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Countdown in header text/images

2022-01-18T07:06:49Z

Danmana:

'''[[#Go to bottom|Go to bottom picture]]'''
==Explanation==
*Here are (work in process) all the images from {{xkcd}} used in the [[Countdown in header text]].
**The images can also be found [https://munvoseli.github.io/xkcd-countdown/ here], on munvoseli's page.
*The images have been numbered here on explain xkcd and the number is a link to the image in the count-wimRikmef folder on xkcd.com:
**<nowiki>https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/</nowiki>
**Each picture's filename is the [[:wikipedia:SHA256|SHA256]] hash of the image itself, so it is impossible to predict future file names:
***Here the name for the first picture: ac84f99b9c41eb75e1a595ea74c7bccf48f36c345d8b88ad5dd478d4520bc0b2.png
***https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/ac84f99b9c41eb75e1a595ea74c7bccf48f36c345d8b88ad5dd478d4520bc0b2.png
****Attempting to brute-force future files, assuming you could test 1 trillion file names per second, would take 200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times the age of the universe.
*****Not if you use the right wrench! ([[538:_Security]]... but of course we won't do that) [[User:Davidhbrown|Davidhbrown]] ([[User talk:Davidhbrown|talk]]) 21:42, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
* The current state (image and when to check next = every 10 min) can be found at [https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/state](https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/state)
** The script controlling the updates can be found at [https://xkcd.com/s/e3fad5.js](https://xkcd.com/s/e3fad5.js), though it doesn't reveal anything new. It just checks the current state and updates the image and the countdown.
** Source https://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/s0u2vo/countdown_script/

