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   by bussierem 5y ago

   I did mean Day 13, thank you -- I updated my post accordingly. Sorry about the confusion!
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   by bussierem 5y ago

   I think it's more that the puzzles should avoid having a "correct solution" in the form of a known algorithm. If the puzzle can basically only be solved by remembering a specific algorithm, and any other algorithm (or attemp
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   by bussierem 5y ago

   This is exactly my thoughts on it. Granted I was never strong in math, and that's partly on me, but the early days (and even most mid days) of AoC are usually all about algorithms design and efficiency, but then sometimes you get thes
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   by bussierem 5y ago

   Apologies, I updated my post. It was Day 13 where this happened. Not sure why I stopped at Day 19, tbh.
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   by bussierem 5y ago

   I'm quite surprised, I spent hours on multiple different solution and every single one was brutally slow.
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   by bussierem 5y ago

   I really enjoyed the early part of this last year, but I got to Day 19 and suddenly it became "if you memorized some mathematical concepts and an obscure algorithm and also recognize that this exact algorithm is the only efficient solu
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   by bussierem 5y ago

   Yeah it's the website equivalent of your uncle that starts the conversation with a reasonable sounding topic to lure you in before unleashing all his beliefs about the government on you.
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   by bussierem 5y ago

   There is a button when you scroll down that says "If you're a boomer, you should click here". I feel like that's enough on its own to completely undermine any credibility and gravitas a site might have. I can't im
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   by bussierem 5y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_vs._Google > To date, Google has been found guilty of antitrust behavior in the cases related to Google AdSense and Android, and has been fined over €8 billion (~$9 billi
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    As a fun overview of the problem we're discussing, here's a rough list of the various mentioned languages in this comment section: - YAML - JSON - JSONC - XML - TOML - INI - CSV - NestedText - Starlark - Pyth
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Well it's not exact, it's the middle english spelling, but the "Doomsday Book"[1], aka "Domesday Book" comes from 1086, so that might predate Id by a bit. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    As someone who has played for years, this is a struggle for me too. My group actually put a ban on D&D and PF as systems, and we cycle through 3-4 completely new and unique systems per year trying out everything that's out there.
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    In the same vein in anime: Dr. Stone is really damn good as well! Goes deep into inventing chemistry and tech from scratch. My wife is a chemist and couldn't find anything inaccurate about it!
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Having every layer in the chain also implicitly supporting HTML makes this 100% accurate to how things end up eventually.
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    > if SQL were built on YAML Actually that's pretty nice compared to what we actually got: https://schemahero.io/learn/tutorial/create-table/
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Unfortunately (even ignoring chemistry/matsci), one of the answers to that is simply "natural ivory is becoming a scarce resource". When something is scarce, it becomes sought after, which can result in it even becoming a Ve
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Evolution works thanks to natural pressures -- in this case, a mutation in the gene gives an elephant no tusks, and thanks to this they are not killed by poachers. That elephant is lucky enough to survive to pass on its DNA. The recessive
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Maryland isn't even readable this close. Who decided to vomit typography onto a license plate?
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    I'll add one to that n: I have a pair of airpods I got with my new job. Within a year they lasted less than 2h and never even at the start lasted longer than 3h. When playing D&D with friends I had to use one at a time and rotate t
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Breaking news: Entertainment industry treats top celebrities with special privileges
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Just to be fair: in Python, there are "best practices". They're in PEP-8. If someone is making a claim about anything outside PEP-8 (like whether to use classes) or worse, AGAINST PEP-8...that's when you know there&#x2
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Also, (much smaller) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuits_against_the_Devil
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    I had a recent experience to watch a show on Amazon Prime for which my subscription "didn't apply" I guess, and it had ads. I can't imagine watching TV like this anymore. 3 minutes of ads every 5-10 minutes of the sho
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    I just bought a house, and put 10% down on the house. What I learned: - PMI is really not as expensive as you might think. I pay ~$150/mo extra and all told my mortgage is just over $2k/mo - PMI rate depends on a LOT of factors,
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    I have no skin in this game but the most common answer to this is that it's a lot easier to tell when someone is pointing a phone at you, unless they're REALLY being sneaky. With glasses this becomes impossible.
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Most likely because their comment just sounds like them encouraging people to buy the stock (saying 'I called these other stocks and they did well, and now I'm buying this stock'). Whether they meant to or not, it comes off
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    I'll be honest I'm not entirely sure what this article is meant for? I was almost expecting it to end with Nick's resume to let people reach out to hire him, but the impression I got from the article was that he's curre
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    I've seen one offhand comment about this so far from someone else, scrolling through the comments here. Wanted to make it a top-level comment though: This is PHENOMENALLY DOCUMENTED. I am thoroughly impressed, @doctorray. Clear and
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Like every other popular thought/meme/idea though, it can be equally true that they stick around, not because they are "good enough" but rather because they support the opinion the person (or people) already held. &quot
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    by bussierem 5y ago

    Idea 4 is...actually kinda genius, and I love it. For 8, what happens if the randos vote "guilty", what happens to the poster?