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Advent of Code is an annual Christmas themed coding challenge that runs from December 1st until christmas. Each day the coding problems get progressively harder. We have a leaderboard and pretty good turnout, so feel free to hop in at any time and show your stuff!
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Who else tried to be a smartass with the last value before giving up and doing it the way Eric intended?
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Being a smartass how? I can't read your alien language.
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For each box, per label, the last op gave the focus and [index of first = op after last - op] gave the orders. So you didn't need to run every instruction. But the "shortcut" turned out to be annoying enough that the full simulation was easier.
Case in point, here's the '''cheese''':
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