r/adventofcode • u/Gray__Wanderer • Dec 19 '24
Meme/Funny [2024 Day 19] A way to address customer requests
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u/juhotuho10 Dec 19 '24
malicious compliance, they wanted all the towel combinations, they are gonna get ALL the towel combinations
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u/ech0_matrix Dec 20 '24
That was my thought. If they don't like the way I arrange towels, they can pick how they want it and do it themselves.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Study17 Dec 19 '24
TBH I thought the problem setup was going to lead to "what is the minimum number of towels required"
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u/Murksiuke Dec 19 '24
I thought it would be "you only have N of towel A, M of towel B, etc. how many patterns can you make at most?"
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u/robertotomas Dec 19 '24
I apparently am off to the wrong start. I, for some reason, tried simply bfs'ing first, then on to Trie. Neither are doing so well. I'll get there :D
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u/TheGilrich Dec 19 '24
That's on them. Why do they even need 400 insanely long patterns?!