==Images==
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/ac84f99b9c41eb75e1a595ea74c7bccf48f36c345d8b88ad5dd478d4520bc0b2.png 0001]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0001.png]] 2022-01-10 17:10 - Day 1 image 1
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/6a73d565838a58e4d3069ad6cc49cc1a1466a8e602c95fd752126900d2074e28.png 0002]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0002.png]] 2022-01-10 20:46 - End of Day 1, 2 new images
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/98b1c93977c76fd31529ff07f8f6f83209ba69ccc5a6b245e3a1061d36093370.png 0003]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0003.png]] 2022-01-11 00:01 - Day 2 image 3
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/154e4cdc63e9b5c6874e0f8cc2146a945c6b53089854fe4827ed6a822fbf8f53.png 0004]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0004.png]] 2022-01-11 07:49
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/582bbf28305fefb09ea44beae1330585aea155adf6f5125fc70ebdfa6af8c70c.png 0005]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0005.png]] 2022-01-11 08:31
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/5c65f55f9a51a8b5bb7184a7b42e2930aea829e4d5ef2ff6373d1408fee4cce3.png 0006]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0006.png]] 2022-01-11 12:00
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/75f4551c542cadfde5b5708d40679dfb66c1477ed344d061d6ba4e28f46fc0b8.png 0007]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0007.png]] 2022-01-11 15:41
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/32fe6cc4abef25d91abebdbdd59273044061be7d49a9b4a16ce2864628247999.png 0008]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0008.png]] 2022-01-11 19:06
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/72cb154b23f959f908f5dc8eb03069c6df3f0f54aae896a0e7ed27befb2ee639.png 0009]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0009.png]] 2022-01-11 19:30
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/5a0d51a4f85c24edbd647e18e33044ffe5e49a8474c5f9850dadb742252a5582.png 0010]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0010.png]] 2022-01-11 23:13 - End of Day 2, 8 new images
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/85cb9234739c590b3c649c80e6d388f8c53f600327abbdbe476dca495705f86c.png 0011]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0011.png]] 2022-01-12 02:54 - Day 3 image 11
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/62081002ad92456a911eae8eae3f3d74f8147eab8f42330d4f81c473aaa648ba.png 0012]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0012.png]] 2022-01-12 06:40
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/8883103b355c6cbaa0cc5f78867bfc9fee1e2e4295ccec1a0af1bd4bdd27cc6a.png 0013]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0013.png]] 2022-01-12 13:17
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/6782889ad1cf7ebdf154672b58f7260df61662537ca00536efeb3470c29d66b1.png 0014]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0014.png]] 2022-01-12 14:23
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/c3c55c15f1c5a37018c0545fd05457ca83540300d656b906e7aaede2c7d81123.png 0015]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0015.png]] 2022-01-12 18:07
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/8ec35a2a74c75a736fc4e8bf119278494e439d82b3949a75c43413b230223b22.png 0016]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0016.png]] 2022-01-12 21:48 - End of Day 3, 6 new images
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/604a452a877071047946c3608fb002da8928d25dbc8e5788276c895df88e5ea2.png 0017]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0017.png]] 2022-01-13 01:32 - Day 4 image 17
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/56dbdf9d6728ef668cd76f40ee69bd07daf2835dd02e5e3ae500137587130d4d.png 0018]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0018.png]] 2022-01-13 05:25
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/8f001bd4f118d537d7daca170cbd5c657318887fe41873f71791c75af3e4e27e.png 0019]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0019.png]] 2022-01-13 11:38
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/609d33c4a8f81def4f2889d165e4044353191a957193aa22e1dfde85364b93fd.png 0020]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0020.png]] 2022-01-13 13:01
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/80cca5046c30c2cf6168d4a03db4389b7151ada62cf2e0574200704d79ea9408.png 0021]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0021.png]] 2022-01-13 16:43
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/6a0cebd417060775dfa2c738a4dae86cd28e7393d6dbca1421fd6f246dc5cb4b.png 0022]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0022.png]] 2022-01-13 20:25 - End of Day 4, 6 new images
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/3be4fdde63c2b0b1b71f594255c7623815eaf4712e89a6585fc48fd7b40ad74f.png 0023]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0023.png]] 2022-01-14 00:12 - Day 5 image 23
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/e77b15a15bb84704360cf6706fff67f82042b55d505a8a5b3dbd66bd6e10ba8f.png 0024]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0024.png]] 2022-01-14 04:03
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/e8f7ac688301f46aa40d9523c175809816b1f6c393b43e4707c4feea43215974.png 0025]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0025.png]] 2022-01-14 07:53
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/b9902a9447f0aa5f978ddd118f7db67b75e903f48dc7f42198e2c118b508a659.png 0026]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0026.png]] 2022-01-14 11:38
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/7084274534bcdc2d8c386921d0016ce9d6b1939412f83d8af1c2b231a895c5ff.png 0027]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0027.png]] 2022-01-14 15:19
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/1610a177c4aa2f2cf075ffc580b7c75f9e44f83ba9a736029223c2995731c183.png 0028]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0028.png]] 2022-01-14 17:22
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/a2c4ea711851dd4b15b8c9789db1ffafe298a903e099010631d082ce4bd5b1e2.png 0029]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0029.png]] 2022-01-14 22:53 - End of Day 5, 7 new images
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/dbea16b9b8a22123ce6be88e9178eccae01ec5531d2b8585ef59dcb4050a468d.png 0030]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0030.png]] 2022-01-15 02:57 - Day 5 image 30
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/6af529ae350311ac4678f2999f4ee9d67ddd696488363ad6b4f996adeaf269ed.png 0031]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0031.png]] 2022-01-15 06:44
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/18a524d1208ded1caefe811c55d05a011570b669670bbe9933a3c4fe395410af.png 0032]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0032.png]] 2022-01-15 10:14
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/da86d185cd11fc1104ecc523fdf59ab40570fbd465e09d206fc8911b08e3d306.png 0033]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0033.png]] 2022-01-15 13:56
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/b8c767a072b1cdc3092a644e83d7d3521b6650658a7b8419ad91c26294967a5e.png 0034]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0034.png]] 2022-01-15 17:44
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/a4db1b1ba45b9d8728f20acbca8f321864093b887e18bdcd5bd46e6ed8543150.png 0035]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0035.png]] 2022-01-15 21:34
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/2c4da89ab9fee1202c3719b72331ea0d5989ac346faddfc197e7ee6e57920d39.png 0036]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0036.png]] 2022-01-16 01:24
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/dd0c960dfeca7942cf32f7c8d61acee2bcd623456f624723c3f54b68412e98a4.png 0037]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0037.png]] 2022-01-16 05:08
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/c003da4bd27318b9a37a8140ab660740b6be5be59d264b89b61de9917419e917.png 0038]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0038.png]] 2022-01-16 08:51
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/a29268e0d0b4edf1087b9840650c64045d5f7563af1ffbf2f74d7a4eb295e6c1.png 0039]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0039.png]] 2022-01-16 12:34
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/4b351a46aa24be1132231ed60fc770f507c4e20af18490c9bc72c6d541a2fdb3.png 0040]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0040.png]] 2022-01-16 16:24
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/682656738c15e14fa072af7f7e6a6e6b93c7d23d19da27a21c655f47570e2992.png 0041]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0041.png]] 2022-01-16 20:15
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/738370be378129d5dba152cf74e8ba8e6ce7a37fc1a44373b129d83da7aea89a.png 0042]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0042.png]] 2022-01-17 00:03
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/3768e8da1c54222bca5939485975b4a39d7b2e21ed7b36d3f1f791c659852085.png 0043]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0043.png]] 2022-01-17 03:44
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/641771dbe15c9426e2c5c47fc333a281e32e64ba236509ea296358c1ab4e36d4.png 0044]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0044.png]] 2022-01-17 07:27
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/011ba570b6b29d0f6df4c17b3e06673cb88414878a47715e92815a42b185f533.png 0045]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0045.png]] 2022-01-17 11:14
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/ff548223203c25d67b9e920f6fc8268d3e58d20adc420f049fb3af29430b581d.png 0046]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0046.png]] 2022-01-17 15:06
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/6534766f1d9e822b602f5775d8de1ab8ef3239413b61c88f5510daafa5154330.png 0047]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0047.png]] 2022-01-17 18:56
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/5c6fe0fe595ccc14f4888d4048d844a790406ed0a4384000e8fe2a5290d7a528.png 0048]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0048.png]] 2022-01-18 00:18 (approx)



==Go to bottom==
*Just an easy fix making it easy to jump to the newest image here at the bottom of a potentially very long list of pictures.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Countdown in header text}}
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Countdown in header text/images

2022-01-18T06:56:22Z

Danmana: Add info about the js script running the countdown, and the endpoint with the current countdown state

