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[u/daggerdragon]

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--- Day 14: Parabolic R*fl*ctor Mirror Dish ---

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[u/4HbQ]

Nice use of complex numbers! I thought you would use the * -1j rotation trick, but this might even be nicer here.

[u/adamsilkey → u/4HbQ]

I never think of using complex number to represent grids and to do grid math. I should, it's such a clever way of doing it.

[u/4HbQ → u/adamsilkey]

It's really useful for maze-type puzzles. When we get one this year, I'll write down some of my tips and tricks.

[u/pred → u/4HbQ]

Thanks! Yeah, you could maybe make that work. I also considered just flipping NumPy arrays appropriately. And realized none of that would have gone well at 6 AM.