Advent of Code 2017

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Post by djsumdog » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 3:47 AM UTC

Advent of Code 2017
adventofcode.com

Re: Advent of Code 2017

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Post by ajmurmann » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 5:54 AM UTC

While I enjoy advent of code I always have been happy to live on the west coast. I wonder how many people on the east coast don't participate because they'd have to stay up til midnight if they want to score.

Re: Advent of Code 2017

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Post by amenghra » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 5:55 AM UTC

AoC is lots of fun. There's an active community on http://reddit.com/r/adventofcode where people share tips and help each other out.

I highly recommend participating. AoC is designed as a speed coding competition, but if you aren't playing for the speed points, it's a fun way to learn a new programming language.

Re: Advent of Code 2017

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Post by nemo1618 » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 5:55 AM UTC

I had lots of fun with AoC in 2015 and 2016. Here are my (Go) solutions: https://github.com/lukechampine/advent

There is also a subreddit (/r/adventofcode) if you get stuck and/or need inspiration. Some really creative solutions there.

Best of luck to everyone this year. See you on the scoreboard! :)

Re: Advent of Code 2017

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Post by amenghra » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 5:56 AM UTC

ajmurmann wrote: post #2

While I enjoy advent of code I always have been happy to live on the west coast. I wonder how many people on the east coast don't participate because they'd have to stay up til midnight if they want to score.

It could be fun if each puzzle were unlocked after 23h (or 25h). I.e. the start time shifts everyday by 1h to make it "fair" no matter what timezone you live in.

Re: Advent of Code 2017

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Post by lobo_tuerto » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 6:01 AM UTC

The perfect excuse I was looking for to finally start digging into Elixir. ;)

Re: Advent of Code 2017

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Post by synicalx » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 6:24 AM UTC

> If you're curious about how Advent of Code works, it's running on some custom Perl code.

Get out! Here I was thinking I was the only person using Perl in 2017.

Re: Advent of Code 2017

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Post by executesorder66 » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 6:43 AM UTC

I haven't done AoC before. Does anyone know if it's possible to submit 2 solutions? I want to use this to brush up on my Python, and I want to start digging into Rust.

Re: Advent of Code 2017

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Post by nouveaux » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 6:44 AM UTC

executesorder66 wrote: post #8

I haven't done AoC before. Does anyone know if it's possible to submit 2 solutions? I want to use this to brush up on my Python, and I want to start digging into Rust.

AoC is language agnostic. You can find previous years' puzzle and give it a shot.

https://adventofcode.com/2017/events

Re: Advent of Code 2017

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Post by codespin » Thu, Nov 30, 2017, 6:44 AM UTC

lobo_tuerto wrote: post #6

The perfect excuse I was looking for to finally start digging into Elixir. ;)

Elixir is my plan for advent of code also. Haven't tried it before, but it looks fun!