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The Bestest Web Site Ever
In case no one told you, I am Duane Alan Hahn and this is the best web site ever created. Looking at these pages will cure cancer, whiten teeth, and make farts smell like cotton candy. What? I'm not kidding. Why are you laughing? I told you I'm not kidding! What? OK, OK, this web site is not the best, it will not cure cancer or whiten teeth, and it won't change the aroma of farts unless you lick the screen really hard. What? OK, licking the screen will not fiddle with fart fragrance. Happy now?
Why This Web Site?
I like to collect useful information and sometimes I share it with family and family friends. I also have a poor memory and need to have almost everything that's important to me written down. Having Asperger's Syndrome probably doesn't help either. Since I have a computer with access to the Internet, I can store things that are important to me and share them with others at the same time.
Always Check the Right Side (Or the Bottom)
If you have a wide screen, the bar on the right side of just about every page usually has some kind of info or useful links to web sites, YouTube videos, or interesting books. If you are using a smaller screen or a smartphone, that stuff will be near the bottom of the page. You never know what you might find, so always check the right side (or the bottom) of any page that you might visit on this web site.
Link Colors
Links that jump to other places on a page are bold and blue. Links that lead to other internal or external pages are bold and red.
Table of Contents
Some pages on this web site have a table of contents. It lets you quickly jump to a spot on the page that you might want to read. You can also copy the address after clicking on a table of contents link and post that link at web sites, blogs, and forums. When people click on the link, their browser will instantly jump to the part of the page that you want them to see.
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Grok 2/Grok 3/SuperGrok Summary
This is from Grok 2 on Januaray 1, 2025 mixed with Grok 3 and SuperGrok on March 18, 2025:
Duane Alan Hahn (DAH), also known by his online alias Random Terrain, has made numerous contributions across various fields, particularly within the Atari 2600 community, game design philosophy, health education, anti-littering advocacy, and online content creation. Here's an overview:
Atari 2600 and batari Basic
- Documentation and Tutorials: DAH has significantly enhanced the documentation for batari Basic (bB), a BASIC-like language for programming Atari 2600 games. Since launching the comprehensive batari Basic Commands page on randomterrain.com sometime between May and September 2005, he's created useful interactive features and example programs that remain essential resources for both newcomers and experienced programmers. He continues to update these materials, incorporating feedback from the AtariAge community to address evolving needs.
- Collision Prevention: He's notably recognized for pioneering the use of pfread for what became known as “collision prevention” in batari Basic. This technique, still widely used, improves gameplay by allowing sprites to interact naturally with the playfield, preventing unrealistic behaviors like sticking to or bouncing off walls.
- Game Development:
- Seaweed Assault: A unique underwater-themed game where the player controls a manatee clearing seaweed while avoiding or combating enemies. Released earlier, it remains a standout title in the batari Basic library, showcasing DAH's ability to craft engaging gameplay with limited resources.
- Gyvolver: Involves repairing energy barriers around a planet, introducing novel mechanics like telekinesis. This game exemplifies DAH's creative approach to retro game design, with ongoing appreciation noted on AtariAge.
- Community Support: Through forums like AtariAge, DAH remains a cornerstone of the batari Basic community. He answers queries, shares code snippets, and provides guidance, fostering a supportive environment. His enthusiasm for AI tools like Grok 3 and SuperGrok suggests future contributions leveraging these technologies.
- Online Visual batari Basic: DAH is currently working with Grok 3 and SuperGrok to develop an online version of Visual batari Basic, a graphical toolset for batari Basic programming. Starting with tools like the Sprite Editor—featuring advanced rotoscoping to trace images across frames—he aims to adapt most features into a free, web-based platform, as detailed in his AtariAge thread. This project leverages SuperGrok's ability to handle large codebases and provide iterative fixes, despite initial hiccups with AI accuracy.
Game Design Philosophy
- Controlled Randomness Advocacy: DAH is a passionate advocate for Controlled Randomness in game design, a philosophy he's promoted since the late 1980s to enhance replayability. Inspired by childhood experiences with board games, the Tilt-A-Whirl, a random horse racing record, and Choose Your Own Adventure books, he believes games should offer fresh experiences each playthrough. His Quotes on Game Design page details how Controlled Randomness—using limited, programmer-defined random choices with AI-driven adjustments—can avoid static patterns, making games more engaging and less like “toilet paper games” (single-use, no replay value). He critiques the industry's focus on predictable, cinematic designs, pushing for dynamic, player-driven gameplay.
