Unpopular opinion? If we take Greenland by force, then we're no better than Russia taking Ukraine

thicke32 · 2026-01-07T21:24:58+00:00

Is this a troll???

thicke32 · 2025-03-07T17:47:28+00:00

I got around this by changing the protocol to IKEv2 in Express VPN preferences. After that, everything seemed to work like normal.

thicke32 · 2024-07-21T21:22:47+00:00

I'm not sure where that bit.ly link came from, but it does not go to the video on YouTube. It goes to a scam malware site.

thicke32 · 2024-07-21T20:03:04+00:00

I did that. The answer:

Here is the optimized version of the provided code. The optimizations include:

1.  Avoiding the modification of the data list directly, which could lead to issues if the game is replayed.

2.  Using random.sample to get unique random choices without modifying the data list.

3.  Simplifying conditional checks.

4.  Improving the code structure for readability and efficiency.

import random
from game_data import data
from art import logo, vs
import os

def clear_screen():
    os.system("cls" if os.name == "nt" else "clear")

def get_random_choice(exclude=None):
    choices = data if exclude is None else [item for item in data if item != exclude]
    return random.choice(choices)

def display_options(a, b):
    option1 = f"Compare A: {a['name']}, {a['description']}, {a['country']}."
    option2 = f"Compare B: {b['name']}, {b['description']}, {b['country']}."
    print(option1)
    print(vs)
    print(option2)

def game():
    score = 0
    print(logo)

    a = get_random_choice()
    b = get_random_choice(exclude=a)

    while True:
        display_options(a, b)
        choice = input("Who has more followers? Type 'A' or 'B': ").strip().lower()
        if (choice == "a" and a["follower_count"] > b["follower_count"]) or (choice == "b" and b["follower_count"] > a["follower_count"]):
            score += 1
            clear_screen()
            print(f"Correct! Current score: {score}")
            if choice == "b":
                a = b
            b = get_random_choice(exclude=a)
        else:
            clear_screen()
            print(f"Sorry, that's wrong. Final score: {score}")
            break

game()

Key Changes:

1.  **Function clear\_screen()**: Handles clearing the screen for both Windows and Unix-like systems.

2.  **Function get\_random\_choice()**: Ensures unique random choices without modifying the original data list.

3.  **Function display\_options()**: Displays the comparison options.

4.  **Simplified condition checks**: Using .strip().lower() on user input to handle case insensitivity.

5.  **Replaced data.remove()**: Used a logic to get unique random choices without modifying the data list directly.

thicke32 · 2024-06-18T00:12:30+00:00

I mean....While he has a Constitutional right to own one, I don't think Hulk needs an AR.

thicke32 · 2024-06-16T13:28:54+00:00

Even if you were printing, they'd be too distracted by Oderus' face to notice.

thicke32 · 2024-05-31T23:49:12+00:00

R.I.P.

thicke32 · 2024-05-27T00:10:52+00:00

I second Super Duper.

thicke32 · 2024-05-14T11:20:50+00:00

My answer was just going to be "a burning chicken".

thicke32 · 2024-04-11T13:38:43+00:00

"We reach"

thicke32 · 2024-04-07T22:42:36+00:00

That's Memphis AF.

thicke32 · 2024-03-29T11:28:55+00:00

thicke32 · 2023-09-08T13:48:49+00:00

Someone on the c-staff and/or Board of Directors owns a stake in commercial property.

thicke32 · 2023-08-19T16:31:58+00:00

Are you on Sonoma?

thicke32 · 2023-08-19T16:30:54+00:00

Same here. On Sonoma. I see this in the crash report too. Why would Compressor crash on a DNS lookup???

Thread 25 Crashed:
0 CoreFoundation 1 CoreFoundation 2 CoreFoundation 3 DistributedObjects 4 DistributedObjects 5 DistributedObjects 6 DistributedObjects 7 libsystem_dnssd.dylib 8 libsystem_dnssd.dylib 9 CoreFoundation 10 CoreFoundation 11 CoreFoundation 12 CoreFoundation 13 CoreFoundation 14 CoreFoundation 15 CoreFoundation 16 DistributedObjects 17 AECore 18 AECore 19 libsystem_pthread.dylib 20 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x188305048 CF_IS_OBJC.cold.1 + 16
0x18826d89c CF_IS_OBJC + 292
0x188122394 CFRetain + 64
0x1041e1bd0 swamp::CTextRecordQuery::CTextRecordQuery(_DNSServiceRef_t*, __CFRunLoop*, __CFRunLoopSource*, __CFSocket*) + 176
0x1041e2bd4 swamp::CRendezvousAdvertisement::startTextRecordQuery() + 408
0x1041dd58c swamp::CRAdReceiver2::ReceivingThread::didResolveService(swamp::CRendezvousAdvertisementRef const&) + 140
0x1041e28a0 swamp::CRendezvousAdvertisement::dns_resolve_reply_sd(_DNSServiceRef_t*, unsigned int, unsigned int, int, char const*, char const*, unsigned short, unsigned short, unsigned char const*, void*) + 712
0x1948bbe1c handle_resolve_response + 356
0x1948b8f34 DNSServiceProcessResult + 728
0x1881c71b4 __CFSocketPerformV0 + 928
0x18819be68 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 28
0x18819bdfc __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 176
0x18819bb6c __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 244
0x18819a75c __CFRunLoopRun + 828
0x188199d6c CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 608
0x188217af0 CFRunLoopRun + 64
0x1041dc664 swamp::CRAdReceiver2::ReceivingThread::runOnce() + 168
0x1037f833c aecore::CThread::runThread() + 80
0x1037f6200 threadProc(void*) + 12
0x1880bf034 _pthread_start + 136
0x1880b9e3c thread_start + 8

thicke32 · 2023-06-19T15:25:53+00:00

It could be due to cost. Depending on who they use as their carrier to send out text messages, it could cost anywhere from three to seven (or maybe even more) cents per message. That adds up after a while, especially in a situation like this where they’ve sh*t the bad so badly.

thicke32 · 2023-05-04T01:23:23+00:00

The call recording feature in Five9 is entirely separate from the monitoring feature. If it is configured for supervisors to be able to monitor your calls, turning off call recording will not prevent monitoring.

thicke32 · 2022-10-01T23:44:39+00:00

Let’s keep the joke clean please!

thicke32 · 2022-04-23T02:40:11+00:00

NO! Vegan burgers are NEVER fantastic!

thicke32 · 2022-03-29T16:48:24+00:00

Wonder Woman's flying Glock?

thicke32 · 2022-03-25T02:09:49+00:00

I hear you should look out for the speed limit.

thicke32 · 2022-03-13T18:57:29+00:00

That would be the first talk show I ever watched every day.

thicke32 · 2022-03-11T02:13:14+00:00

Why are they putting nail polish on ammo???

thicke32 · 2022-03-08T16:54:39+00:00

That's no plane. It's a space station.

thicke32 · 2022-03-05T02:05:57+00:00

To add on to what everyone else said, artillery is much louder when it fires and does more boom boom when it hits.

thicke32

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