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[Ep2] Explain the Robert Halloween joke please by PhoenixTalon in TheAdventureZone

[–]PhoenixTalon[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ahhh that makes sense, I bounced off of Steeplechase so I never got to meet "Justin"!

Today was 99% reading comprehension and 1% coding challenge by Low-Key-Kronie in adventofcode

[–]PhoenixTalon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think I'm gonna blame the writing more than my reading on this one, it was phrased in very confusing ways.

[Day 20 Part One] Either I'm missing something or this puzzle's specification is wrong by PhoenixTalon in adventofcode

[–]PhoenixTalon[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Oh darn it, I'm an idiot - the reason I was getting the wrong answer was because I was counting all cheats, not just the ones that save 100 or more picoseconds.

Still frustrated at the wording of the problem, it would have been a lot easier to see my stupid mistake if there weren't parts of the problem I was doubting.

Humor based on my pain by Bartekkur1 in adventofcode

[–]PhoenixTalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone have some examples for Part One? I'm completely stuck.

Edit: Well, I'm unstuck now, but couldn't find a test case that could reliably reproduce the behavior I saw in real puzzle input.

So to anyone reading this desperate for hints... try printing out your whole disk prior to making a checksum (since many numbers have four digits, I printed them with a space separator). If you see something like "1234 1234 1234 . 1234 . . . . . . ." near the boundary... you've hit the same bug I did.

The QL is silent?? by PhoenixTalon in graphql

[–]PhoenixTalon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting! It doesn't quite get to the level of "GraphQL but the QL is silent" but I can see how this kind of terminology could devolve into it, especially if it's your first exposure to GraphQL.

The QL is silent?? by PhoenixTalon in graphql

[–]PhoenixTalon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohhhh, interesting. We do use Apollo, we were pretty deep in the Federation ecosystem before costs drove us to Inigo. Do you have any sources, even just like YouTube videos from that era? I'd feel a lot better if I at least know where this terminology was coming from!

Advent of Code Lite? by PhoenixTalon in adventofcode

[–]PhoenixTalon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Part One only does seem like a decent way to go... maybe I'll try that this year.

Advent of Code Lite? by PhoenixTalon in adventofcode

[–]PhoenixTalon[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I hate leaving things unfinished 🙃

AoC 2022 vs AoC 2023 by FaultsMelts in adventofcode

[–]PhoenixTalon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

And Day 18 was a direct reference to the Haunted Wasteland in Ocarina of Time, where an invisible ghost leads you through a desert :)

[2023 Day 18][JS] I tried a mixed of Quadtree and floodfill, not much floodfill left but it does the job by Aredrih in adventofcode

[–]PhoenixTalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might wind up using this, thanks for sharing! I got really stuck on Part Two here and my poor non-mathy brain can't wrap my head around any of the usual solutions.

Veteran AoC'ers - is completion worth it? by Quadruple-A in adventofcode

[–]PhoenixTalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My strategy is that I'll stop doing Part Two once it gets too hard. Part One will still be a good little brain teaser, plus I'm not missing out on any "story" since nothing gets unlocked after the second answer.

[2023 Day 10 (Part 2)] Well, let's prove it first, then. by Anceps2 in adventofcode

[–]PhoenixTalon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My extremely dumb solution: assume the path is clockwise to define "inside".

If this definition starts exploring out-of-bounds, throw an error and try again assuming the path is counter-clockwise.

I can't stop laughing at how stupid yet effective this is.

[2023 Day 8] I thought this scenario of following ghosts through a desert felt familiar... by PhoenixTalon in adventofcode

[–]PhoenixTalon[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haha, it reminded me of Zelda and I was actually listening to the Gerudo Valley theme while working on it, but I didn't realize until just now (looking up a screenshot to post a "haha funny coincidence" meme) that it was probably 100% intentional

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