Thorcode: Husoski have you tried kickstart
Thorcode: is it hard
Husoski: The Google competition? Nope. Looks like it's designed for students according to the web search blurb.
Thorcode: oh ok
TechWithTim.py:
TechWithTim.py:
TechWithTim.py:
2010david:
Thorcode: hi
Thorcode: 2010david
2010david: https://www.codingame.com/profile/c5332d076455d693aadf4a88f28ccab43268254
2010david: The Page says
2010david: "error loading languages'
2010david: Can you say why?
Thorcode: i DON'T KNOW
Thorcode: I got that problem too
Thorcode: and I think it got something update
2010david: ok
2010david: Maybe my >99% score Python test will be gone :(
Thorcode: I don't think so
abt8601: Right now I cannot even see my certificate :/
AZZAM52910: hi
abt8601: Hi
rafidianto: test
FunkyShoe_b32d: hi
haroun8: :expressionless:test
TechWithTim.py: l
TechWithTim.py:
TechWithTim.py: hey guys
TechWithTim.py: start the clash
TechWithTim.py: (me when I realise there are a hundred other clashes going on rn
TechWithTim.py: a
TechWithTim.py: a
TechWithTim.py: a
TechWithTim.py: a
Uljahn: no spam please
VN.NguyenMinhHau: who is VietNam
Thyl: Hi !
Thyl: On the resistance can I find a word if the sequece isn't decode in all
Thyl: ???
5DN1L: Thyl Not sure what your question means...?
Thorcode: VN.NguyenMinhHau hello
leif233: hi
mewcop: hi
mewcop: daubaikhovl :<
krishna_jalan_: hey my certification are not opening neither are languages showing on my profile
krishna_jalan_: can somehelp why it's so?
chenhaorantianjiayi: :eyes:
- nose::ear:
- lips:
5DN1L: no spamming please
5DN1L: krishna_jalan_ You may have to report it as a bug in the forum.
Beertran: how come people don't make their code compact in short mode?
Beertran: I don't get it
Beertran: why leave useless spaces and stuff?
Thorcode: bc shortest is super hard
Thorcode: I think they don't have that trick
chenhaorantianjiayi: 5DN1L
chenhaorantianjiayi: hello
chenhaorantianjiayi: Are you a manager?
Uljahn: the only community manager is Thibaud
VN.NguyenMinhHau: at why at the post It's hard to show this easy post. headache
END_MORI: where can i join the easy games? i am kinda new here
5DN1L: What do you mean by "join the easy games"? If you mean practising easy puzzles, they're here:
5DN1L: https://www.codingame.com/training/easy
5DN1L: Or if you mean multi-player games, they're here:
5DN1L: https://www.codingame.com/multiplayer
END_MORI: oooo yes something like those! thanks 5DN1L
5DN1L: There are also learning materials here:
5DN1L: https://www.codingame.com/learn
5DN1L: You're welcome
cooltree: hi
xWhvty: hey
xWhvty: wsp
hhhh313: for clash of code, is it possible to re-do the same question on the side, if i didnt get the correct answer?
5DN1L: You may be able to find a clash of code puzzle on the unofficial website
5DN1L: https://eulerschezahl.herokuapp.com/codingame/puzzles/
5DN1L: other than that, you can't do it on this site unless you meet the same puzzle again in another clash
Wontonimo: +1
Wontonimo: also hhhh313 , if you'd like to try your hand at untimed puzzles, check out https://www.codingame.com/training/easy
Wontonimo: here is one of the intro ones https://www.codingame.com/training/easy/temperatures
Westicles: 'Temperatures' is a trademark of the Exergen temporal scanning thermometer. Let's change it to 'Measurable Weather Units'
Anthony.Perry: I'm confused. I'm beating the boss in the arena, but whenever I exit the window that has the video playing in it, I don't rank up
jacek: did you submit to arena, and not only play in ide?
Anthony.Perry: OK i advanced now. it just took a very long time
jacek: it needs to finish all the games (about 90) to calcuate the rank and advance if possible
5DN1L: 90 or some other number, depending on which game it is
Miki09: I'm getting this error in my contribution. Can someone pls help?
