Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Plenty of puzzles left to solve through the year if I get the itch!
Plenty of puzzles left to solve through the year if I get the itch!
Hint: Caching is good...
Hint: Caching is good...
Hint: Don't try to brute force part 2 unless you've got a very large botnet to hand....
Hint: Don't try to brute force part 2 unless you've got a very large botnet to hand....
I probably could have tried to predict the combination of co-ordinates to exist in results to maximise runtime of the solution, but honestly, it was kind of run watching it unfold
I probably could have tried to predict the combination of co-ordinates to exist in results to maximise runtime of the solution, but honestly, it was kind of run watching it unfold
This one was irritating, probably for the best that I didn't keep count of how many times I threw my implementation away and tried a different approach!
This one was irritating, probably for the best that I didn't keep count of how many times I threw my implementation away and tried a different approach!
Funny thing, I accidentally wrote the solution to part 2 during part 1 before I realised my answers for the puzzle examples were way out - thank you undo features of vim 🤣
Funny thing, I accidentally wrote the solution to part 2 during part 1 before I realised my answers for the puzzle examples were way out - thank you undo features of vim 🤣
For the record, I am also 48.
For the record, I am also 48.