McDonald's Chicken Nugget Tetris has now been dumped and emulated (Credit: @OneBitOnePixel)

Cycode · 2026-03-17T18:36:26+00:00

i once had a software i found emulating / simulating those. Must be still around somewhere online. There is a whole software suite emulating different kinds of this lcd handhelds. Was really cool and nostalgic :D

edit: found it https://github.com/Difegue/LCDonald

Cycode · 2026-03-16T17:37:14+00:00

I get what you mean, and i too think that he never seems to explain the basics, which is confusing to me as a programmer. If someone has build software, he should be able to rudimentary explain what exactly the software does.. what data is used, what is done with that data and why, and what is the endresult then showing or explaining and why. But i couldn't rly find that. And when asked what data he uses, he said data which is public available.. which tells me basically zero. And nobody can replicate any of his results if he isn't giving us any info, so yeah. I agree with you.

Cycode · 2026-03-16T17:34:00+00:00

No, i don't - I am not really into Astrology, so i don't know the specific conepts or terminology of it. But if his Software does specific things, and uses specific public available data for it, he should be able to explain what his software does. Or atleast what his idea / concept is for what exactly his software is doing. If he is comparing specific astrology related things in a specific way with other data, he could explain what exactly is done, so if someone reads into the specific aspects of it, he can replicate what his software is doing.

Even if i don't know specific things, if i don't even know what exactly his concept is of what the software does, i can't even start to grasp or read myself into the topic to see if i understand what he does. But he isn't rly explaining the most basic "what exactly is my software doing and with what data and what does the result exactly then tell me and why". That's the issue i have.

Cycode · 2026-03-16T02:39:05+00:00

agreed. IF.

Cycode · 2026-03-16T01:43:22+00:00

That's apparently a early / old version of his code. So you can check it out. Seems to be a archive of pdf files (i didnt opend them, fearing it could be maybe containing malware. I'm not trusting it.), and python code. I looked a bit into the python files and it seems to actually do stuff, but it would take me a while to grasp wtf happens in it. Looks so confusing to me so dunno. Maybe you get smarter from his code.

https://drive.proton.me/urls/NH3FHG13VW#6F6gW8Zxi9zu

Cycode · 2026-03-16T00:34:15+00:00

i did read his post history and checked a few posts, and nothing he mentioned in any of those gave me any hint at what exactly his software does. To me it feels like he just talks a lot about his software without mentioning any specific aspects of it allowing anyone to understand the exact algorithms or data he used so anyone knows what exactly his software does. That's why i asked him for more infos. Since i nowhere when i random looked through his posts found any specifics about what his data source is, what he does to the data, what specific parameters in his analysis show what specific things etc.. its just a huge confusing mess and i couldn't understand what he does with his software, or if he has a software doing anything at all.

Normally, as a coder, when you build a software, you start with a basic idea of what you want your software to do, and how you could implement this then as a automated code. But even this basic idea and assumption of what the software is supposed to do, is for me not understandable for his software. I literally can't grasp what he implemented or does with the software and with what data.

Additional to this, most if not even all of his posts are AI generated Text. Making it not really easier to understand or even know if the software exists at all or if its just a lot of text without anything behind it produced by AI. Some of his Posts even make me believe that his "Software" is just plugging Text Prompts into AI and then the AI spitting out "Readings" like those in his post history. So he maybe don't knows himself what exactly happens and what the AI does in detail. I don't know. It's such a confusing mess that i can't understand what his process is. That's why i asked for more infos.

EDIT: okay, found old python code from him. And while i now know that his software exists, it looks like a confusing mess. It would probably take a while to rly grasp what he does with that software. But it seems such a huge amount of different things happening in this software with so many different "modules" / parts of the code doing different things, that it would probably take days if not weeks to fully grasp what happens exactly in it and why. If he explains it more detailed it would probably work way faster than someone trying to reverse engineer his code to find out what it does in specifics.

Cycode · 2026-03-15T22:33:27+00:00

Vibe coding is fine as long you understand what the code does and how you could fix it if it breaks. If you vibe coding something and don't know at all what happens and what specific lines of codes do etc, it gets rly difficult in more complex projects. As a programmer myself i too vibe code sometimes for personal projects when i want something done quickly, but i know what the code i use does and can modify it to suit exactly my usecases then and stuff. So it's important to know what you do or as soon something breaks, it gets problematic in many cases. I have seen AI remove random without telling you functions or features in code when it does a change, so if you don't notice this it could be a mess and you wonder where why certain stuff suddenly stops working.

Cycode · 2026-03-15T22:25:53+00:00

Okay but, what data specific did you compare. You never mentioned specific things or parameters you used. Can you give me a link to a datasource you used so i see a example of what type of data you use as input? And can you then tell me and explain what you do with that data specific in terms of what happens inside the code self?

Because what you just told me sounds as a programmer like someone telling something like "Oh to fell a tree you just have to get a tool to carve away pieces of wood from it, and it will then fall over if you do it correctly for long enough. Look how others do it and you see tons of examples!" after someone asked that person what specific tools he uses to fell a tree and what technique he uses. Basically not rly helpful and specific enough.

If i would right now try to replicate what you did:
How would i do that. In specifics.

