adventofcode/2018/day10/problem

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--- Day 10: The Stars Align ---

   It's no use; your navigation system simply isn't capable of providing
   walking directions in the arctic circle, and certainly not in 1018.

   The Elves suggest an alternative. In times like these, North Pole rescue
   operations will arrange points of light in the sky to guide missing Elves
   back to base. Unfortunately, the message is easy to miss: the points move
   slowly enough that it takes hours to align them, but have so much momentum
   that they only stay aligned for a second. If you blink at the wrong time, it
   might be hours before another message appears.

   You can see these points of light floating in the distance, and record their
   position in the sky and their velocity, the relative change in position per
   second (your puzzle input). The coordinates are all given from your
   perspective; given enough time, those positions and velocities will move the
   points into a cohesive message!

   Rather than wait, you decide to fast-forward the process and calculate what
   the points will eventually spell.

   For example, suppose you note the following points:

 position=< 9,  1> velocity=< 0,  2>
 position=< 7,  0> velocity=<-1,  0>
 position=< 3, -2> velocity=<-1,  1>
 position=< 6, 10> velocity=<-2, -1>
 position=< 2, -4> velocity=< 2,  2>
 position=<-6, 10> velocity=< 2, -2>
 position=< 1,  8> velocity=< 1, -1>
 position=< 1,  7> velocity=< 1,  0>
 position=<-3, 11> velocity=< 1, -2>
 position=< 7,  6> velocity=<-1, -1>
 position=<-2,  3> velocity=< 1,  0>
 position=<-4,  3> velocity=< 2,  0>
 position=<10, -3> velocity=<-1,  1>
 position=< 5, 11> velocity=< 1, -2>
 position=< 4,  7> velocity=< 0, -1>
 position=< 8, -2> velocity=< 0,  1>
 position=<15,  0> velocity=<-2,  0>
 position=< 1,  6> velocity=< 1,  0>
 position=< 8,  9> velocity=< 0, -1>
 position=< 3,  3> velocity=<-1,  1>
 position=< 0,  5> velocity=< 0, -1>
 position=<-2,  2> velocity=< 2,  0>
 position=< 5, -2> velocity=< 1,  2>
 position=< 1,  4> velocity=< 2,  1>
 position=<-2,  7> velocity=< 2, -2>
 position=< 3,  6> velocity=<-1, -1>
 position=< 5,  0> velocity=< 1,  0>
 position=<-6,  0> velocity=< 2,  0>
 position=< 5,  9> velocity=< 1, -2>
 position=<14,  7> velocity=<-2,  0>
 position=<-3,  6> velocity=< 2, -1>

   Each line represents one point. Positions are given as <X, Y> pairs: X
   represents how far left (negative) or right (positive) the point appears,
   while Y represents how far up (negative) or down (positive) the point
   appears.

   At 0 seconds, each point has the position given. Each second, each point's
   velocity is added to its position. So, a point with velocity <1, -2> is
   moving to the right, but is moving upward twice as quickly. If this point's
   initial position were <3, 9>, after 3 seconds, its position would become <6,
   3>.

   Over time, the points listed above would move like this:

 Initially:
 ........#.............
 ................#.....
 .........#.#..#.......
 ......................
 #..........#.#.......#
 ...............#......
 ....#.................
 ..#.#....#............
 .......#..............
 ......#...............
 ...#...#.#...#........
 ....#..#..#.........#.
 .......#..............
 ...........#..#.......
 #...........#.........
 ...#.......#..........

 After 1 second:
 ......................
 ......................
 ..........#....#......
 ........#.....#.......
 ..#.........#......#..
 ......................
 ......#...............
 ....##.........#......
 ......#.#.............
 .....##.##..#.........
 ........#.#...........
 ........#...#.....#...
 ..#...........#.......
 ....#.....#.#.........
 ......................
 ......................

 After 2 seconds:
 ......................
 ......................
 ......................
 ..............#.......
 ....#..#...####..#....
 ......................
 ........#....#........
 ......#.#.............
 .......#...#..........
 .......#..#..#.#......
 ....#....#.#..........
 .....#...#...##.#.....
 ........#.............
 ......................
 ......................
 ......................

 After 3 seconds:
 ......................
 ......................
 ......................
 ......................
 ......#...#..###......
 ......#...#...#.......
 ......#...#...#.......
 ......#####...#.......
 ......#...#...#.......
 ......#...#...#.......
 ......#...#...#.......
 ......#...#..###......
 ......................
 ......................
 ......................
 ......................

 After 4 seconds:
 ......................
 ......................
 ......................
 ............#.........
 ........##...#.#......
 ......#.....#..#......
 .....#..##.##.#.......
 .......##.#....#......
 ...........#....#.....
 ..............#.......
 ....#......#...#......
 .....#.....##.........
 ...............#......
 ...............#......
 ......................
 ......................

   After 3 seconds, the message appeared briefly: HI. Of course, your message
   will be much longer and will take many more seconds to appear.

   What message will eventually appear in the sky?

   Your puzzle answer was RECLRNZE.

--- Part Two ---

   Good thing you didn't have to wait, because that would have taken a long
   time - much longer than the 3 seconds in the example above.

   Impressed by your sub-hour communication capabilities, the Elves are
   curious: exactly how many seconds would they have needed to wait for that
   message to appear?

   Your puzzle answer was 10007.

   Both parts of this puzzle are complete! They provide two gold stars: **

   At this point, you should return to your Advent calendar and try another
   puzzle.

   If you still want to see it, you can get your puzzle input.

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