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▲ 1 r/recalbox

How Does Netplay Work On Recalbox?

I have never used Netplay on Recalbox and know nothing about it, how exactly does it work? And how do you find people to play with?

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u/the_calc_nerd-1021 — 2 days ago
▲ 1 r/Base44

The Isopod Hobby Finally Has a Real Tracker

The isopod hobby finally has a tracker made for actual keepers.

Built with Base44, PodPulse lets you log humidity for each enclosure, track molts and babies, and manage species like Armadillidium vulgare and Cubaris separately instead of dumping everything into one generic pet app.

If you’ve ever lost track of a colony in a spreadsheet or forgotten a care schedule, you’ll probably see why I made this.

Check out PodPulse, link in the first comment. What species are you keeping right now?

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u/the_calc_nerd-1021 — 7 days ago
▲ 41 r/learnpython

Brute Force Password Hacker

I made this code the other day and so far I have reached a max guessing speed of 3.5 Million guesses per second. Anyone see how to make it faster?

import itertools
import string
import time
import sys

secret = input("Enter a password: ")
length = int(input("How many characters long is it? (0 = unknown length): "))

print("\nChoose character sets to include:")
print("1 = Numbers")
print("2 = Lowercase letters")
print("3 = Uppercase letters")
print("4 = Symbols (full keyboard punctuation)")
print("5 = ALL characters")
choice = input("Enter choice(s) (e.g. 1,2,3 or 5): ")

chars = ""
if "5" in choice:
chars = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
else:
if "1" in choice: chars += string.digits
if "2" in choice: chars += string.ascii_lowercase
if "3" in choice: chars += string.ascii_uppercase
if "4" in choice: chars += string.punctuation

if not chars:
print("No valid selection. Defaulting to lowercase.")
chars = string.ascii_lowercase

secret_tuple = tuple(secret)

max_speed_record = {"second": 0, "speed": 0.0}

def format_time_seconds(seconds):
return f"{seconds:.6f} seconds"

def search_length(L, start_time):
attempts = 0
last_update = start_time
perf = time.perf_counter

for combo in itertools.product(chars, repeat=L):
attempts += 1

if combo == secret_tuple:
total_time = perf() - start_time
print("\nPASSWORD FOUND")
print("Password: ", secret)
print("Attempts:", attempts)
print("Time:", format_time_seconds(total_time))
print(
f"Highest Speed Peak: Second {max_speed_record['second']} ({max_speed_record['speed']:,.0f} guesses/sec)")
return True, attempts

now = perf()
elapsed = now - start_time

current_second = int(elapsed)
speed = attempts / elapsed if elapsed else 0
if speed > max_speed_record["speed"]:
max_speed_record["speed"] = speed
max_speed_record["second"] = current_second

if now - last_update >= 15:
print("\n--- STATUS ---")
print("Attempts:", attempts)
print("Elapsed:", format_time_seconds(elapsed))
print(f"Speed: {speed:,.0f} guesses/sec")
print(f"Highest Peak: Sec {max_speed_record['second']} = {max_speed_record['speed']:,.0f} guesses/sec")
print(f"Current length: {L}")
print("--------------\n")
last_update = now

return False, attempts

charset_size = len(chars)
estimated_space = "INFINITE (unknown length mode)" if length == 0 else charset_size ** length

print("\n--- SUMMARY ---")
print("Character set size:", charset_size)
print("Selected options:", choice)
print("Password length:", "unknown (0 mode)" if length == 0 else length)
print("Total possibilities:", estimated_space)
print("---------------\n")

print("1 = Continue scan")
print("2 = Quit")
if input("Choose option: ") == "2":
sys.exit()

start_time = time.perf_counter()
total_attempts = 0

if length == 0:
current_length = 1
while True:
found, attempts = search_length(current_length, start_time)
total_attempts += attempts
if found:
break
current_length += 1
else:
search_length(length, start_time)
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u/the_calc_nerd-1021 — 7 days ago
▲ 165 r/civ3+1 crossposts

Thinking about getting Civ III in 2026, still worth it?

The only version of Civ I’ve played is Civilization Revolution on Xbox 360, but I’d like to try one of the PC games.

I was originally going to get Sid Meier's Civilization VI, but after seeing the price I decided to start with a cheaper option instead.

Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete is only about $5 on Steam, but since it’s a game from 2001, is it still worth getting today?

Also, I’m on Windows 11 if that matters.

EDIT:

After looking around a bit, I’ve decided to get Civ IV, V, and VI from Wingamestore:

I’ll probably get Civ III on Steam as well.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions!

***EDIT #2***

I ended up getting 4, 5 and 6 and have been enjoying them a lot!

u/the_calc_nerd-1021 — 8 days ago
▲ 2 r/Base44+1 crossposts

The Isopod Hobby Finally Has a Real Tracker

The isopod hobby finally has a tracker made for actual keepers.

Built with Base44, PodPulse lets you log humidity for each enclosure, track molts and babies, and manage species like Armadillidium vulgare and Cubaris separately instead of dumping everything into one generic pet app.

If you’ve ever lost track of a colony in a spreadsheet or forgotten a care schedule, you’ll probably see why I made this.

Check out PodPulse, link in the first comment. What species are you keeping right now?

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u/the_calc_nerd-1021 — 9 days ago