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Cake day: April 9th, 2024

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  • A few years ago I had to port a tool from HTBasic (a proprietary BASIC dialect) to Python. The original source only runs in their proprietary IDE. Of course, no comments whatsoever and a lot of GOTO magic and matrice calculations some of which have no other purpose as to confuse the reader. The variables had only cryptic and meaningless three digit letters. My theory is that they intentionally wrote it in a way that it would be a nightmare to reverse engineer. And they succeeded.









  • I gave it a try (on the website) and enjoyed it quite a bit. However, I would not pay for a more advanced AI. I’d rather pay for more content in the future, e.g. new characters or new scenarios. I liked the art style and high resolution graphics. The music can become quite repetitive. Also, some sound effects surely wouldn’t hurt. I played through the first two characters, the boomer and the influencer. I thought I messed up with the influencer, but apparently I did well and got a $1000 bonus. The change in mood of the customers was quite fitting. Unfortunately it’s not possible to resume a play-through or skip characters you already played against. It’s a very basic game and while you basically just argue with an AI, the graphics and very brief background story helped getting into my role. I liked it and it’s fine to pass the time for a few minutes, e.g. when commuting.









  • I don’t get that ‘Gentoo takes forever’ argument. With todays hardware it’s really a non-issue. Just let the updates compile in the background while you do other stuff. My Arch install broke several times, not so my Gentoo. Also, the Gentoo community is really kind and don’t treat you like an idiot for not knowing something.