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Comment by raverbashing | Hacker News Reader

Interesting hack but saying over and over "the first human to do blah blah blah" seems awfully narcissistic

Yeah, I was probably the first human to do a lot of crap, doesn't mean I need to self-aggrandize like that

"The first human" is remarkable because there are many tool-assisted versions of this. It's delineating the fact that no emulators or automated input devices were used.

I've spent a lot of time in the early days of computing typing hex code corresponding to assembly instructions to load programs. Yes, a lot of A3 F7 <enter> C0 <enter> etc

Yes, he's doing it in a harder way, by using positions and jumps, but that's also his choice as there are automated tools to do this

Typing assembly into a medium that is built for that is worlds apart from precisely inputting it using a standard controller into a game that was not meant to do it. If you think it's not an accomplishment, you are free to try it out yourself to see how incredibly difficult it is to do without assistance from a tool. Getting it exactly right is a skill, and not an easy one to master either.

If you are doing things no human has ever done before on the regular, I'd definitely consider subscribing to your newsletter and/or YouTube channel.

He's pointing out that although this type of thing has already been done before by automated inputs (such as this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPcV9uIY5i4 ), this is the first time a human has done it.

He said it once in a 6 minute video. Twice if you count saying "I don't think anyone else has ever done this".

I had the impression he said it more times, but you know, it's a videogame hack, not landing on the moon

I thought it was very impressive regardless. I'm sure it also took a lot of research, planning, and a lot of failed attempts.

Do it then, bud.

"everything that is not landing on the moon isn't novel, hard or interesting".

Watch it again. He says it at least 3 times in the first several seconds of the video.

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