'''[[#Go to bottom|Go to bottom picture]]'''
==Explanation==
*Here are (work in process) all the images from {{xkcd}} used in the [[Countdown in header text]].
**The images can also be found [https://munvoseli.github.io/xkcd-countdown/ here], on munvoseli's page.
*The images have been numbered here on explain xkcd and the number is a link to the image in the count-wimRikmef folder on xkcd.com:
**<nowiki>https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/</nowiki>
**Each picture's filename is the [[:wikipedia:SHA256|SHA256]] hash of the image itself, so it is impossible to predict future file names:
***Here the name for the first picture: ac84f99b9c41eb75e1a595ea74c7bccf48f36c345d8b88ad5dd478d4520bc0b2.png
***https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/ac84f99b9c41eb75e1a595ea74c7bccf48f36c345d8b88ad5dd478d4520bc0b2.png
****Attempting to brute-force future files, assuming you could test 1 trillion file names per second, would take 200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times the age of the universe.
*****Not if you use the right wrench! ([[538:_Security]]... but of course we won't do that) [[User:Davidhbrown|Davidhbrown]] ([[User talk:Davidhbrown|talk]]) 21:42, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
* The current state (image and the time range it covers) can be found at [https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/state](https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/state)
** The script controlling the updates can be found at [https://xkcd.com/s/e3fad5.js](https://xkcd.com/s/e3fad5.js), though it doesn't reveal anything new. It just checks the current state and updates the image and the countdown.
** Source https://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/s0u2vo/countdown_script/

==Images==
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/ac84f99b9c41eb75e1a595ea74c7bccf48f36c345d8b88ad5dd478d4520bc0b2.png 0001]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0001.png]] 2022-01-10 17:10 - Day 1 image 1
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/6a73d565838a58e4d3069ad6cc49cc1a1466a8e602c95fd752126900d2074e28.png 0002]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0002.png]] 2022-01-10 20:46 - End of Day 1, 2 new images
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/98b1c93977c76fd31529ff07f8f6f83209ba69ccc5a6b245e3a1061d36093370.png 0003]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0003.png]] 2022-01-11 00:01 - Day 2 image 3
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/154e4cdc63e9b5c6874e0f8cc2146a945c6b53089854fe4827ed6a822fbf8f53.png 0004]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0004.png]] 2022-01-11 07:49
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/582bbf28305fefb09ea44beae1330585aea155adf6f5125fc70ebdfa6af8c70c.png 0005]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0005.png]] 2022-01-11 08:31
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/5c65f55f9a51a8b5bb7184a7b42e2930aea829e4d5ef2ff6373d1408fee4cce3.png 0006]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0006.png]] 2022-01-11 12:00
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/75f4551c542cadfde5b5708d40679dfb66c1477ed344d061d6ba4e28f46fc0b8.png 0007]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0007.png]] 2022-01-11 15:41
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/32fe6cc4abef25d91abebdbdd59273044061be7d49a9b4a16ce2864628247999.png 0008]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0008.png]] 2022-01-11 19:06
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/72cb154b23f959f908f5dc8eb03069c6df3f0f54aae896a0e7ed27befb2ee639.png 0009]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0009.png]] 2022-01-11 19:30
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/5a0d51a4f85c24edbd647e18e33044ffe5e49a8474c5f9850dadb742252a5582.png 0010]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0010.png]] 2022-01-11 23:13 - End of Day 2, 8 new images
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/85cb9234739c590b3c649c80e6d388f8c53f600327abbdbe476dca495705f86c.png 0011]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0011.png]] 2022-01-12 02:54 - Day 3 image 11
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/62081002ad92456a911eae8eae3f3d74f8147eab8f42330d4f81c473aaa648ba.png 0012]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0012.png]] 2022-01-12 06:40
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/8883103b355c6cbaa0cc5f78867bfc9fee1e2e4295ccec1a0af1bd4bdd27cc6a.png 0013]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0013.png]] 2022-01-12 13:17
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/6782889ad1cf7ebdf154672b58f7260df61662537ca00536efeb3470c29d66b1.png 0014]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0014.png]] 2022-01-12 14:23
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/c3c55c15f1c5a37018c0545fd05457ca83540300d656b906e7aaede2c7d81123.png 0015]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0015.png]] 2022-01-12 18:07
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/8ec35a2a74c75a736fc4e8bf119278494e439d82b3949a75c43413b230223b22.png 0016]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0016.png]] 2022-01-12 21:48 - End of Day 3, 6 new images
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/604a452a877071047946c3608fb002da8928d25dbc8e5788276c895df88e5ea2.png 0017]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0017.png]] 2022-01-13 01:32 - Day 4 image 17
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/56dbdf9d6728ef668cd76f40ee69bd07daf2835dd02e5e3ae500137587130d4d.png 0018]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0018.png]] 2022-01-13 05:25
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/8f001bd4f118d537d7daca170cbd5c657318887fe41873f71791c75af3e4e27e.png 0019]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0019.png]] 2022-01-13 11:38
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/609d33c4a8f81def4f2889d165e4044353191a957193aa22e1dfde85364b93fd.png 0020]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0020.png]] 2022-01-13 13:01
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/80cca5046c30c2cf6168d4a03db4389b7151ada62cf2e0574200704d79ea9408.png 0021]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0021.png]] 2022-01-13 16:43
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/6a0cebd417060775dfa2c738a4dae86cd28e7393d6dbca1421fd6f246dc5cb4b.png 0022]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0022.png]] 2022-01-13 20:25 - End of Day 4, 6 new images
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/3be4fdde63c2b0b1b71f594255c7623815eaf4712e89a6585fc48fd7b40ad74f.png 0023]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0023.png]] 2022-01-14 00:12 - Day 5 image 23
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/e77b15a15bb84704360cf6706fff67f82042b55d505a8a5b3dbd66bd6e10ba8f.png 0024]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0024.png]] 2022-01-14 04:03
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/e8f7ac688301f46aa40d9523c175809816b1f6c393b43e4707c4feea43215974.png 0025]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0025.png]] 2022-01-14 07:53
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/b9902a9447f0aa5f978ddd118f7db67b75e903f48dc7f42198e2c118b508a659.png 0026]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0026.png]] 2022-01-14 11:38
*[https://xkcd.com/count-wimRikmef/imgs/7084274534bcdc2d8c386921d0016ce9d6b1939412f83d8af1c2b231a895c5ff.png 0027]: [[File:Countdown in header text 0027.png]] 2022-01-14 15:19
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1692: Man Page

