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		minikomi on Jan 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NetHack beaten in 7 minutes 15 seconds real time > paste it into NetHack's terminal, and wait approximately 19 days. Thanks for the laugh

kazinator on Jan 11, 2019 [–]

> If NetHack is compiled for a 64-bit platform, the "long" type will not wrap around until it gets to 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. The above trick still works in principle, but will take a few hundred million years to complete.

Another laugh.

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