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13:07:48 PincerAttack Good afternoon

13:08:42 isoraqathedh Good afternoon.

16:17:09 gingerale Alright. I've finished Advent of Code 2021. I had to look for help on how to solve day 24. I still don't understand it but I got it to work.

16:17:21 isoraqathedh Oh, that was tricky wasn't it.]

16:18:01 gingerale Yeah, it's way beyond my brain's ability, it'd seem.

16:19:28 gingerale The solution I found involves first analysing the math behind each sub-section of the input, find the parameters that change, and then reverse the calculation to figure out the closest valid input to a base value.

16:19:50 gingerale "Think of the z-value as a stack of bits in base-26."

16:20:14 gingerale Utter lunacy.

16:24:14 gingerale https://www.keiruaprod.fr/blog/2021/12/29/a-comprehensive-guide-to-aoc-2021-day-24.html#the-top-down-stackbase-26-approach

16:24:14 Colleen www.keiruaprod.fr/blog/2021... Website (HTML), Title: A comprehensive guide to AoC 2021 day 24 | KeiruaProd

16:29:31 isoraqathedh Programming is hard.

16:54:14 gingerale Thankfully most problems have already been solved by someone.

23:03:24 shinmera aight, screw this, imma slep

23:03:47 shinmera I'm awake

23:04:04 shinmera well, I was awake multiple times before, but it is now 8AM here, so I should get up for real

23:23:41 shinmera I still feel tired