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A Simple One

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

Start file

999 1999

End file

1024 2048

View Diff

1c1
< 999 1999
---
> 1024 2048

Solutions

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Created by: @bjjwillis Tweet

609 active golfers, 915 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#331 - Tullio Facchinetti / @toolleeo

07/24/2013 at 12:14AM

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#332 - James / @Dronak

07/25/2013 at 02:05AM

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#333 - A / @Tower_1980

07/28/2013 at 12:01PM

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#334 - Chris Brown / @engineercyb

08/06/2013 at 10:49PM

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#335 - James Zaghini / @jameszaghini

08/08/2013 at 11:54AM

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#336 - Bart of Denver / @bartofdenver

08/13/2013 at 02:55AM

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#337 - cj / @cj01101

08/14/2013 at 01:58AM

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#338 - Amar Battulga / @amar_battulga

08/17/2013 at 02:02PM

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#339 - zmf_tim / @zmf_tim

08/31/2013 at 11:58PM

9

#340 - engy / @engydmw

09/02/2013 at 09:06PM

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#341 - isayoldchap / @isayoldchap

09/11/2013 at 12:40AM

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#342 - brett / @brettyukich

09/22/2013 at 04:04AM

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#343 - Oliver Christ / @0liverChrist

09/27/2013 at 05:20PM

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#344 - Anatolii Sakhnik / @sakhnik

10/01/2013 at 05:40AM

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#345 - hiding / @I_haveno_name

10/01/2013 at 07:22AM

9

#346 - codegourmet / @codegourmet

10/02/2013 at 12:42PM

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#347 - NuM / @NuM314

10/05/2013 at 11:47PM

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#348 - tooninx / @tooninx

10/14/2013 at 04:26PM

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#349 - foo / @foo88832727

10/18/2013 at 04:12PM

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#350 - Song Zheng / @songz

10/27/2013 at 08:30PM

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#351 - Casey Dwyer / @caseydwyer

11/04/2013 at 08:57PM

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#352 - sockdude1 / @sockdude1

11/05/2013 at 06:24AM

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#353 - Javier Blanco / @jbgutierrez

11/27/2013 at 09:49PM

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#354 - Stefan Schmidt / @stafue

12/06/2013 at 03:24PM

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#355 - Methuz / @Methuz

12/19/2013 at 04:32AM

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#356 - Aaron Burrow / @WillFapForFood

12/20/2013 at 02:59PM

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#357 - Petr Broz / @ipetrbroz

12/20/2013 at 09:53PM

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#358 - Alessandro Lisander / @wuiimu

01/06/2014 at 12:02AM

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#359 - Jérémy Autran / @jjautran

01/31/2014 at 01:57PM

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#360 - Frank Smith / @OryxGazella

02/03/2014 at 06:07PM