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Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS

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Re: Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS

#51
Cool! I've coded for the Gameboy Advance in the past, it's very fun to write software for well-documented and feature-rich hardware that also have rock solid debugging tools.

By picking the DS, the author might also have ensured his application will work hundreds of years from now...

Re: Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS

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post #45

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The last few days (which more difficult) are still challenging for me, a lot of the difficulty is also just intentionally confusingly described problems I find

There are no AoC problems that are "intentionally confusingly described" and I think the creator would take offense to you saying that.

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Re: Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS

#54
post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The last few days (which more difficult) are still challenging for me, a lot of the difficulty is also just intentionally confusingly described problems I find

There are no AoC problems that are "intentionally confusingly described" and I think the creator would take offense to you saying that.

I didn't know there were AoC sicophants too (I thought only rust had those), let me rephrase it for you "intentionally misleading or vague problem descriptions to add to the challenge" better? Or are still offended by my opinion?

Re: Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS

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post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are no AoC problems that are "intentionally confusingly described" and I think the creator would take offense to you saying that.

I didn't know there were AoC sicophants too (I thought only rust had those), let me rephrase it for you "intentionally misleading or vague problem descriptions to add to the challenge" better? Or are still offended by my opinion?

> "intentionally misleading or vague problem descriptions to add to the challenge" better?

No, it's not better. The creator puts a lot of effort and user testing into making the problems as clear and specific as possible, and has given talks on that exact subject. There's absolutely nothing "intentional" about any difficulties you have understanding the problem text. Unfortunately there's only so much that can be done for people who simply can't read.

> Or are [you(?)] still offended by my opinion?

I never said that I was offended, I said that the creator would take offense to your accusation. I'm noticing a pattern here.

Re: Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS

#56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The largest challenge is in having enough energy after work to sit down and start coding again.

I really feel this one, it's hard for me to work on personal projects after a long day at work

To be fair, when I look at my private leaderboards the only seriously committed individuals seem to be either 10x devs or unemployed.
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