Miki09: Mismatch with the stub generator input: Invalid value. Expected: 'A non-empty string with no spaces'. Received: ' ######'
5DN1L: Maybe your solution code expects to read something different from what the stub generator tries to output?
bearnilugeo: your input has space ?
Miki09: Yeah :D I'm dumb lol
skyline69: sup
skyline69: sussy bakas
UZUHAMA: Hello world
jacek: another day another struggle to find the right inputs https://streamable.com/qccw8e
Wontonimo: i'm assuming those lines are the NN's vision lines
Wontonimo: perhaps 360 instead of 10 ?
jacek: yes
Wontonimo: or and the 360 can be done "quickly" by using a zbuffer and painting each object onto the 360
jacek: each line encodes collision. then theres one hot for type of collision, then target's vx and vy
jacek: thats 7 inputs per line
jacek: oh and distance to target
jacek: with my other inputs, i have already 81 inputs to net
jacek: zbuffer?
jacek: im more concerned or not exploding inputs number
jacek: 360 rays :v https://i.imgur.com/K9JupQX.png
Wontonimo: okay, maybe 360 is too many
Wontonimo: you could do a max_pool / min_pool over the 360 and reduce it to something smaller like 18 by pooling every 20 inputs
Wontonimo: then 18 inputs to into your NN
Wontonimo: but 360 seems at bit much. the pooling is still an idea though. it will help not have so many blind spots
Wontonimo: for zbuffering you would not cast rays out from every direction. instead...
Wontonimo: you would iterate over objects and paint them onto the inputs, but only if their distance is less than what is already painted there
Wontonimo: in the last picture you sent,
Wontonimo: with the observer being n2,
Wontonimo: you would 'paint' n3 onto n2's view of field. There is a left and right most line from n2 to n3
Wontonimo: everything inbetween is n3
Wontonimo: repeat for n4 and n5
Wontonimo: since the n2's view has depth encoded, (aka zbuffer) then all the information about if n3, n4, or n5 obscure eachother is there
Wontonimo: hey Louzy
jacek: mhm
Wontonimo: just ideas, maybe your raycasting is more efficient
jacek: then again, most time is taken in NN calculation than rays, i wouldnt worry about it now
Wontonimo: what do you think about the max/min pooling to reduce the number of inputs?
Louzy: Im playing Coders Strike Back, and i am stuck in a level where it says the following : http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/924505e6-8412-4840-bba7-94185e5a7521
pb4: jacek, you're working on BR ?
jacek: yes
jacek: you have NN for that?
Wontonimo: hey Louzy, there is an error in that line
pb4: Current Gagat is a NN
Wontonimo: cout << next_checkpoint_x << " " << next_checkpoint_y << " 100" << endl;
pb4: but it's not good...
pb4: not good enough*
pb4: reCurse has a NN, I assume you know ?
Wontonimo: no way, reCurse uses NNs?
jacek: :O
Wontonimo: :P
jacek: i never asked him. im curious what inputs does he have
pb4: I'd love to know too :P
pb4: He never said
jacek: maybe he screenshots the game and use CNN ~
Wontonimo: are your rays oriented from the POV of the observer, such that a particular ray is always straight forward?
pb4: How good is your NN currently, and how do you train it ?
jacek: those rays come from the car and yes they are oriented
jacek: im 13th in wood4 so not that good
pb4: Q-learning, policy learning, AZ, something else ?
pb4: One per pod, or one per team ?
jacek: im in the process of getting right inputs, the arena uses this https://streamable.com/ym3dcx
pb4: Alphastar-style ?
Guynen: hi guys
jacek: one per pod, 2 outputs - degrees and thrust. train by neuroevolution
Wontonimo: humans don't have photo receptors evenly space in our eyes. A lot in the center of view then fewer elsewhere. More accuracy where it counts
jacek: :thinking:
pb4: https://streamable.com/lrbcmc
Wontonimo: neuroevolution is --s--l--o--w--
pb4: What does neuroevolution mean ?