2016-06-10T06:51:09Z

Danmana: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1692
| date = June 10, 2016
| title = Man Page
| image = man_page.png
| titletext = For even more info, see blarbl(2)(3) and birb(3ahhaha I'm kidding, just Google it like a normal person.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Initial draft/outline. As one of those comics, needs a section on each part. Needs an explanation of a man page for those unaware. Also needs fact-checking.}}
This comic shows a Unix man page for a fictional program called "blerp". It details the command line options for this program, many of which are strange, annoying, or even impossible. These options are mostly in alphabetical order.

Unix manpages are meant to provide a brief reference on the usage of a command, not verbose and well-written explanations as you may find in manuals which is another common type of documentation. This fictional manpage seems to exaggerate its crypticness, thus making fun of a common trait that many manpages have.

[[wikipedia:Command-line_interface#Command-line_option|Command-line options]], also known as flags, are typed following a program name to change how the program runs. The following is an example usage.

<code>blerp -a -d -t -p "AVIGNON"</code>

This would run blerp in attack mode, outputting to DEBUG.EXE, with tumble dry, and with POPE set to AVIGNON. In most cases, any number of flags can be used in any order, and applicable flags can be followed by arguments (such as "AVIGNON" in this example).

{| class="wikitable"
!Flag!!Description!!Explanation
|-
| -a||ATTACK MODE||Like a robot or something similar. Strange for a command line program.
|-
| -b||SUPPRESS BEES||Nonsensical option.
|-
| -—||FLAGS USE EM DASHES||Hard to tell the difference between en and em dashes. Command line options (flags) typically use en dashes (short dashes approximately the same width as the letter n). Em dashes can't easily be typed into a command line interface, so switching flags from en to em dashes is excessively difficult and nonsensical.
Also implies a paradox where if flags were to use em dashes, this flag itself would be invalid.
|-
| -c||COUNT NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS||Most likely not useful.
|-
| -d||PIPES OUTPUT TO DEBUG.EXE||DEBUG.EXE is the old 16-bit debugger that came with MS-DOS. On a Unix system it is much more likely that one would use the GNU debugger (GDB). Also I beleive any debugger would object to having random program output piped to it, this is not how debuggers are meant to be used.
|-
| -D||DEPRECATED||Many programs contain legacy options to avoid breaking scripts that use them. While the option should still work, the documentation is changed to say "deprecated" to discourage further use. Eventually such options gets removed.
|-
| -e||EXECUTE SOMETHING||Vague.
|-
| -f||FUN MODE||Strange and slightly ominous.
|-
| -g||USE GOOGLE||As an actual program flag, a bit hackjob-ish, but most likely relating to googling how this program works.
|-
| -h||CHECK WHETHER INPUT HALTS||Completely impossible, by the Halting Theorem.
|-
| -i||IGNORE CASE (LOWER)||Usually, ignoring case means that a program will run without differentiating between upper- and lowercase. This flag suggests that blerp will run ignoring all the lowercase characters completely, or ignoring all the uppercase characters with -I.
|-
| -I||IGNORE CASE (UPPER)||
|-
| -jk||KIDDING||A common acronym, not a program flag.
|-
| -n||BEHAVIOR NOT DEFINED||Possibly mathematically ominous? Otherwise useless.
|-
| -o||OVERWRITE||Standard flag.
|-
| -O||OPPOSITE DAY||Strange flag.
|-
| -p||SET TRUE POPE; ACCEPTS "ROME" OR "AVIGNON"||This refers to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/Western_Schism historical schism in the Catholic Church.] In the 14th century, the Pope briefly ruled from Avingon, France, instead of Rome. After the Papacy was returned to Rome in 1377, the Church split (the so-called Western Schism) as not everyone accepted the move and the Pople who ordered it. This flag apparently allows the user to select a preferred Pope. There is actually a possible feature request here, as \"PISA\", a third Pope, should also be an option.
|-
| -q||QUIET MODE; OUTPUT IS PRINTED TO STDOUT INSTEAD OF BEING SPOKEN ALOUD||In most cases, a program will output basic information to the console, and running it in quiet mode will make it run without outputting anything. Blerp, on the other hand, outputs information through audio, and the quiet flag causes it to run like a normal program.
|-
| -r||RANDOMIZE ARGUMENTS||Pointless and possibly damaging.
|-
| -R||RUN RECURSIVELY ON <nowiki>http://*</nowiki>||The star (*) symbol is often used as a wildcard to match any string of characters. "<nowiki>http://*</nowiki>" suggests that blerp will be run on every webpage on the internet.
|-
| -s||FOLLOW SYMBOLIC LINKS SYMBOLICALLY||[Needs explanation of symbolic links]
|-
| -S||STEALTH MODE||Similar to -a.
|-
| -t||TUMBLE DRY||Perhaps useful for a program that runs on a clothes dryer. Refers to [https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5254504/il_570xN.184726893.jpg directions like these].
|-
| -u||UTF-8 MODE; OTHERWISE DEFAULTS TO ANSEL||[Explanation of ANSEL necessary.] UTF-8 is rather standard. Similar in this regard to -q.
|-
| -U||UPDATE (DEFAULT: FACEBOOK)||Update usually refers to replacing an old software with a newer version. The default here suggests posting a status update to Facebook.
|-
| -v||VERBOSE; ALIAS TO find / -exec cat {}||Almost standard flag, in ordinary programs the opposite of -q. This command prints the contents of all files in the filesystem tree. However, it will never complete, as certain device files never end (/dev/urandom contains random bytes). Note that the "find" command is missing <code>\;</code> and will not run, instead complaining <code>find: missing argument to `-exec'</code> .
|-
| -V||SET VERSION NUMBER||Many programs will have a flag to view the version number. This flag changes the version number instead.
|-
| -y||YIKES||Meaningless.
|}