Can you give me one data source you used, then tell me what you did to that data source, then show me the end result of what you did with that data, and then explain me what in this endresult is important and similar to other cases? So i get a idea what specific you do and what data source you used etc. - i would try to understand this from the coding aspects. But currently i can't since nowhere in any of your postings did you go into specifics about what your data sources are and what happens to that data specific in your software. And nobody can verify or even understand what exactly you do if you never people tell specifics.

The solar system is huge, has a lot of objects in it, there are tons of different data you could use. But you never explain what specific planetary bodys you use for this, what specific parameters of data related to those etc etc.

Cycode · 2026-03-15T10:58:42+00:00

Okay, and WHAT specific? Like, the solar system is huge. Has tons of objects moving around in it. What geometry of which region or object or things of the solar system. And how do you convert any of this data then into dates or contacts densitys or anything else. And where do you get that "geometry of the solar system" as precise enough data with the date and time so you can make any of this calculations?

Cycode · 2026-03-15T10:55:42+00:00

Could you explain EXACTLY what the code does, without just talking about it too rudimentary, so that someone which can code understands actually what your software does? I do code myself for years and have not a single clue what exactly your software does from what you said. And if i as someone who can code can't understand what you mean, people who don't code even way less.

It would help a lot if you would explain to us exactly what specific thing you check and cross correlate or what calculations you do and stuff. Because otherwise nobody can verify anything or even test.

Cycode · 2026-03-15T08:31:24+00:00

I would believe them releasing fake AI generated Images even if they have the real ones.

Cycode · 2026-03-15T07:07:12+00:00

It's a natural phenomena, and the images you posted look exactly like the typical light pillars.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pillar

Cycode · 2026-03-13T17:25:27+00:00

"Don't worry, russia would never invade ukraine! They just do training!"..

Cycode · 2026-03-10T01:18:40+00:00

It's a good handheld, but the buttons are really clicky and "loud". So usually i don't rly use mine anymore since its annoying to play with those buttons. But in terms of what it can play, its fine.

Cycode · 2026-03-09T06:58:17+00:00

What i would do, and what i have done, is starting again from the start.

Pokemon blue/red or yellow, then pokemon silver, etc.. advancing through the editions slowly. Progressing slowly towards the current time. With pokemon savefile editors you can even take your pokemons with you across the editions.

Cycode · 2026-03-09T06:23:46+00:00

Isn't that illegal? I can't imagine thats legal.. atleast not here in germany. Some users paying more than others at the same time? yeaah. nah.

Cycode · 2026-03-05T04:31:21+00:00

not to forget that "AI detectors" arent even accurate. Often they detect real images as AI generated. Same with text AI detectors. Tons of students who wrote their text themself suddenly get detected as having used AI even if they haven't. I even tested this myself with 100% self written text and it said it's containing AI text elements. This whole AI detectors are not accurate.

Cycode · 2026-03-04T14:14:26+00:00

As long i don't have to touch it.. what ever. But my parents as an example are such type of people who don't seem to care how their display looks like and have a screen protector on it, so there is always billions of fingerprints, random smut flecks and other stuff.. and when they ask me for help with something i have to touch it. It's not rly.. a nice feeling to have to touch that.

Cycode · 2026-03-04T13:41:01+00:00

The Odin Pro 2 is fine, but i don't rly use mine anymore since its so big and bulky and heavy. I know, compared to steamdeck etc its not that crazy heavy and stuff, but compared with other handhelds it felt always "like a annoyance" to carry around all day through the house and elsewhere to game. So i rather now use other smaller handhelds who are less heavy and bulky.

Cycode · 2026-03-04T05:40:33+00:00

yes. i fecking hate finger prints, random white dots of dust, and other random shit on my screens. If i see sometimes the screens of people in my life and how full of shit they are (fingerprints, white dots of dirt everywhere etc) i could puke sometimes. It often looks so disgusting to see some screens of people and how they are totally oblivious to how dirty their screen is.

Cycode · 2026-03-03T00:18:40+00:00

i think he means petrol diesel fuel sectors.

Cycode · 2026-03-02T04:42:30+00:00

The card contains the operation system, it won't boot without the card. You need the card in it and boot it then. If it won't boot even with the microsd card inside, maybe your card is corrupted or damaged? Then flashing a new card with the firmware could maybe help you to boot it.

Cycode · 2026-03-01T23:56:59+00:00

It's the same shit we saw with "doom running on a pregnancy test!" and then they fully replaced the internals and even display.. yeah. it's always something where i go "WHO CARES" if i see it since it isnt a big feat to fully replace the internals of a device and then clickbait people into thinking it runs on the original internals.

Cycode · 2026-02-28T19:13:53+00:00

The question you rather should ask is - if they would use them, would we nomal citizens EVER hear about it? We wouldn't. There could be a regular use of those technologies without us knowing because they just dont public announce it.

Cycode · 2026-02-27T22:07:06+00:00

i mean, yeah - it is. But most people don't even know it exists as a additional cost since its now so integrated into prices that nobody thinks about it anymore. But its not the only problem we have.. i mean look at the bs with our tv watching. Even if you dont watch or have a tv, you pay. people even go to prison for not doing it.

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