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title = "Advent of Code"
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date = 2024-11-27
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# Advent of code
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Advent of Code is an annual programming event
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Its like an advent calendar
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But instead of chocolate
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You can byte into code problems
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Each day of advent gives you two problems
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You get Gold Stars!
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Part one is the easy enough one
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Can brute force it if you really want
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Once ye got the part one complete the second one opens
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Brute forcing may take longer than the heat death of the universe
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So ye have to get smarter
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Plenty of algos to be introduced to
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If you find it easy there are many ways to amp up teh difficulty
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You can compete to complete it fastest
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(A classmate was in teh worldwide top 1000 last year)
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There are global and local leaderboards (we have one)
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You can do it in a new language (I use rust)
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You can create your own language for it (if ye are that insane)
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Some do it in excel
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Or brainfuck
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Or by hand
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You can add [Bad Apple][0] to it (2022 Day 10, make a TV)
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[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EevY4szGgQI
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One downside is it hits us right at exam times
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Another is that the puzzles release at 6am
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Thankfully all past puzzles are available to do
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So we tend to run a second one in January for those who are interested
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<<https://adventofcode.com/>>
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Sign up with yer: ``[GitHub]`` ``[Google]`` ``[Twitter]`` ``[Reddit]`` Accounts
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See Discord (<<https://discord.skynet.ie>>) for the daily posts on it.
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*Now get into doing two days worth of puzzles to get ye started*
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