Advent 2024 Day 04

Time once again to review my Advent of Code solutions! The GitHub repo with all my solutions can be found here. Also featuring the latest die or dice from the Dice Envy Advent Calendar; scroll below the AoC code to see today’s die.

Advent of Code

Today I did not attempt the advent of code problem. It involved solving a word search in which there could be overlapping words as well as, if I read it correctly, multiple words starting from the same place. I’m guessing it’s to be done with a depth-first or breadth-first search in which you kill off searches if you can’t continue. I know these sorts of problems present themselves every year, but I never have time to learn during the AoC period (with work, life, and Christmas in the way) and I never make it a priority to relearn (I was taught this back in undergrad). So rather than waste my time on something I know that I won’t know how to do, I’ll save it for another time - maybe when I’m taking time off closer to Christmas/New Years Day.

Dice Envy Dice

On a happier note, I got the die I wanted today!

One of the dice that Dice Envy is known for is their pill-shaped d4 which is great for health potions and not having a painful pyramid shape to it. This one is one of their awesome Hyrule (Legend of Zelda) d4s.

I look forward to using it this weekend. Also, it makes a great health counter for battles.

• DnD
• Advent-of-Code
• AoC
• Dice