@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizza2025-12-07 18:18:30
I'm so glad I'm writing the solutions in both #nim and Python because I tend to find ways to improve the Python solution with the Nim one and vice versa. Today was one of those days. The biggest thing I learned though is that solving these damned puzzles exhausted will never lead to good things quality-wise.
Solution:
@primonatura@mstdn.social2025-11-07 19:00:55
"Finnish Town Pioneers Renewable Energy Storage Solutions with World’s Largest Sand Battery"
#Finland #Energy #Renewables
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@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-01-08 08:47:00
Stromversorgung im Berliner Südwesten stabil
Kaffeemaschinen, Heizungen und Lampen sollten am Donnerstagmorgen im Berliner Südwesten wieder problemlos laufen.
https://www.heise.de/news/Stromverso…
@hippyjo@c.im2025-12-07 21:10:18
Inflection Risk Solutions provides false information when employers seek background checks on prospective new hires.
I know because I was a victim of their criminal negligence. I got my class action settlement check this week.
FUCK Inflection Risk Solutions, for all the opportunities they cost me, and everyone else who was erroneously listed as a criminal sex offender.
@brichapman@mastodon.social2026-01-08 15:06:17
Weekly Climate Solutions Digest #17!! 💖🌊✨
https://www.forpeopleandpla.net/weekly-climate-solutions-digest-17/?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social
@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizza2025-12-09 00:06:34
This took just a smidge longer than the Rust solve, but still not too horrible coming in at around 1.5 to 2 seconds. Getting all of the potential coordinate combinations along with their distances sorted made everything so much easier.
Solution: https://git.jamesthebard.net/jwe…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2025-11-09 12:26:17
@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizza2025-12-08 04:02:00
A quick comparison using `hyperfine` for some benchmarking on the #adventofcode 2025 Day 1 solution. Not too shabby for any of the solutions, and its interesting to compare them.
#rust #nim
@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizza2025-12-07 08:41:50
Once I pulled my head out of my ass this wasn't horrible. Part 1 was straightforward, decided to do some set stuff and managed to get it right the first time. Part 2 made my brain hurt a bit because all of the ideas that came to me were very, very slow and memory intensive. Then decided to scrap it and just do what the directions told me to do: count the paths...so I replaced the dumb with a dictionary which was so much better as an idea.
Solution: