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Re:We built the best "Bad Apple!!" in Minecraft by pkilgore on Friday October 11, 2024 @05:51PM (#41814165)
> Looking back, the result looks almost trivial to achieve

I wish the author was a bit more gentle on herself! What a ride.

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Re:We built the best "Bad Apple!!" in Minecraft by thaliaarchi on Friday October 11, 2024 @10:20PM (#41815828)
That feeling seems common in hindsight. Everything seems easier, once all the problems have been solved. Related, I enjoy the author's sense of humor:

> I made a prototype and, lo and behold, it was in fact slow, as predicted. (I’m smart.)

And in another article[0], describing an inefficient collision algorithm:

> Mojang’s decision never crossed my mind. I guess I’m not a real programmer.

[0]: https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/ru/minecraft-compares-arrays-...

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