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Show threadgeriksonDec 25, 2024

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)

  • Day 21 - Keypad Conundrum: 01h01m23s
  • Day 24 - Crossed Wires: 01h01m13s
  • Day 17 - Chronospatial Computer: 44m39s
  • Day 15 - Warehouse Woes: 30m00s
  • Day 12 - Garden Groups: 17m42s
  • Day 20 - Race Condition: 15m58s
  • Day 14 - Restroom Redoubt: 15m48s
  • Day 09 - Disk Fragmenter: 14m05s
  • Day 16 - Reindeer Maze: 13m47s
  • Day 22 - Monkey Market: 12m15s
  • Day 13 - Claw Contraption: 11m04s
  • Day 06 - Guard Gallivant: 08m53s
  • Day 08 - Resonant Collinearity: 07m12s
  • Day 11 - Plutonian Pebbles: 06m24s
  • Day 18 - RAM Run: 05m55s
  • Day 04 - Ceres Search: 05m41s
  • Day 23 - LAN Party: 05m07s
  • Day 25 - Code Chronicle: 04m43s
  • Day 02 - Red Nosed Reports: 04m42s
  • Day 10 - Hoof It: 04m14s
  • Day 07 - Bridge Repair: 03m47s
  • Day 05 - Print Queue: 03m43s
  • Day 03 - Mull It Over: 03m22s
  • Day 19 - Linen Layout: 03m16s
  • Day 01 - Historian Hysteria: 02m31s
    • geriksonDec 23, 2024

    Advent of Code 2024 - the home stretch - it's been an aMAZEing year

    https://awful.systems/post/3123248

    Advent of Code 2024 - the home stretch - it's been an aMAZEing year - awful.systems

    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

    Show threadgeriksonDec 18, 2024
    day 18 bit of a breather episode As long as you ensure A* / Dijkstra’s (is there a functional difference if the edge weights are constant?) you’ll get the shortest path. Part 2 was just simulation for me, if I started in the state of part 1 it took a minute to run through the rest of the bytes.
    geriksonDec 16, 2024

    Advent of Code Week 3 - you're lost in a maze of twisty mazes, all alike

    https://awful.systems/post/3068344

    Advent of Code Week 3 - you're lost in a maze of twisty mazes, all alike - awful.systems

    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

    Show threadgeriksonDec 10, 2024

    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 10

    pretty dang easy

    So far this is the current standing according to the finishing times of the 1st 100 answers on the global leaderboard

  • Day 09 - Disk Fragmenter: 14m05s
  • Day 06 - Guard Gallivant: 08m53s
  • Day 08 - Resonant Collinearity: 07m12s
  • Day 04 - Ceres Search: 05m41s
  • Day 02 - Red Nosed Reports: 04m42s
  • Day 10 - Hoof It: 04m14s
  • Day 07 - Bridge Repair: 03m47s
  • Day 05 - Print Queue: 03m43s
  • Day 03 - Mull It Over: 03m22s
  • Day 01 - Historian Hysteria: 02m31s
    • geriksonDec 10, 2024

    Advent of Code 2024 Week 2: this time it's all grids, all the time

    https://awful.systems/post/3026384

    Advent of Code 2024 Week 2: this time it's all grids, all the time - awful.systems

    The previous thread has fallen off the front page, feel free to use this for discussions on current problems Rules: no spoilers, use the handy dandy spoiler preset to mark discussions as spoilers

    Show threadgeriksonAug 29, 2024

    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…

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    Show threadgeriksonAug 27, 2024

    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.

    Show threadgeriksonAug 26, 2024
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    the guy who got Elon and Grimes to hook up, destroying Twitter and proceeding to blow up the United States https://davidgerard.co.uk/ [https://davidgerard.co.uk/]

    geriksonAug 26, 2024

    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 1 September 2024

    https://awful.systems/post/2229932

    Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 1 September 2024 - awful.systems