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Advent of Code 2024 Day 11
Today’s problem has us dealing with close to infinite objects. Things grow and multiply; it’s our job to represent and handle the size. As per use you can find the solutions discussed below on my github.
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Yes I am doing Advent of Code
A (negligibly older) friend of mine who is a dev and blogger publicly answered my question, “Hey, are you doing Advent of Code this year?” In his article, he offered some strong opinions on why one should or shouldn’t participate in the advent of code. The following are my thoughts on the matter.
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Advent of Code 2024 Day 10
Today’s problem has us using path finding to determine the quality of hiking trails. The twist for today, may just come from me instead of the problem. As per use you can find the solutions discussed below on my github.
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Advent of Code 2024 Day 9
Today’s problem deals with fragmented drives and fixing them. It’s a nice systems programming problem in the midst of this winter. As per use you can find the solutions discussed below on my github.
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Advent of Code 2024 Day 8
Today’s problem has us calculating antinodes of cell towers. As per use you can find the solutions discussed below on my github.
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Advent of Code 2024 Day 7
Today’s problem has us validating calibration data with unknown equations. Part B gives a reason to break into Rust’s iterators. As per use you can find the solutions discussed below on my github.
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Advent of Code 2024 Day 6
Today’s problem has guards walking around a lab we need to investigate. The guards (automata) walk around following tight training (rules). It is our job to study and predict their paths. Today’s part 2 kept me up til 4a.m. so I hope you like the read. As per use you can find the solutions discussed below on my github.
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Advent of Code 2024 Day 5
Today’s problem has us validating page orderings based on given rules. This is a day where even part A is non-trivial. Expect hash sets and the like. As per use you can find the solutions discussed below on my github.
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Advent of Code 2024 Day 4
Today’s problem entails a word search. With the season’s theme, we’re to search the word
XMASin any orientation. It will work out to be a cool use of masks. My code is below, however you can also go here. -
Advent of Code 2024 Day 3
Today’s advent of code is a nice puzzle of parsing and evaluating. As dealing in languages, it’s every programmers love to write a smidgen of a scripting engine. We see today how a bit of prep and planning can pay back in spades.
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Advent of Code 2024 Day 2
Today’s advent of code starts our very simple. However, it takes an unexpected zag for part B teaching a good lesson about what parts of a program should stay plastic.
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Advent of Code 2024 Day 1
This is the first entry in a series of posts I’m making for the “Advent of Code 2024”. In short, the Advent of Code is a set of coding challenges that fit into the format of an advent calendar. So for all the days in December leading up to Christmas, there will be a fun (and slightly contrived) coding problem following a Christmas story.
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What does it mean to be a Good Cat
I recently came up against a moral quandary. The moral quandary is of the sort of that of a parent. Where lies the boundary of my influence on other beings’ lives? What does it mean to be a good cat?
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On Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
In a recent blog post, I made the statement that an issue with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is that it artificially gates levels from one another. The following post is a digestion of a conversation a colleague and I had diving into that premise.
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Who is Thaddeus Snaatch?
I’ve recently started my first Dungeons and Dragons campaign. It’s a game that I’ve long coveted to play. My character is a Elvish Wizard named Thaddeus Snaatch.
I have found Fire Bolt to be indispensable and Magic Missiles to put a bow on most enemies. However, I’ve only felt well covered in combat. In role play and general adventuring, I feel lost – not lost but lost as Thaddeus. I don’t know what he wants, thinks, or is looking for in the world. So, as the titular questions asks, Who is Thaddeus Snaatch?
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