magic9mushroom wrote on Mon, 04 May 2020 01:25

Not really. Everyone takes this race:
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I guess you could fiddle around with NRSE and NAS, and changing PRT's at least theoretically an option even if the HE will basically always win, but all other options have a clear "optimum" if you don't consider the points.

I wasn't suggesting the race design was in any way not obvious. Just that it would be interesting to have everyone on such extreme but equal footing.

I'll perhaps suggest that explaining what a checksum is might be a bit over the top. I'm familiar with both the concept, and the issue. I just hadn't dealt with it in many years, so forgive me for not remembering the specifics off the top of my head when trying to just quickly kick out code for someone asking for a favor. . .