Bob Lied
@boblied.bsky.social
Retired software developer, guitar hobbyist. I roll my eyes at your cheap shots at Perl. Nylon strings and nails all day. I will very much enjoy watching the leopards eat their faces. He/him 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
"Christmas Tree Farm" - Day 12 part 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/12
I did the simplest thing that might work (Agile Manifesto for the win) and it matched the answer, but this is not a solution by any stretch of the imagination.
I did the simplest thing that might work (Agile Manifesto for the win) and it matched the answer, but this is not a solution by any stretch of the imagination.
Day 12 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Christmas Tree Farm" - Day 12 part 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/12
I did the simplest thing that might work (Agile Manifesto for the win) and it matched the answer, but this is not a solution by any stretch of the imagination.
I did the simplest thing that might work (Agile Manifesto for the win) and it matched the answer, but this is not a solution by any stretch of the imagination.
I just completed "Reactor" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/11
Graph algorithm day.
Part 1 textbook depth-first search. Piece of cake.
Part 2 So much debugging.
Graph algorithm day.
Part 1 textbook depth-first search. Piece of cake.
Part 2 So much debugging.
Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I just completed "Reactor" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/11
Graph algorithm day.
Part 1 textbook depth-first search. Piece of cake.
Part 2 So much debugging.
Graph algorithm day.
Part 1 textbook depth-first search. Piece of cake.
Part 2 So much debugging.
"Factory" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/10
Part 1: Here, have some confidence.
Part 2: How much linear algebra do you remember?
Part 1: Here, have some confidence.
Part 2: How much linear algebra do you remember?
Day 10 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Factory" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/10
Part 1: Here, have some confidence.
Part 2: How much linear algebra do you remember?
Part 1: Here, have some confidence.
Part 2: How much linear algebra do you remember?
I just failed to complete part 2 of "Movie Theater" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8. We are now in one-star territory as the event winds down.
Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I just failed to complete part 2 of "Movie Theater" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8. We are now in one-star territory as the event winds down.
I just completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8
Priority queue day. Found the module I needed on #perl CPAN.
Priority queue day. Found the module I needed on #perl CPAN.
Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I just completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8
Priority queue day. Found the module I needed on #perl CPAN.
Priority queue day. Found the module I needed on #perl CPAN.
I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7
Finding all paths looked like a scary exponential problem (and it could be -- part 2 answer was 14 digits long), but the key insight was to think about increments instead of the grid or tree.
Finding all paths looked like a scary exponential problem (and it could be -- part 2 answer was 14 digits long), but the key insight was to think about increments instead of the grid or tree.
Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7
Finding all paths looked like a scary exponential problem (and it could be -- part 2 answer was 14 digits long), but the key insight was to think about increments instead of the grid or tree.
Finding all paths looked like a scary exponential problem (and it could be -- part 2 answer was 14 digits long), but the key insight was to think about increments instead of the grid or tree.
I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6
Spaces don't matter in part 1 and they very much matter in part 2. Find the columns and it's array bookkeeping after that -- something #Perl is good at.
Spaces don't matter in part 1 and they very much matter in part 2. Find the columns and it's array bookkeeping after that -- something #Perl is good at.
Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6
Spaces don't matter in part 1 and they very much matter in part 2. Find the columns and it's array bookkeeping after that -- something #Perl is good at.
Spaces don't matter in part 1 and they very much matter in part 2. Find the columns and it's array bookkeeping after that -- something #Perl is good at.
I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5
I made myself crazy for two hours in part 1 with edge errors while merging ranges, but it paid off in part 2. I used #perl class objects, because Perl can do that too.
I made myself crazy for two hours in part 1 with edge errors while merging ranges, but it paid off in part 2. I used #perl class objects, because Perl can do that too.
Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5
I made myself crazy for two hours in part 1 with edge errors while merging ranges, but it paid off in part 2. I used #perl class objects, because Perl can do that too.
I made myself crazy for two hours in part 1 with edge errors while merging ranges, but it paid off in part 2. I used #perl class objects, because Perl can do that too.
I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
This one was easy because I built a #perl module for moving around a grid last year, with methods to peek around. I expect the shortened schedule will kick up the intensity tomorrow.
This one was easy because I built a #perl module for moving around a grid last year, with methods to peek around. I expect the shortened schedule will kick up the intensity tomorrow.
Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
This one was easy because I built a #perl module for moving around a grid last year, with methods to peek around. I expect the shortened schedule will kick up the intensity tomorrow.
This one was easy because I built a #perl module for moving around a grid last year, with methods to peek around. I expect the shortened schedule will kick up the intensity tomorrow.
Perl makes it easy to chop and dice lists, and magically shape-shifts between numbers and strings. I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3 #perl github.com/boblied/aoc-...
