So one of my bad habits is to read AoC at some poi...

# advent-of-code

[todd.ginsberg]

So one of my bad habits is to read AoC at some point in the middle of the night if I happen to wake up. It comes out at 11pm, so I don’t compete. Anyway. I read today’s and thought “oh this is a game of life. I can do that” and went back to sleep. But then I had this dream where I solved yesterday’s water drop puzzle by inferring transform rules. I’m not going to do it but it sure is an interesting idea. Not sure if it is possible though.

[andyb]

I do something similar. It comes out at 5am UK time, so often I will wake early, have a look at the day's puzzle, go back to sleep and work on it subconsciously.

[todd.ginsberg]

Sometimes that works and other times my brain grinds away on it and I have weird nightmares.

[keturn]

I don't think I've had any nightmares about these yet but I did spend a long time lying in bed last night thinking about why the shortcuts I wanted to take in the water puzzle won't work.

[todd.ginsberg]

Nightmares is probably the wrong word. Sometimes I get these weird dreams where I'm doing something over and over (like climbing stairs, or opening a door). Not comfortable sleep, but short of a nightmare.

[Marcin Wisniowski]

I'm glad I have a policy of "no sleeping until AoC is solved" then 😛

[todd.ginsberg]

I can't do that. My bedtime is like 9pm, two hours before they come out.

[Marcin Wisniowski]

But you can not read them until you actually wake up in the morning, and then you have an entire day.

[todd.ginsberg]

I also have a job too. 😄 And I write about each one after I've solved it. This is like a second job. I say now that I'm probably not going to commit to it again next year, but I know in November I'll be all excited and do it anyway.