Wontonimo: to train
pb4: Like, the NEAT algorithm ?
jacek: so smooth
jacek: nah, fixed topology. random peturbation until you get it right
jacek: in weights
pb4: https://streamable.com/cz10z1
pb4: This one I had fun with
pb4: 2 pods on the same team
pb4: no opponent
Louzy: @Wontonimo if i won against the boss why wont the game progress ? and show me the next level ?
pb4: just try to score as fast as possible
pb4: I like the sort of dance they found in the end :)
jacek: this early version sees 1 ball only https://streamable.com/2u1ont when it misses ball it takes some rounds get it back
jacek: Louzy submit it to arena and wait until it plays some games
Louzy: its it supposed to reach 100% ? jacek ?
jacek: yes
Louzy: Alright thank you
Wontonimo: hey Louzy, I'm looking at some replays of your current submit
Louzy: Its at 34%
Wontonimo: and I can see that your pod either needs to correct for understeering or slow down when it is off course
Louzy: with the if statement ?
pb4: jacek mp
Wontonimo: yeah
Wontonimo: here is an example Louzy of just being way too fast when hitting ing the checkpoint https://www.codingame.com/replay/593468221
Wontonimo: you could either slow down when approaching the checkpoint or
Wontonimo: slow down when your angle to the next checkpoint is too high
Wontonimo: btw, you can change who your opponent is in your local testing before you submit. You can use that feature to go up against bots you had trouble with
Guynen: :money_mouth:
Wontonimo: hey Louzy, here is an example of where not slowing down or corrective steering is making the pod miss the checkpoint https://www.codingame.com/replay/593469362 look at frame 45 to to 60
jacek: Wontonimo about your comment on neuroevolution being slow. so far this is only thing i know how to do it. once i figure out relevant inputs, architecture etc maybe ill try something more sophisticated
jacek: also its more scalable to thousands of cpus, so if i get those, the neuroevolution will be faster :v
UZUHAMA: This thing gives me a headache
jacek: oO
Wontonimo: fair point jacek
UZUHAMA: finally, i got in bronze league..
UZUHAMA: and now I have no idea what to do
jacek: get to the silver league
UZUHAMA: lol
UZUHAMA: I mean I don't get what's happening within the bronze league
UZUHAMA: I think I kinda get it...
UZUHAMA: Holy cow this is complicated
DoubleSconeFTW_ee7b: Hi, Is there any way to know something about the validators?
struct: depends on the puzzle
struct: if its a contribution from a user than level 30+ can see the validators
struct: which puzzle is it?
DoubleSconeFTW_ee7b: https://www.codingame.com/ide/puzzle/minesweeper
DoubleSconeFTW_ee7b: Validator 5 didn't work for me :/
struct: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/974ccb4e-b293-4bbc-bc2e-ef7dfeb1aa10
struct: Thats the validator
DoubleSconeFTW_ee7b: thanks !
struct: Do you want the output?
DoubleSconeFTW_ee7b: pleas
struct: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/f3193514-f4c8-47df-8d8a-e4a07031d18d
DoubleSconeFTW_ee7b: thanks alot
DoubleSconeFTW_ee7b: My code worked, but its not fast, it says something about the maximum time?
struct: you have a time limit to solve the problem
struct: maybe your solution is not optimized enough
TechWithTim.py: gl
TechWithTim.py: good luck yall
TechWithTim.py: alright bros start
Wontonimo: hey UZUHAMA, what multi are you working on?
UZUHAMA: Um
UZUHAMA: I just finished the first league in ultimate tic-tac-toe
UZUHAMA: So I got into the bronze league and...
UZUHAMA: It was way too complicated for me
UZUHAMA: So I decided to try something else
Mouad2: Hi guys
UZUHAMA: And now I'm solving your Code Breaker Puzzle :D
jacek: oh right, wood is normal tic tac toe
UZUHAMA: And I think I made the wrong choice
UZUHAMA: I don't get anything of it
jacek: maybe ask the author :v
UZUHAMA: lol
Wontonimo: lol
Wontonimo: i made another puzzle called "Fax Machine" that is arguably easier
Mouad2: I'm new using Codingame , and i'm invited to pass technical test in the plateform , does any has any ideas on how the usualy the test is ? is it QCM or problem solving
UZUHAMA: Oh, I'm definitely trying that instead
jacek: Quartz Crystal Microbalance?
Wontonimo: i also have some 'tips and tricks' for simplifying ultimate tic tac toe so that the 9x9 board isn't so crazy
UZUHAMA: How do I see it?
Wontonimo: see what?
UZUHAMA: tips and tricks
UZUHAMA: Oh it's not official?