The bug report site, http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47744-Hemiptera, is a currently active webpage and inaturalist.org is a site working to extend biological research, and http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47744-Hemiptera does work and points to the same page as http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/Hemiptera. [[wikipedia:Hemiptera|Hemiptera]] is the order classifying True Bugs. [The 47744-Hemiptera link seems to point to the "Stink Bugs Family" in the Recent Observations section]

blorp(501)(c)(3) is not a valid chapter reference for a manpage, it is however a slightly covert reference to the [https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/exemption-requirements-section-501-c-3-organizations 501(c)(3)] section of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, which describes the requirements for an organization to be tax-exempt.

Copyright "or best offer" is humourous, needs explanation of individual parts.

The "copyright" line references several variously open-source content licenses; GPL 2, GPL 3, creative commons, and BSD licenses are mentioned. "LIKE GECKO" is a reference to a web browser user-agent string; modern user-agent strings include a lot of text designed to let the browser pretend to be several different browsers/renderers, and "(like Gecko)" is the standard text for a browser that wants to be treated as if it were Gecko while admitting, if you look closely, that it isn't really Gecko. This copyright line, which includes a lot of mashed-together text that might appear to match any of several different licenses, resembles a user-agent string.

==Transcript==
:[A terminal screen; the background is black and the text is white.]
:{| class="wikitable"
|style="background-color:black;"|<font color="white">
;NAME
:blerp

;SYNOPSIS
:blerp {[ OPTION | ARGS ]...[ ARGS ... -f [FLAGS] ...}
:blerp {... DIRECTORY ... URL | BLERP} OPTIONS ] -{}

;DESCRIPTION
:blerp FILTERS LOCAL OR REMOTE FILES OR RESOURCES USING PATTERNS DEFINED BY ARGUMENTS AND ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES. THIS BEHAVIOR CAN BE ALTERED BY VARIOUS FLAGS.

;OPTIONS
:{|
! scope="row" | -a
| ATTACK MODE
|-
! scope="row" | -b
| SUPPRESS BEES
|-
! scope="row" | -—
| FLAGS USE EM DASHES
|-
! scope="row" | -c
| COUNT NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS
|-
! scope="row" | -d
| PIPES OUTPUT TO DEBUG.EXE
|-
! scope="row" | -D
| DEPRECATED
|-
! scope="row" | -e
| EXECUTE SOMETHING
|-
! scope="row" | -f
| FUN MODE
|-
! scope="row" | -g
| USE GOOGLE
|-
! scope="row" | -h
| CHECK WHETHER INPUT HALTS
|-
! scope="row" | -i
| IGNORE CASE (LOWER)
|-
! scope="row" | -I
| IGNORE CASE (UPPER)
|-
! scope="row" | -jk
| KIDDING
|-
! scope="row" | -n
| BEHAVIOR NOT DEFINED
|-
! scope="row" | -o
| OVERWRITE
|-
! scope="row" | -O
| OPPOSITE DAY
|-
! scope="row" | -p
| SET TRUE POPE; ACCEPTS "ROME" OR "AVIGNON"
|-
! scope="row" | -q
| QUIET MODE; OUTPUT IS PRINTED TO STDOUT INSTEAD OF BEING SPOKEN ALOUD
|-
! scope="row" | -r
| RANDOMIZE ARGUMENTS
|-
! scope="row" | -R
| RUN RECURSIVELY ON <nowiki>http://*</nowiki>
|-
! scope="row" | -s
| FOLLOW SYMBOLIC LINKS SYMBOLICALLY
|-
! scope="row" | -S
| STEALTH MODE
|-
! scope="row" | -t
| TUMBLE DRY
|-
! scope="row" | -u
| UTF-8 MODE; OTHERWISE DEFAULTS TO ANSEL
|-
! scope="row" | -U
| UPDATE (DEFAULT: FACEBOOK)
|-
! scope="row" | -v
| VERBOSE; ALIAS TO find / -exec cat {}
|-
! scope="row" | -V
| SET VERSION NUMBER
|-
! scope="row" | -y
| YIKES
|}

;SEE ALSO
:blerp(1), blerp(3), blirb(8), blarb(51) blorp(501)(c)(3)

