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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 hav
by ajmurmann 9y ago
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.
- amenghra 9y agoIt 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.
- Aneurysm99 9y agoAs a moderator on the subreddit and coworker of Eric Wastl, that'll never happen because we would die. It's set up so that puzzles unlock at a time that Eric is awake and able to respond to any issues that may arise.
- yxhuvud 9y agoYou mean, each entry doesn't get revealed at 6am as it does here in Europe?
- mjaniczek 9y agoI'm so glad I'll be able to participate before work, and not before sleep :)
- technion 9y agoI think there's value in completely ignoring the race. I'm probably going to do this either in a language I'm learning as I go, or in something like Erlang which, whilst great to get correct, will not iterate as fast (for me at least) as the Ruby solution I could quickly and easily write.
- irpapakons 9y agoHow does the scoring work? Is it dependent on speed? Are you penalised for incorrect attempts? What time / timezone are the problems released?
- steveklabnik 9y agoProblems are released midnight EST. First person with a solution globally gets 100 points, second person gets 99, etc. So you have to be one of the first solvers globally to get any points.
- mdwhatcott 9y agoIf you feel the global challenge is out of reach, you can setup a private leaderboard for you and anyone you give the 'join code' to, localizing competition and points to your own circle of "AoC" friends: http://adventofcode.com/2017/leaderboard/private http://adventofcode.com/2017/leaderboard/private