UZUHAMA: I thought it was on the website somewhere
UZUHAMA: nvm
Wontonimo: https://www.codingame.com/training/easy/fax-machine
jacek: only few official puzzles have hints
UZUHAMA: Oh ok
TechWithTim.py: hey kids
Wontonimo: hey timpy, have you tried you hand at making a bot for a multi ?
Wontonimo: like maybe https://www.codingame.com/multiplayer/bot-programming/tron-battle
Wontonimo: something that would be nice is a page on CG that shows which multis the people in chat are playing
Wontonimo: it would be great for finding a multi that is currently active
FaizanMian: hello
Feuyu: Hey
Feuyu: i'm new
Wontonimo: hey new
Husoski: Hey Wontonimo...without changing anything, my last year's code for Ghost in the Cell (I think...it's Cyborg Uprising now) got promoted to Bronze. My first metallic bot!
Maximoo62: hey guys how are you all! im new to the world of coding and are looking for a few pointers <3
Husoski: C is a good langauge for pointers :)
Husoski: Seriously, though, if you're learning your first programming language, you might start with the easy puzzles. A good way to get started is to click on "Introduction" on the quest map. (Scroll home screen down, if needed, to see the map.)
slice1: I agree with Husoki
Hanigheter: I agree with splice1
kevkovo: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
RotitNohj: i agree with Hanigheter
Husoski: I agree with RototNohj
Husoski: oops RotitNohj
FaizanMian: back in the day
FaizanMian: me and yuuu beaby
FaizanMian: we yuused to ave funn
cooltree: hi
Justin-Truong: hi guy
Justin-Truong: how can i delete a spam message on discord
Justin-Truong: a hacker spam a lot of message on my discord so my account have been banned every where
TechWithTim.py: dont click any downloads or dodgy links. A lot of them are node.js scripts that obtain information of your account which makes it exposable for bots
TechWithTim.py: Be more careful
TechWithTim.py: And try to change your password
Wontonimo: and delete plugins
C26_1: @all
Wontonimo: @ doesn't do nothin
C26_1: Is there a way to delete a comment using a cmd in Windows?
TechWithTim.py: hey guys
C26_1: I've seen a video from ThioJoe that deleting his spam comment using a program
C26_1: Topic discussed: How to debug SQL query if they're so slow or wrong?
Wontonimo: use "explain" in sql to review what the system is doing
C26_1: O
C26_1: Oh
C26_1: I've never heard that command since I learn SQL
Wontonimo: check indexes of tables
Wontonimo: break sql into parts and test the parts
C26_1: SELECT *
FROM Student
WHERE name LIKE '[aeoui]%[aeoui]'
Justin-Truong: how to delete plugin
Wontonimo: table scan (most likely), so that would be as slow as the number of entries in the table
Justin-Truong: oh thánk
Justin-Truong: thankss
C26_1: -- Meaning: SELECT all rows in Student table where student's name has vowels both at the beginning and the end of their name
Wontonimo: depends on the platform or program. in chrome, just to to plugins. in twitter, just go to plugins
C26_1: @Wontonimo
C26_1: Um
C26_1: Wait
C26_1: Does all query in SQL has meaning?
Wontonimo: ?
C26_1: That means we can translate query into normal English sentence?
Wontonimo: more like : a SQL can be translated into regular code
Wontonimo: for example
Wontonimo: SELECT *
FROM Student
WHERE name LIKE '[aeoui]%[aeoui]'
would roughly translate into
Wontonimo: for student in Student
if re.match(student.name, '[aeoui].*[aeoui]' :
yield student
Wontonimo: typos aside, that's pretty much what is happening
C26_1: ok
C26_1: Thank you
C26_1: I thought that a query will run from top to bottom like a normal code would
Wontonimo: but if your WHERE clause used an index then it would make very different code that would leverage the index
Wontonimo: let's say each student had a 'school' in plain text and it was indexed
Wontonimo: SELECT * FROM Student WHERE name LIKE '[aeoui]%[aeoui]' AND school = 'North High'
Wontonimo: may instead translate into
Wontonimo: # Student_school is an associative array with index of school and a list of all students in that school
Wontonimo: for student in Student_school['North High']:
if re.match(student.name, '[aeoui].*[aeoui]') :
yield student
Wontonimo: if there are 100,000 students
Wontonimo: then your query will have to scan all 100,000.
