Why do many rationalists like cryptocurrency?
Why do many rationalists like cryptocurrency?
It’s a wrap!
One of the easier years imho. Better than last year in any case.
I get the feeling that this is Eric’s way of saying goodbye, and that this might be the last year, but I might be wrong.
Puzzles by difficulty (leaderboard completion times)
Advent of Code 2024 - the home stretch - it's been an aMAZEing year
current difficulties 1. Day 21 - Keypad Conundrum: 01h01m23s 1. Day 17 - Chronospatial Computer: 44m39s 1. Day 15 - Warehouse Woes: 30m00s 1. Day 12 - Garden Groups: 17m42s 1. Day 20 - Race Condition: 15m58s 1. Day 14 - Restroom Redoubt: 15m48s 1. Day 09 - Disk Fragmenter: 14m05s 1. Day 16 - Reindeer Maze: 13m47s 1. Day 22 - Monkey Market: 12m15s 1. Day 13 - Claw Contraption: 11m04s 1. Day 06 - Guard Gallivant: 08m53s 1. Day 08 - Resonant Collinearity: 07m12s 1. Day 11 - Plutonian Pebbles: 06m24s 1. Day 18 - RAM Run: 05m55s 1. Day 04 - Ceres Search: 05m41s 1. Day 02 - Red Nosed Reports: 04m42s 1. Day 10 - Hoof It: 04m14s 1. Day 07 - Bridge Repair: 03m47s 1. Day 05 - Print Queue: 03m43s 1. Day 03 - Mull It Over: 03m22s 1. Day 19 - Linen Layout: 03m16s 1. Day 01 - Historian Hysteria: 02m31s
Advent of Code Week 3 - you're lost in a maze of twisty mazes, all alike
Problem difficulty so far (up to day 15) 1. Day 15 - Warehouse Woes: 30m00s 1. Day 12 - Garden Groups: 17m42s 1. Day 14 - Restroom Redoubt: 15m48s 1. Day 09 - Disk Fragmenter: 14m05s 1. Day 13 - Claw Contraption: 11m04s 1. Day 06 - Guard Gallivant: 08m53s 1. Day 08 - Resonant Collinearity: 07m12s 1. Day 11 - Plutonian Pebbles: 06m24s 1. Day 04 - Ceres Search: 05m41s 1. Day 02 - Red Nosed Reports: 04m42s 1. Day 10 - Hoof It: 04m14s 1. Day 07 - Bridge Repair: 03m47s 1. Day 05 - Print Queue: 03m43s 1. Day 03 - Mull It Over: 03m22s 1. Day 01 - Historian Hysteria: 02m31s
This morning I felt a bit burned out on AoC but thought I might as well just do some noodling around on breaks. Turns out it was
day 10pretty dang easy
So far this is the current standing according to the finishing times of the 1st 100 answers on the global leaderboard
Advent of Code 2024 Week 2: this time it's all grids, all the time
When the revolution comes, we have to cut off the hands wearing this abomination of a watch before we cut off the owner’s head:
ablogtowatch.com/new-release-jacob-co-oil-pump-44…
Price: $280k, limited to 88 pieces…
Above a certain price point, watches simply become status symbols and wrist toys for the wealthy. While people enjoy such creations for their mechanical ingenuity and artistic craftsmanship, the concept of practically could not be further removed from consideration. However, while luxury timepieces do not necessarily need to be practical items, they still need to […]
I can’t remember if a oneliner for the weekly thread title has been posted already, so I made one for GNU date:
date --date="next Sunday" +"Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending %A %e %B %Y"Note, this is locale-dependent.