David McMorris
davidmcmorris.bsky.social
David McMorris
@davidmcmorris.bsky.social
Math Lecturer at Christopher Newport University. PhD from Nebraska. Reader, birdwatcher.
I've completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8
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Usually I like writing my solutions from scratch, but R has a package (igraph) that did exactly what I wanted, albeit slowly, so I went that route today.
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6
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Still a day behind, but this one went smoother than day 5!
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I've completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
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Got this one done early today! Might go back later and try to make a visualization of part 2 if I have time.
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I've completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
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Love it when the answers to part 2 are 10 orders of magnitude bigger than in part 1
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I've completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
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I had some fun mathing this one out - no brute force today!
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I've completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
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December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I've completed "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11

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Came back to this one and finally figured it out. Getting ready for 2025!
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I was lucky enough to see a barred owl tonight for the first time as I was coming back from the store! Seems it had the same idea I did - stocking up on some food ahead of the big snowstorm we're supposed to get tomorrow 😄
February 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I just completed "Claw Contraption" - Day 13 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/13
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Some linear algebra magic in R for today's challenge!
December 13, 2024 at 6:47 PM
I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3

I haven't used R much since last year about this time - this was a fun refresher on regular expressions and pipes!
December 4, 2024 at 12:57 AM