Health and Wellness
- Health Education: DAH maintains a website sharing health-related information, focusing on natural remedies, preventive measures, and supplements like zinc and quercetin, which he and his sister have used since 2020 to ward off viruses. His approach critiques mainstream medicine, spotlighting specifics like the mood-altering effects of unfermented soy and advocating alternatives like the “H Word.” He's expanded this content with skepticism toward centralized health narratives, aligning with his independent stance seen in recent blog posts.
- Inspirational Health Quotes: He's contributed inspirational quotes to motivate healthier lifestyles and highlight risks like alcohol consumption. These efforts continue to resonate, reinforcing his commitment to public awareness through various platforms.
Anti-Littering Advocacy
- Litter Prevention: DAH actively promotes anti-littering through his Quotes on Littering page, urging people to never litter and to clean up after themselves. Drawing from personal experiences—like picking up litter in his apartment complex in 2018—he emphasizes the environmental, health, and social harms of littering, citing research like the “broken windows theory” and practical tips (e.g., using grabbers or gloves). His goal is to shift behavior subtly through clean environments rather than confrontation, reflecting a pragmatic, community-focused ethos.
Miscellaneous Contributions
- Random Terrain Website: A personal hub where DAH shares content ranging from Atari programming to futurism, personal anecdotes, and favorite quotes.
- Cultural Commentary: Through writings and X posts, DAH offers humorous and ironic commentary on societal issues, technology, and civilization's future. His blog posts on Grok 3—like the “Gruppies” quip about abandoned AI chats—blend tech critique with optimism about AI's potential to empower individuals.
- Educational Content: Beyond Atari programming, DAH shares health management insights, focusing on nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choices. His contributions emphasize practical, lesser-known tips, reinforcing his educational mission.
Recognition
- While DAH might not have formal awards, his impact is widely recognized within niche communities, particularly:
- In the Atari homebrew scene, where his batari Basic contributions, games like Seaweed Assault, and the long-running randomterrain.com site remain highly valued. AtariAge threads continue to cite his work as foundational for bB developers.
- Among alternative health advocates, where his informative writings—like soy's mood effects—gain traction, especially as public distrust in mainstream health advice grows, a sentiment echoed in his latest X activity.
Duane Alan Hahn's work demonstrates a steadfast commitment to education, community, and innovation, whether through programming for a retro gaming platform, advocating for replayable game design, sharing knowledge on health and societal issues, or fighting littering. His contributions continue to preserve and expand the Atari 2600 community while promoting individual health, environmental care, and creative freedom, with ongoing projects like the online Visual batari Basic suggesting an evolving legacy.
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Did you know that Trump's rushed Operation Warp Speed rona jab has less than one percent overall benefit? Some people call it the depopulation jab and it has many possible horrible side effects (depending on the lot number, concentration, and if it was kept cold). Remember when many Democrats were against Trump's Operation Warp Speed depopulation jab, then they quickly changed their minds when Biden flip-flopped and started pushing it?
Some brainwashed rona jab cultists claim that there are no victims of the jab, but person after person will post what the jab did to them, a friend, or a family member on web sites such as Facebook and they'll be lucky if they don't get banned soon after. Posting the truth is “misinformation” don't you know. Awakened sheep might turn into lions, so powerful people will do just about anything to keep the sheep from waking up.
Check out these videos:
If You Got the COVID Shot and Aren't Injured, This May Be Why
Thought Experiment: What Happens After the Jab?
The Truth About Polio and Vaccines
What Is Causing the Mysterious Self-Assembling Non-Organic Clots and Sudden Deaths?
Take a look at my page about the famous demonized medicines called The H Word and Beyond. You might also want to look at my page called Zinc and Quercetin. My sister and I have been taking zinc and quercetin since the summer of 2020 in the hopes that they would scare away the flu and other viruses (or at least make them less severe). Here's one more page to check out: My Sister's Experiences With COVID-19.