;BUG REPORTS
:<nowiki>http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47744-Hemiptera</nowiki>

;COPYRIGHT
:GPL(2)(3+) CC-BY/5.0 RV 41.0 LIKE GECKO/BSD 4(2) OR BEST OFFER
</font>
|}

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Programming]]

1692: Man Page

2016-06-10T06:47:48Z

Danmana: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1692
| date = June 10, 2016
| title = Man Page
| image = man_page.png
| titletext = For even more info, see blarbl(2)(3) and birb(3ahhaha I'm kidding, just Google it like a normal person.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Initial draft/outline. As one of those comics, needs a section on each part. Needs an explanation of a man page for those unaware. Also needs fact-checking.}}
This comic shows a Unix man page for a fictional program called "blerp". It details the command line options for this program, many of which are strange, annoying, or even impossible. These options are mostly in alphabetical order.

Unix manpages are meant to provide a brief reference on the usage of a command, not verbose and well-written explanations as you may find in manuals which is another common type of documentation. This fictional manpage seems to exaggerate its crypticness, thus making fun of a common trait that many manpages have.

[[wikipedia:Command-line_interface#Command-line_option|Command-line options]], also known as flags, are typed following a program name to change how the program runs. The following is an example usage.

<code>blerp -a -d -t -p "AVIGNON"</code>

This would run blerp in attack mode, outputting to DEBUG.EXE, with tumble dry, and with POPE set to AVIGNON. In most cases, any number of flags can be used in any order, and applicable flags can be followed by arguments (such as "AVIGNON" in this example).

{| class="wikitable"
!Flag!!Description!!Explanation
|-
| -a||ATTACK MODE||Like a robot or something similar. Strange for a command line program.
|-
| -b||SUPPRESS BEES||Nonsensical option.
|-
| -—||FLAGS USE EM DASHES||Hard to tell the difference between en and em dashes. Command line options (flags) typically use en dashes (short dashes approximately the same width as the letter n). Em dashes can't easily be typed into a command line interface, so switching flags from en to em dashes is excessively difficult and nonsensical.
Also implies a paradox where if flags were to use em dashes, this flag itself would be invalid.
|-
| -c||COUNT NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS||Most likely not useful.
|-
| -d||PIPES OUTPUT TO DEBUG.EXE||Almost a standard option, but .exe is the weird part.
|-
| -D||DEPRECATED||Many programs contain legacy options to avoid breaking scripts that use them. While the option should still work, the documentation is changed to say "deprecated" to discourage further use. Eventually such options gets removed.
|-
| -e||EXECUTE SOMETHING||Vague.
|-
| -f||FUN MODE||Strange and slightly ominous.
|-
| -g||USE GOOGLE||As an actual program flag, a bit hackjob-ish, but most likely relating to googling how this program works.
|-
| -h||CHECK WHETHER INPUT HALTS||Completely impossible, by the Halting Theorem.
|-
| -i||IGNORE CASE (LOWER)||Usually, ignoring case means that a program will run without differentiating between upper- and lowercase. This flag suggests that blerp will run ignoring all the lowercase characters completely, or ignoring all the uppercase characters with -I.
|-
| -I||IGNORE CASE (UPPER)||
|-
| -jk||KIDDING||A common acronym, not a program flag.
|-
| -n||BEHAVIOR NOT DEFINED||Possibly mathematically ominous? Otherwise useless.
|-
| -o||OVERWRITE||Standard flag.
|-
| -O||OPPOSITE DAY||Strange flag.
|-
| -p||SET TRUE POPE; ACCEPTS "ROME" OR "AVIGNON"||This refers to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/Western_Schism historical schism in the Catholic Church.] In the 14th century, the Pope briefly ruled from Avingon, France, instead of Rome. After the Papacy was returned to Rome in 1377, the Church split (the so-called Western Schism) as not everyone accepted the move and the Pople who ordered it. This flag apparently allows the user to select a preferred Pope. There is actually a possible feature request here, as \"PISA\", a third Pope, should also be an option.
|-
| -q||QUIET MODE; OUTPUT IS PRINTED TO STDOUT INSTEAD OF BEING SPOKEN ALOUD||In most cases, a program will output basic information to the console, and running it in quiet mode will make it run without outputting anything. Blerp, on the other hand, outputs information through audio, and the quiet flag causes it to run like a normal program.
|-
| -r||RANDOMIZE ARGUMENTS||Pointless and possibly damaging.
|-
| -R||RUN RECURSIVELY ON <nowiki>http://*</nowiki>||The star (*) symbol is often used as a wildcard to match any string of characters. "<nowiki>http://*</nowiki>" suggests that blerp will be run on every webpage on the internet.
|-
| -s||FOLLOW SYMBOLIC LINKS SYMBOLICALLY||[Needs explanation of symbolic links]
|-
| -S||STEALTH MODE||Similar to -a.
|-
| -t||TUMBLE DRY||Perhaps useful for a program that runs on a clothes dryer. Refers to [https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5254504/il_570xN.184726893.jpg directions like these].
|-
| -u||UTF-8 MODE; OTHERWISE DEFAULTS TO ANSEL||[Explanation of ANSEL necessary.] UTF-8 is rather standard. Similar in this regard to -q.
|-
| -U||UPDATE (DEFAULT: FACEBOOK)||Update usually refers to replacing an old software with a newer version. The default here suggests posting a status update to Facebook.
|-
| -v||VERBOSE; ALIAS TO find / -exec cat {}||Almost standard flag, in ordinary programs the opposite of -q. This command prints the contents of all files in the filesystem tree. However, it will never complete, as certain device files never end (/dev/urandom contains random bytes). Note that the "find" command is missing <code>\;</code> and will not run, instead complaining <code>find: missing argument to `-exec'</code> .
|-
| -V||SET VERSION NUMBER||Many programs will have a flag to view the version number. This flag changes the version number instead.
|-
| -y||YIKES||Meaningless.
|}