Wontonimo: if there are only 200 students in North High, then my query only scans 200 records
Wontonimo: using indexes properly greatly improves performance
Westicles: oh brother. another JCC potw
TechWithTim.py: gl for the clash
makerecho: meh, I tried dijkstra for the puzzle of the week, but apparently it is too slow XD guess it is time to sleep and then see if I can optimize it somehow XD
Wontonimo: why not floodfill ?
makerecho: well, it is the same here as distance to next node is 1 ... but i time out on multi-path 1 and 2 still
makerecho: I start at A coordinates, check all neighbors and update distance to each + add them to stack, pop from stack to set new position and repeat
makerecho: pop(0) to take one with minimal distance that is
Husoski: @makerecho something's wrong with your Dijkstra then. I used a pretty plain BFS in Python and had no issues.
makerecho: well, I pass all the rest OK, so either I do not flood in good direction or do not stop on time or something
Codeab: hi guys
Husoski: What language?
Husoski: makerecho: A timout could mean that you're not properly marking entries as "already seen". Might not kill a small test but can time out on large inputs.
Husoski: (Full disclaimer: I've done that. More than once.)
Husoski: :upside_down:
Husoski: s/disclaimer/disclosure/
makerecho: that is very possible :) or I am visiting something I do not need to visit at all
Westicles: It is just sad to pick a 3D puzzle when a 5D is available
makerecho: ha
makerecho: pass :)
makerecho: on my stack, I was not checking if the node is already in the list of nodes to visit, so I could add it multiple times
ZXC01: Oups
An error occurred (#407): "You reached the limit of plays for a period of time.".
ZXC01: so sad
ZXC01: how long do i need to wait?
Westicles: It depends on puzzle type and how many times you hit it. Anywhere from about a minute to several hours
ZXC01: hmm why does that happen?
Westicles: all kinds of reasons. for example for golf you can submit random answers hundreds of times or whatever
ZXC01: oh
ZXC01: but i cant improve my code then...
Westicles: do it offline
ZXC01: idk if it works...
TechWithTim.py: why
**Tien2k9 slaps ZXCO2 around a bit with a large fishbot
**Tien2k9 slaps ZXC01 around a bit with a large fishbot
ZXC01: ......
**ZXC01 slaps Tien2k9 around a bit with a large fishbot
ZXC01: Tien2k9
ZXC01: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Tien2k9: how do you have pink ???
ZXC01: ???
VN.NguyenMinhHau: lú như con cú
VN.NguyenMinhHau: méo hiểu sao sai
**Tien2k9 slaps VN.NguyenMinhHau around a bit with a large fishbot
ZXC01: red+white==pink
Tien2k9: but how
Tien2k9: ???
VN.NguyenMinhHau: do màu đó bạn
VN.NguyenMinhHau: lên mạng tìm trộn màu mà xem
ZXC01: english in the chat pls
Tien2k9: :))
Tien2k9: hmmmmmmmm
Tien2k9: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
VN.NguyenMinhHau: I am vietnam
ZXC01: ok
VN.NguyenMinhHau: I do not know English
ZXC01: i think theres a chat grp for vietnamese
Tien2k9: hmmmmmmm
VN.NguyenMinhHau: you from ???
ZXC01: singapore
VN.NguyenMinhHau: I love Singapoe
**Tien2k9 liked
ZXC01: ...
VN.NguyenMinhHau: nice to meet you
**Tien2k9 -_-
ZXC01: same.
VN.NguyenMinhHau: how old are you?
ZXC01: 12
Tien2k9: 12
VN.NguyenMinhHau: what
ZXC01: ???
Tien2k9: :sweat_smile:
VN.NguyenMinhHau: my old 18
ZXC01: hmm
VN.NguyenMinhHau: you very young
ZXC01: are you new to codingame?
VN.NguyenMinhHau: yes
Tien2k9: uhhhh kinda
VN.NguyenMinhHau: I am newbie
ZXC01: same
ZXC01: iplayed somewhere a few weeks
Tien2k9: wanna clashing?
ZXC01: .....
VN.NguyenMinhHau: I just played this week
ZXC01: oo
=
Thorcode: I'm newbie too
ZXC01: ...
