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Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye) YouTube video by melodysheep

It's easy to get distracted by the all the ragebait and content specifically targeting your immediate emotional response right now, but try to focus on the things that unite us, not what divides us. In the end, we're all connected. ❤️

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#melodysheep #hope #humanity

I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6

Part 2: Regex? No. Parse letter by letter? No. Do a pass and determine the digit width of columns first then iterate over each column and fill with 0s? Yes.

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Fun!

I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5

Real life hits us all in the face every now and then, but sometimes you just have to sit down and get back to work.

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Book One of the Belgariad, "Pawn of Prophecy" by David Eddings

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I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #Python #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4

Quick solve, but slightly hacky part 2. Still fun!

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I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3

That was really fun, and a little braintwister until I sorted out some misplaced array indices! 1&2 = Done :)

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I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
I spent too much time trying to be clever with prime numbers in part 2, but sometimes you just gotta keep it simple..

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Onto day #3! ❤

I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #Python #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1

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Maybe this time I go back and write some visualization? Pygame perhaps?🤩

I just completed "Restroom Redoubt" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/14

8 seconds runtime on part 2, but fuck it. I got it done without knowing how the tree looked! I focused on using the output from part 1, and it worked!

github.com/Telsak/adven... #onward

I just completed "Claw Contraption" - Day 13 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/13

Ok, this was a lot of janky code. Part 1 -> bruteforce, part 2... wellllll... hey that looks like an equation.. hm.

MORE JANK!

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I just completed "Garden Groups" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/12

Everything is fine. Don't worry. Just write code. Don't look at the dumpster fire that is social media rn. #breathe

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I just completed "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11

This took so long it's almost embarassing! I did learn about why keeping a massive array in memory is bad though! Also, memoization with lru_cache decorator was neat!

On to day 12!

I just completed "Hoof It" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/10

Feels kinda weird that it was "easy" to just comment out a few lines and bam done, but I'll take it!

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I've completed "Disk Fragmenter" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/9

This took entirely too long! I think I completely rewrote part 2 at least 4 times when I realized I misunderstood some parts of the instructions. 🤷‍♂️

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It would be truly interesting to see a work-productivity graph of coders worldwide during the #adventofcode event each year. And then compare that to a surge in search trends for and interest in programming topics. #codeislife

<3 AOC

I just completed "Resonant Collinearity" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/8

When in doubt, try to overengineer things. Then start deleting stuff randomly and stumble onto the solution! #franksinatra

I just completed "Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/7

Seriously, thought I was clever with my solution. Runtime? Oh what about a cool 4 minutes to solution.. #stillcounts

I've completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5

When you dread complex-looking things and they turn out to be ... not as complex. Ooops

I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 Part 1&2 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4

Why make it efficient when you can make it fun?! ^^

I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3

Lets gooooo! 🔥