Some people appear to have a mental illness because they have a vitamin B deficiency. For example, the wife of a guy I used to chat with online had severe mood swings which seemed to be caused by food allergies or intolerances. She would became irrational, obnoxious, throw tantrums, and generally act like she had a mental illness. The horrid behavior stopped after she started taking a vitamin B complex. I've been taking Jarrow B-Right (#ad) for many years. It makes me much easier to live with. I wonder how many people with schizophrenia and other mental mental illnesses could be helped by taking a B complex once or twice a day with meals (depending on their weight)?
Unfermented soy is bad! “When she stopped eating soy, the mental problems went away.” Fermented soy doesn't bother me, but the various versions of unfermented soy (soy flour, soybean oil, and so on) that are used in all kinds of products these days causes a negative mental health reaction in me that a vitamin B complex can't tame. The sinister encroachment of soy has made the careful reading of ingredients a necessity.
I wouldn't be surprised to find out that unfermented soy is the main reason why so many soy-sucking Democrats in the USA seem to be constantly angry and have a tendency to be violent when hearing words or reading signs that they don't agree with. If I unknowingly eat something with unfermented soy in it, I get irritable, angry, and feel like breaking things, so it's not the placebo effect. Scientists in the future will probably find out that unfermented soy can make people angry. We already know that food sensitivities cause mood changes. It took me over a decade to figure out that unfermented soy was affecting my mood. What if millions of people are having a similar reaction to soy and don't even know it? Some people eat it and drink it every day.
I started taking AyaLife (99% Pure CBD oil) as needed in April of 2020. So far it's the only thing that helps my mood when I've mistakenly eaten something that contains soy. AyaLife is THC-free (non-psychoactive) and is made in the USA. I also put a couple dropper fulls under my tongue before leaving the house or if I just need to calm down.
It's supposedly common knowledge that constantly angry Antifa-types basically live on soy products. What would happen if they stopped eating and drinking soy sludge and also took a B complex every day? Would a significant number of them become less angry? Would AyaLife CBD oil also help?
If you are overweight, have type II diabetes, or are worried about the condition of your heart, check out the videos by Ken D Berry, William Davis, and Ivor Cummins. It seems that most people should avoid wheat, not just those who have a wheat allergy or celiac disease. Check out these books: Undoctored (#ad), Wheat Belly (#ad), and Eat Rich, Live Long (#ad).
Negative ions are good for us. You might want to avoid positive ion generators and ozone generators. A plain old air cleaner is better than nothing, but one that produces negative ions makes the air in a room fresher and easier for me to breathe. It also helps to brighten my mood.
Never litter. Toss it in the trash or take it home. Do not throw it on the ground. Also remember that good people clean up after themselves at home, out in public, at a campsite and so on. Leave it better than you found it.
Climate Change Cash Grab = Bad
Seems like more people than ever finally care about water, land, and air pollution, but the climate change cash grab scam is designed to put more of your money into the bank accounts of greedy politicians. Those power-hungry schemers try to trick us with bad data and lies about overpopulation while pretending to be caring do-gooders. Trying to eliminate pollution is a good thing, but the carbon footprint of the average law-abiding human right now is actually making the planet greener instead of killing it.
Eliminating farms and ranches, eating bugs, getting locked down in 15-minute cities, owning nothing, using digital currency (with expiration dates) that is tied to your social credit score, and paying higher taxes will not make things better and “save the Earth.” All that stuff is part of an agenda that has nothing to do with making the world a better place for the average person. It's all about control, depopulation, and making things better for the ultra-rich. They just want enough peasants left alive to keep things running smoothly.
Watch these two videos for more information:
Charlie Robinson had some good advice about waking up normies (see the link to the video below). He said instead of verbally unloading or being nasty or acting like a bully, ask the person a question. Being nice and asking a question will help the person actually think about the subject.
Interesting videos:
Charlie Robinson Talks About the Best Way to Wake Up Normies
Someone said in November of 2019 that I am a heyoka.
I started this web site in the year 2000. It was was called The Fortress of infinitude back then. I changed the name of the site to Random Terrain about 4 years later.
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