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John Schneider aka THE global variable

A diagram showing a 3 by 2 grid of 6 test cases. Each test case contains the same series of 4 connected lines that together make a shape like a loose segment of string dropped on the ground. In each test case a mouse cursor is shown dragging a rectangular selection box around portions of the connected lines. Each line end contained within the selection box is numbered/counted starting from 1. At the top of each test case is a test number, title, and the text "select the line?" with either a green check mark or red X mark next to it. The first test is labeled "1. completely surrounded" and shows the selection box containing every node (or ends) of the connected lines. It shows a green check mark. The second test is labeled "2. half surrounded" and shows the selection box containing the leftmost 2 nodes of the lines. It shows a green check mark. The third test is labeled "3. half surrounded" and shows the selection box containing the topmost 3 nodes of the lines. It shows a green check mark. The fourth test is labeled "4. slight overlap" and shows the selection box containing the single topmost nodes of the lines. It shows a red X mark. The fifth test is labeled "5. slight overlap" and shows a thin selection box passing between the middle nodes of the lines without containing any nodes. It shows a red X mark. The sixth test is labeled "6. corner overlap" and shows a selection box where one of its corners touches the middle of a line segment but does not contain any nodes. It shows a red X mark.
A hasty mock-up image of a mouse cursor dragging a box selection over a green rectangle with the tip of the selection box intersecting a nearby line segment
A man in the crowd extends his arm forward in a chopping motion. The side of his face is visible and his mouth is open. The gesture and open mouth suggests he disagrees with the referee and wants the room to know
A C++ function called "Get_Predicted_Percentage" that takes an integer called "state" as its input. The body of the function is a single switch-case based on the value of the "state" input. For each value of "state" from 0 to 6 there are pre-defined output fractions starting with (0.1/18) and progressing all the way to to (17.6/18) Every output fraction has a denominator of 18 and that decision is entirely unexplained.
The code of a C++ function called List_Available_Definitions that is formatted in a way that simply must have been intentionally written to cause physical discomfort and pain to the reader. There are spaces and tabs where there shouldn't be and a lack of spaces where they should be. It uses a for loop in a way that should be internationally outlawed as a war crime. It does all of this in only a handful of lines, which is a legitimately impressive rate of horror-per-line
A screenshot of Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat showing a gorgeous pixel art airplane cockpit in midair with a dithered cloud on the horizon
The purchase icon for a “transport helicopter” (chinook) from Command & Conquer: Renegade
Screen recording of the game Garry's Mod. The player's HUD has been replaced with some of the core components of the HUD from Command & Conquer: Renegade. The player demonstrates the ammo counter by firing a pistol, then the armor and health bars by picking up suit batteries and medkits.
A screenshot of the lower-right-hand corner of the user interface for the 2003 game Command & Conquer: Renegade. The interface shows the name of the currently equipped weapon, the amount of ammunition remaining in the weapon, and the amount of ammunition the player has in their reserves. Positioned vertically between the ammunition display and the name of the weapon is a green-tinted image/icon of the equipped weapon facing to the left with a slight tilt both towards the camera and downwards.
A painting of Jesus emerging from his tomb on Easter but Jesus has been replaced by Optimus Prime AKA the Transformer Jesus It says “HE IS RISEN” in the Transformers font
A screenshot of Visual Studio Code showing a Markdown table with a cell containing an emoji that causes the right side of the cell to not align with the rest of the table
A brief clip of the protagonist of Assassin's Creed Shadows toggling a nearby light on and off by reaching her arm far above the light being interacted with
The painting "The Expulsion of the Money-changers from the Temple" by Giandomenico Tiepolo which depicts Jesus Christ brandishing a short whip at money changers who are falling over themselves and their overturned tables to escape.
Screen recording of the Windows 11 desktop showing the close buttons for Microsoft Edge, Notepad, and Sticky Notes (New) The cursor briefly hovers over each window's close button which reveals that they have a variety of different sizes, colors, aspect ratios, color fade in/out speeds, tooltip styles, and even cursor shapes.
A close-up screenshot of a Windows 11 file save dialog window's lower-right corner. The top and left sides of the box defining the window corner's resizing handle are visible due to a rendering issue causing them to appear to have a thick white border against the dialog's dark gray background.
A black and white photo of a WWI-era artillery gun barrel that has ruptured outward and split into several vaguely flower pedal shaped sections