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Perl makes it easy to chop and dice lists, and magically shape-shifts between numbers and strings. I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3 #perl github.com/boblied/aoc-...
A Perl deep cut -- the unpack function has a moment to shine. I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A Perl deep cut -- the unpack function has a moment to shine. I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
Advent of Code is back, and with a shortened schedule. Instead of failing on the last five to eight puzzles, I'll only fail on the last three to five! I've completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Advent of Code is back, and with a shortened schedule. Instead of failing on the last five to eight puzzles, I'll only fail on the last three to five! I've completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
A Republican with ethics intact? I thought they had gone extinct.
Indiana Senate Republican Greg Walker “said he would have reported the alleged violation to federal authorities “if I thought that there was anyone of integrity in Washington that would follow through on my accusation ..”
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
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@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
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November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A Republican with ethics intact? I thought they had gone extinct.
"wreak of"? Democracy dies in darkness, and proof-reading dies in AI. Decision to unsubscribe to the Post re-confirmed. Also, JD Vance can bite my communion wafer.
Vice President JD Vance drew scrutiny this week by saying he hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity.
Vance said criticisms of his comments “wreak of anti-Christian bigotry.”
Vance said criticisms of his comments “wreak of anti-Christian bigotry.”
Vance defends saying he hopes his wife converts to Christianity
The vice president told students on Wednesday that he hopes his wife, Usha, who is Hindu, converts to Christianity someday.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"wreak of"? Democracy dies in darkness, and proof-reading dies in AI. Decision to unsubscribe to the Post re-confirmed. Also, JD Vance can bite my communion wafer.
Almost EVERYBODY takes Tylenol or acetaminophen. It correlates with almost EVERYTHING. It’s about as suggestive as blaming breathing.
RFK Jr: "The causative association between Tylenol given in pregnancy in the paranatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism. But it is very suggestive."
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Almost EVERYBODY takes Tylenol or acetaminophen. It correlates with almost EVERYTHING. It’s about as suggestive as blaming breathing.
Remember how Republicans lost their minds that Obama was so classless and unprofessional as to wear a tan suit?
He was so butthurt by millions protesting his authoritarian regime, he posted an AI clip of him in a fighter jet dumping crap on people exercising their constitutional rights.
It’s the kind of reaction you would expect from a mentally unhinged lunatic or a petulant child.
Not a President.
It’s the kind of reaction you would expect from a mentally unhinged lunatic or a petulant child.
Not a President.
October 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Remember how Republicans lost their minds that Obama was so classless and unprofessional as to wear a tan suit?
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The “big beautiful bill” is really a “big beautiful slush fund”.
“The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million”
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Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
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October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The “big beautiful bill” is really a “big beautiful slush fund”.
It sounds like the period of “peace in the Middle East” is going to be measured in units of Scaramucchis.
Trump threatens American boots on the ground in Gaza to fight Hamas
October 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It sounds like the period of “peace in the Middle East” is going to be measured in units of Scaramucchis.
These are not "young boys". They are adult men. One of them has managed to get elected as a state senator. This reaction sounds like projection from someone who no doubt has lots of internet activity he hopes never sees the light of day. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’
The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."
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October 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
These are not "young boys". They are adult men. One of them has managed to get elected as a state senator. This reaction sounds like projection from someone who no doubt has lots of internet activity he hopes never sees the light of day. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Praying for his painful and terrifying death is also less sinful.
A pastor I follow on IG makes a theological argument I’m going to be thinking about for awhile.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Praying for his painful and terrifying death is also less sinful.
If you find that exciting, you should open my third dresser drawer. It’s like a time capsule, but with socks and underwear.
I was literally shaking... www.youtube.com/shorts/27Kxz...
Opening Up a 25-Year-Old Time Capsule
YouTube video by Mr. Beat
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September 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you find that exciting, you should open my third dresser drawer. It’s like a time capsule, but with socks and underwear.
Thai court dismisses prime minister over compromising phone call with Cambodian leader
Imagine if we had a government based on ethics instead of petty tyrants trying to abuse the system through every possible loophole.
Imagine if we had a government based on ethics instead of petty tyrants trying to abuse the system through every possible loophole.
August 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thai court dismisses prime minister over compromising phone call with Cambodian leader
Imagine if we had a government based on ethics instead of petty tyrants trying to abuse the system through every possible loophole.
Imagine if we had a government based on ethics instead of petty tyrants trying to abuse the system through every possible loophole.
I’d like to start tomorrow, please.
We’re going to outlive him.
So that’s one good thing.
So that’s one good thing.
July 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I’d like to start tomorrow, please.
I will never not click on this video.
July 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I will never not click on this video.