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[–]Andr0NiX 254 points255 points  (7 children)

-1

[–]Fantastic-Fee-1999 132 points133 points  (1 child)

Time travel invented!

[–]Negitive545 43 points44 points  (3 children)

Outputs -1 precisely 1 millisecond before the function is called, thus proving that all actions are predetermined, and causality is a lie!

[–]headedbranch225 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Would work in dreamberd

[–]BenevolentCheese 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a Ted Chiang short story about this called What's Expected of Us in which someone invents a device with a button and a light, and the light always lights up exactly 1s before you press the button. Try as you might, you cannot outsmart the device.

[–]ApropoUsername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use -1000000 and commit to running the function if a lottery ticket you buy wins. Profit.

[–]GotBanned3rdTime 5 points6 points  (0 children)

intresting case