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Some Actual Code I Found Inside A Game
Python Gamedev Programming Debugging Testing
14 days ago 106.2K views 3 shares
Some Actual Code I Found Inside A Game
The code is a perfect example of why game developers shouldn't be allowed near RNGs unsupervised! 😂 What we're looking at is a glorious mess of Python where someone created two nearly identical functions ( count_greater_than_11 and count_greater_than_5 ) that generate random numbers between 1-20 and increment a counter when the number exceeds a threshold. But wait! The function names and comments don't even match - one says "greater than 11" in the comment but checks for > 10 in the code, while the other claims to check for > 5 but actually checks for > 4! And then there's that lonely is_divisible_by_7 function at the bottom, just hanging out with no apparent connection to anything else. It's like someone started implementing their own version of RNG bias with specific magic numbers, got bored halfway through, and shipped it anyway. This is probably why that boss battle feels unfairly difficult every 7th attempt...

How Does It Keep Happening
C++ Algorithms Programming Debugging
17 days ago 81.7K views 0 shares
How Does It Keep Happening
You start with a simple task. Just need a random number. Three hours later, you've accidentally created a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator with entropy harvesting and statistical validation. The blank stare in the mirror is your soul leaving your body as you realize you've done it again. C programming has this magical ability to turn "I'll just write 5 lines of code" into "I've reinvented an entire subsystem from scratch." The worst part? You'll do it again next week.

Employee Of The Month: Lava Lamp Edition
Security Algorithms Math Programming
22 days ago 100.5K views 0 shares
Employee Of The Month: Lava Lamp Edition
Ah yes, the classic "we need a random number generator" dilemma solved by... *checks notes*... a wall of lava lamps? Fun fact: Cloudflare actually uses a wall of lava lamps to generate truly random numbers for encryption. The unpredictable movement of the blobs creates entropy that's photographed and converted to random data. Meanwhile, the developer who suggested this bizarre solution is now getting side-eye from colleagues who were probably expecting Math.random() like normal people. But hey, sometimes the weirdest solutions are the most secure ones.

Easiest Choice In The History Of Coding
Programming Algorithms Math Testing
1 month ago 102.5K views 0 shares
Easiest Choice In The History Of Coding
When someone asks for a random seed value, there's only one correct answer in the universe: 42. No need to think, no need to generate a proper random number—just channel your inner Douglas Adams and drop that Hitchhiker's Guide reference. It's the perfect programmer inside joke that separates the seniors from the interns. The best part? It works every single time, and nobody questions it because it's literally the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Why waste CPU cycles on true randomness when perfection already exists?

How Does It Keep Happening
C++ Algorithms Programming Debugging
1 month ago 105.1K views 0 shares
How Does It Keep Happening
That moment when you're just trying to write a simple loop but somehow end up implementing cryptographic-grade randomness in C. Nobody plans to become a cryptographer, it just happens while you're debugging pointer arithmetic at 3 AM. The worst part? You'll never be able to reproduce this accidental genius again. Your code is now simultaneously terrible and brilliant—Schrödinger's algorithm.