The bug report site, http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46644-Hemiptera, isn't a currently active webpage, but inaturalist.org is a site working to extend biological research, and http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47744-Hemiptera does work and points to the same page as http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/Hemiptera. [[wikipedia:Hemiptera|Hemiptera]] is the order classifying True Bugs.

blorp(501)(c)(3) is not a valid chapter reference for a manpage, it is however a slightly covert reference to the [https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/exemption-requirements-section-501-c-3-organizations 501(c)(3)] section of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, which describes the requirements for an organization to be tax-exempt.

Copyright "or best offer" is humourous, needs explanation of individual parts.

The "copyright" line references several variously open-source content licenses; GPL 2, GPL 3, creative commons, and BSD licenses are mentioned. "LIKE GECKO" is a reference to a web browser user-agent string; modern user-agent strings include a lot of text designed to let the browser pretend to be several different browsers/renderers, and "(like Gecko)" is the standard text for a browser that wants to be treated as if it were Gecko while admitting, if you look closely, that it isn't really Gecko. This copyright line, which includes a lot of mashed-together text that might appear to match any of several different licenses, resembles a user-agent string.

==Transcript==
:[A terminal screen; the background is black and the text is white.]
:{| class="wikitable"
|style="background-color:black;"|<font color="white">
;NAME
:blerp

;SYNOPSIS
:blerp {[ OPTION | ARGS ]...[ ARGS ... -f [FLAGS] ...}
:blerp {... DIRECTORY ... URL | BLERP} OPTIONS ] -{}

;DESCRIPTION
:blerp FILTERS LOCAL OR REMOTE FILES OR RESOURCES USING PATTERNS DEFINED BY ARGUMENTS AND ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES. THIS BEHAVIOR CAN BE ALTERED BY VARIOUS FLAGS.

;OPTIONS
:{|
! scope="row" | -a
| ATTACK MODE
|-
! scope="row" | -b
| SUPPRESS BEES
|-
! scope="row" | -—
| FLAGS USE EM DASHES
|-
! scope="row" | -c
| COUNT NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS
|-
! scope="row" | -d
| PIPES OUTPUT TO DEBUG.EXE
|-
! scope="row" | -D
| DEPRECATED
|-
! scope="row" | -e
| EXECUTE SOMETHING
|-
! scope="row" | -f
| FUN MODE
|-
! scope="row" | -g
| USE GOOGLE
|-
! scope="row" | -h
| CHECK WHETHER INPUT HALTS
|-
! scope="row" | -i
| IGNORE CASE (LOWER)
|-
! scope="row" | -I
| IGNORE CASE (UPPER)
|-
! scope="row" | -jk
| KIDDING
|-
! scope="row" | -n
| BEHAVIOR NOT DEFINED
|-
! scope="row" | -o
| OVERWRITE
|-
! scope="row" | -O
| OPPOSITE DAY
|-
! scope="row" | -p
| SET TRUE POPE; ACCEPTS "ROME" OR "AVIGNON"
|-
! scope="row" | -q
| QUIET MODE; OUTPUT IS PRINTED TO STDOUT INSTEAD OF BEING SPOKEN ALOUD
|-
! scope="row" | -r
| RANDOMIZE ARGUMENTS
|-
! scope="row" | -R
| RUN RECURSIVELY ON <nowiki>http://*</nowiki>
|-
! scope="row" | -s
| FOLLOW SYMBOLIC LINKS SYMBOLICALLY
|-
! scope="row" | -S
| STEALTH MODE
|-
! scope="row" | -t
| TUMBLE DRY
|-
! scope="row" | -u
| UTF-8 MODE; OTHERWISE DEFAULTS TO ANSEL
|-
! scope="row" | -U
| UPDATE (DEFAULT: FACEBOOK)
|-
! scope="row" | -v
| VERBOSE; ALIAS TO find / -exec cat {}
|-
! scope="row" | -V
| SET VERSION NUMBER
|-
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;SEE ALSO
:blerp(1), blerp(3), blirb(8), blarb(51) blorp(501)(c)(3)

;BUG REPORTS
:<nowiki>http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47744-Hemiptera</nowiki>

;COPYRIGHT
:GPL(2)(3+) CC-BY/5.0 RV 41.0 LIKE GECKO/BSD 4(2) OR BEST OFFER
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1690: Time-Tracking Software

2016-06-06T11:28:05Z

Danmana: /* Transcript */

{{comic
| number = 1690
| date = June 6, 2016
| title = Time-Tracking Software
| image = time_tracking_software.png
| titletext = 'List of helicopter prison escapes' and 'List of sexually active popes' are both entertainingly long, but sadly there's no 'List of helicopter prison escapes involving sexually active popes.'
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Extremely simple summary. Details must be expanded upon for each part of the graph.}}
In this comic, Randall uses time-tracking software, which is intended to increase productivity by identifying how you are spending time, that reveals that he is doing frivolous and pointless things that take up large amounts of his time. He makes remixes, edits Star Wars footage, reads strange (albeit entertaining) Wikipedia articles, and even spends a large amount of time adjusting this software, all without getting anything useful done. Thus, he is embarassed at this revelation.

