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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #150 on: 25 December, 2015, 10:53:40 am »
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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #151 on: 25 December, 2015, 11:36:21 pm »
Day 14 done.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #152 on: 25 December, 2015, 11:43:06 pm »
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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #153 on: 26 December, 2015, 06:45:05 am »
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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #154 on: 26 December, 2015, 03:00:19 pm »
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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #155 on: 26 December, 2015, 03:26:46 pm »
Day 15 done. Not too difficult compared with some of the previous.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #156 on: 26 December, 2015, 05:39:22 pm »
Day 16 done entirely by the dreaded spreadsheet.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #157 on: 27 December, 2015, 12:38:51 am »
Day 17 done with judicious googling*  :-X


red marley

Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #158 on: 27 December, 2015, 04:00:08 pm »
Day 21 was one of the easier ones. But I did enjoy Day 22 because

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #159 on: 27 December, 2015, 04:08:44 pm »
Day 23. Another relatively easy one to compute but with a gotcha in part 2.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #160 on: 27 December, 2015, 04:18:09 pm »
Day 24. Interesting.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #161 on: 27 December, 2015, 04:24:43 pm »
Day 25. A nice finish to the challenge.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #162 on: 28 December, 2015, 01:11:06 pm »
Day 19 - part 2.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #163 on: 30 December, 2015, 12:31:01 pm »
Day 18 done. Plodding on  :thumbsup:

Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #164 on: 02 January, 2016, 10:34:22 am »
Day 22. What a wind-up. This is the only one where the examples don't give an expected result, just an example of the steps. So all my tests passed but the answer was wrong.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #165 on: 02 January, 2016, 10:45:21 am »
Day 25. A nice finish to the challenge.

Thanks for posting this Afasoas, it was fun.

Slight quibble - advent calendars normally have 24 windows, don't they?

Now off to solve waste more time with http://www.gchq.gov.uk/press_and_media/news_and_features/Pages/Directors-Christmas-puzzle-2015.aspx
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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #166 on: 05 January, 2016, 09:16:30 am »
Day 22. What a wind-up. This is the only one where the examples don't give an expected result, just an example of the steps. So all my tests passed but the answer was wrong.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #167 on: 05 January, 2016, 09:31:11 am »
I think one of the consequences of the kind of problem you mention for Day 22 and many of the others in the challenge is how useful test driven development can be. I like the way the examples provide a gentle introduction to testing without ever mentioning unit tests and the like. I am considering how to incorporate these coding challenges into some of our undergraduate introductory programming teaching.

If anyone is feeling withdrawal symptoms with no more AoC, I recommend attempting the Synacor Challenge also from Eric Wastl. It is immensely satisfying, very cleverly designed and rather challenging. But like the AoC, it leads you in gently so caters for a wide range of abilities. I'd also recommend not Googling for it as spoilers abound and one of the most satisfying elements of participating comes from what is revealed and the sense of achievement as you progress through the challenge.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #168 on: 05 January, 2016, 10:01:22 am »
I have to get back into it - haven't done any since the Mac died and Christmas took over.
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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #169 on: 05 January, 2016, 10:17:03 am »
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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #170 on: 05 January, 2016, 11:26:41 am »
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Oaky

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #171 on: 11 January, 2016, 09:21:57 am »
If anyone is feeling withdrawal symptoms with no more AoC, I recommend attempting the Synacor Challenge also from Eric Wastl.

That thing is addictive.  I've got the first four codes now.

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #172 on: 01 February, 2016, 04:06:22 pm »
Some additional stats from Advent of Code have been published:  http://hexatlas.com/entries/8

I like this quote: "I expected 70 users or so, maybe. By Day 2, almost 10,000 were signed up, which caused quite a bit of panic on the server capacity end of things."
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Oaky

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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #173 on: 22 November, 2016, 12:23:01 pm »
Advent of Code 2016 is imminent!  :thumbsup:

Looks like jo's private leaderboard from last year carries over to 2016 too.
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Re: Advent of Code
« Reply #174 on: 22 November, 2016, 01:22:59 pm »
Oooh.. must do better this year.
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