Khanzarate

Another vote for turn based RPGs, but that also includes ones like Pokémon.

Genie in the OP image would've said "OK you now have 0 wishes".

Since he said 255, my interpretation is a valid solution.

Of course, if we're talking hypothetical wish gaining prevention methods, I'd just have a check before,

previous_wishes = wishes;

{Do all the wish things. wishes ends up with a 255 because of our shenanigans}

If(wishes>=previous_wishes) wishes = previous_wishes-1;

;If the current number of wishes isnt less than the old number of wishes, set it to the old number and subtract 1

If(wishes==0) {/*TODO: write function to end wish giving sequence*/}

Nah theres just no process for undoing your submission.

It doesn't matter when it's decremented if you can't interrupt the process, anyway.

In a code sense we pause for input, feed it to the wishmaker function, and pause until the thread returns, then decrement.

We could decrement first, also, but neither violates the rules.

You're correct but you have an off by 1 error.

First, the genie grants the wish.

NumWishes=0;

Then, having completed the wish, the genie deducts that wish from the remaining wishes.

NumWishes--;

And to complete the thought,

Lastly, the genie checks if the lampholder is out of wishes

If(NumWishes==0) {...}

(255==0) evaluates to False, so we fall past that check.

I just learned about one, because of all this. A newer one. Gnu Taler

https://www.taler.net/en/index.html

Also, crypto, technically. Its got a lot of baggage though, and hoops and all that.

Fucking does, I'm with you.

It works better for me if there's actually someone there playing along, then it's more like... A theater performance, everyone knows it's fake but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Of course, needing an emotional support human in a world where everyone else is busy is a very hard request to accommodate.

Got any strategies for working around this? I'm currently in year 6 in a 4 year program (I am in year 4 classes at least though) because I often just can't get myself to do the assignments. It's harder to not feel guilty when I'm hemorrhaging college money to fail, but the days where everything just works are pretty scarce lately.

Sometimes it's true but they'll always let you agree later if they do disable things, so always reject them the first time, in case its an empty threat.

No you don't give them your pin. They don't need it. They get your signature afterwards, though.

Well usually I find people like answers to their questions, and am generally happy to help when I have those answers. It can also be interesting to run through the hypothetical scenario this sort of response would suggest. However, just because we can and did put the scenario in a framework of logic and see what that gave us, that doesn't mean the original scenario is meant for it. Calling it illogical nonsense when it was never meant to be a genuine scenario is like calling a fish a horrible distance runner. You're not wrong, but you're missing the entire point.

Well of course it's not logical it's a joke.

Don't forget, Jesus is telling him to say that.

Logic is just not how this is meant to be interpreted. This isn't debate club.

They're calling the scale master's wife fat, so I'd say the scale master, assuming they're making it up.

If the scale master's wife really is in the sleeper then they're making fun of her.