ZXC01: so fake..
VN.NguyenMinhHau: Do you use the social network Facebook?
Thorcode: super newbie
ZXC01: yeah
ZXC01: only afew years
Thorcode: right automatic2000
Thorcode: Am I newbie automaton2000
Automaton2000: that last bit triggers me, oh well.
asfifdkdi: i not newbie
asfifdkdi: i have finish manay
VN.NguyenMinhHau: they are great
Tien2k9: https://www.codingame.com/clashofcode/clash/209278076326d320d196fe96d02bbb1013bb082
Thorcode: really asfifdkdi
Thorcode: you are not a newbie
Thorcode: congrat
asfifdkdi: i was just go to the coding game
asfifdkdi: new in coding game but i can
Codyz: omg i got top 1 in Mad Pod Racing
asfifdkdi: you know my languages is python
ZXC01: ???
ZXC01: top 1?
Codyz: ranking 1st
Codyz: mad pod racing
ZXC01: in what league?
ZXC01: legend?
Codyz: wood 2
ZXC01: bruh...
VN.NguyenMinhHau: :sweat_smile:
Wontonimo: oh, mad pod racing. I like talking about strategy in that game
Wontonimo: anyone want pointers?
Thorcode: me
ZXC01: llololololololol
cazeoj: thrust = 100 * 2 is the best tip
ZXC01: WHATTTTTTT
Thorcode: that is for legend bro cazeoj
Codyz: the angle is the best tip
Thorcode: but when you reach gold -> slap
Thorcode: vector is best
Thorcode: vector+drift
e_fishel: do yall like js?
e_fishel: js/ts
Thorcode: no
e_fishel: D:
Thorcode: I like python
e_fishel: what do you like
e_fishel: ooh
e_fishel: fair enough
e_fishel: i don't know python
e_fishel: i intentionally didn't say yet
e_fishel: js is so magical
Thorcode: really
Wontonimo: hey Thorcode, share the velocity correction tip
Thorcode: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/0a61ba5f-cbb9-4c3f-bffa-30a705afbf9b
Thorcode: oh
ZXC01: bruh dont share the answer
Thorcode: I forgot that this code only for gold
Thorcode: bc gold have vector for you already
Thorcode: and I copied wrong
ZXC01: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/5e732fd1-e3bc-4216-ac9b-0a61b8529ac0
ZXC01: for silver
ZXC01: caulate the speed vector
ZXC01: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/8f85b126-3e45-4971-9271-e68856fd3578
ZXC01: wait
ZXC01: http://chat.codingame.com/pastebin/82d13713-9cd5-493b-82ae-89613fde7a2a
Thorcode: hey
ZXC01: ?
ZXC01: ???
Thorcode: why you print your code
ZXC01: thats my code 10 days ago
Thorcode: but that can get through sliver
Thorcode: Wontonimo can you delete message on world?
Wontonimo: nope, but i can kick people who keep doing it. dont post full code on world
ZXC01: ok
ZXC01: sry
Thorcode: yep
ZXC01: accident
Thorcode: you could just say add prev_x+=x and prev_y+=y
ZXC01: ok
Thorcode: I hope there will be more gold player in mad
Wontonimo: so generally it goes like this:
it's okay to mention what strategy or algorithm by name and talk about the challenges and advantages it has
Wontonimo: it is also okay to post a small segment (not whole thing) of something you want help with or you are helping someone else
Thorcode: In gold is there anything else without vector and drift?
Wontonimo: it's velocity (not vector) and drift. Those two should make your pod super fast
Wontonimo: if you can upgrade your drift to take into account aiming at the next checkpoint instead of the current one
Thorcode: oh slow down when get to a checkpoint is good also
Wontonimo: maybe. it is worth calculating if you can. but just full speed should be good
Wontonimo: i've heard that if you get that going really well and have both your pods doing that then you'll pass gold bot
Thorcode: yep
Wontonimo: you may have to make a good blocker. A good blocker will camp on the checkpoint ahead of the leading enemy and wait just outside their checkpoint
Wontonimo: and use shields to hold its place, always moving to be just barely touching the checkpoint but blocking the opponent
Wontonimo: it's real annoying but it works
TechWithTim.py:
