should be another special case.
Else (with a modified algorithm) an additional significant digit could be used. Then this rating would be 0.5%.
I just realized that even two solved problems will also show as 0% (floor(2/202)).

Last time this was discussed there was a fair consensus on the current algorithm, but everyone was focused on the 99 to 100% range, and didn't think it through for those just starting.
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