The two wikipedia lists mentioned in this comic are: {{w|List of helicopter prison escapes}} and {{w|List of sexually active popes}}
==Transcript==

[The panel displays a pie chart with 5 slices, titled "Your activity report". You can find below the transcript of the labels on each slice in clockwise order. The percentages are estimated from the image, and are not included in the actual comic]

* 38.05% Going through the Star Wars movies and digitally replacing all the lightsabers with regular metal swords
* 15.55% Reading every entry in the Wikipedia article {{w|List of helicopter prison escapes}}
* 23.33% Installing and configuring time-tracking software
* 1.96% Actual productive work
* 21.11% Making a remix of that Jack and Diane song where every line is just "Suckin' on a chili dog outside the tastee-freez" over and over

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1690: Time-Tracking Software

2016-06-06T11:27:30Z

Danmana: /* Transcript */

{{comic
| number = 1690
| date = June 6, 2016
| title = Time-Tracking Software
| image = time_tracking_software.png
| titletext = 'List of helicopter prison escapes' and 'List of sexually active popes' are both entertainingly long, but sadly there's no 'List of helicopter prison escapes involving sexually active popes.'
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Extremely simple summary. Details must be expanded upon for each part of the graph.}}
In this comic, Randall uses time-tracking software, which is intended to increase productivity by identifying how you are spending time, that reveals that he is doing frivolous and pointless things that take up large amounts of his time. He makes remixes, edits Star Wars footage, reads strange (albeit entertaining) Wikipedia articles, and even spends a large amount of time adjusting this software, all without getting anything useful done. Thus, he is embarassed at this revelation.

The two wikipedia lists mentioned in this comic are: {{w|List of helicopter prison escapes}} and {{w|List of sexually active popes}}
==Transcript==

[The panel displays a pie chart with 5 slices, titled "Your activity report". You can find below the transcript of the labels on each slice in clockwise order. The percentages are estimated from the image, and are not included in the actual comic]

* 38.05% Going through the Star Wars movies and digitally replacing all the lightsabers with regular metal swords
* 15.55% Reading every entry in the Wikipedia article {{w|List of helicopter prison escapes}}
* 23.33% Installing and configuring time-tracking software
* 1.96% Actual productive work
* 21.11% making a remix of that Jack and Diane song where every line is just "Suckin' on a chili dog outside the tastee-freez" over and over

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1690: Time-Tracking Software

2016-06-06T11:25:41Z

Danmana:

{{comic
| number = 1690
| date = June 6, 2016
| title = Time-Tracking Software
| image = time_tracking_software.png
| titletext = 'List of helicopter prison escapes' and 'List of sexually active popes' are both entertainingly long, but sadly there's no 'List of helicopter prison escapes involving sexually active popes.'
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Extremely simple summary. Details must be expanded upon for each part of the graph.}}
In this comic, Randall uses time-tracking software, which is intended to increase productivity by identifying how you are spending time, that reveals that he is doing frivolous and pointless things that take up large amounts of his time. He makes remixes, edits Star Wars footage, reads strange (albeit entertaining) Wikipedia articles, and even spends a large amount of time adjusting this software, all without getting anything useful done. Thus, he is embarassed at this revelation.

The two wikipedia lists mentioned in this comic are: {{w|List of helicopter prison escapes}} and {{w|List of sexually active popes}}
==Transcript==

[The panel displays a pie chart with 5 slices, titled "Your activity report". You can find below the transcript of the labels on each slice in clockwise order. The percentages are estimated from the image, and are not included in the actual comic]

* 38.05% Going through the Star Wars movies and digitally replacing all teh lightsabers with regular metal swords
* 15.55% Reading every entry in the Wikipedia article {{w|List of helicopter prison escapes}}
* 23.33% Installing and configuring time-tracking software
* 1.96% Actual productive work
* 21.11% making a remix of that Jack and Diane song where every line is just "Suckin' on a chili dog outside the tastee-freez" over and over

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1690: Time-Tracking Software

2016-06-06T10:37:54Z

Danmana:

1685: Patch

2016-05-25T08:00:13Z

Danmana: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1685
| date = May 25, 2016
| title = Patch
| image = patch.png
| titletext = My optimizer uses content-aware inpainting to fill in all the wasted whitespace in the code, repeating the process until it compiles.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page.}}

{{w|Adobe Photoshop}} is a commonly used software for image manipulation. One of its features is "content-aware inpainting", which allows the user to delete parts of the image and seamlessly replacing the deleted sections with "patches" of texture from other parts of the image. {{w|GNU}} {{w|Patch (Unix)|patch}} is a software program that replaces only parts of the code with an updated version, without requiring the user to download the entire source code. Here, it appears the author was told to "patch" the code, but used Photoshop to do this instead of GNU patch, with devastating results.

The code apears to be written in {{w|Python_(programming_language)}}. A few of the function names that can be recognized are "isPrime" and "quicksort", both commonly used in solving programming contest problems.

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Intitial transcript.}}
[A screenshot of a part of a code, rendered unreadable due to image editing.]

Protip: If you don't have access to the GNU ''patch'' tool, you can use the Photoshop one.

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