This Pong Game Literally Recompiles Itself EVERY FRAME! (Day #235 Office Hours)

The Modern Rogue Podcast 18 days ago

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🔴 WE ARE LIVE! (Office Hours Day #235) While you wait for today’s deep dive, check out the new episode where Brian and Josh uncover the hidden world of shortwave radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPf3kj_dAsc

WATCH THE ORIGINAL SCAM SCHOOL EPISODE HERE: #130 LAUNCH an Olive at the Bar! ➔ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdHPMFtrXNw

THE HOOK:
How do you reliably launch a tiny bar olive through the air and sink it perfectly into a glass, using nothing but physics and a little misdirection? Today on Scam School School, we’re heading back to 2010 for Episode 130 to declassify "LAUNCH an Olive at the Bar!"

We’re breaking down the mechanics of fulcrums, kinetic energy transfer, and the theatrical delivery of a perfect physical stunt. It’s a masterclass in exploiting environmental tools—the exact same conceptual framework we use in #wolfmasking to leverage the physical or digital constraints of a system to achieve a result that looks like magic, but is entirely rooted in predictable mechanics.

PROJECTED TIME MAP
(All times are approximate for today's live broadcast)

00:00 — Coffee & Intro Chatter

02:00 — WATCHING: "#130 LAUNCH an Olive at the Bar!" (Original 2010 Episode)

12:00 — PLACE YOUR BETS: Guess the original view count!

15:00 — VAULT COMMENTARY: Brian replies to the original comments

25:00 — THE MODERN ROGUE: Touring the hidden shortwave radio spectrum with Brian and Josh - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPf3kj_dAsc

35:00 — THE OBFUSCATED PONG: Breaking down the mind-bending entry that just won the IOCCC29 Obfuscated C Contest—a working game of Pong that literally recompiles itself every single frame - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/pong-game-that-recompiles-itself-every-frame-wins-the-ioccc29-obfuscated-c-contest

50:00 — THE SCAMPOCALYPSE: Weaponized obfuscation. What this bizarre and brilliant coding achievement teaches us about dynamic execution, hiding malicious payloads in plain sight, and the limits of defensive analysis.

01:00:00 — Hard Out

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Brian Brushwood is opening the vaults. Every day, we revisit the classic episodes that put Scam School on the map—revealing the production secrets, the logic behind the cons, and how these "small" scams have evolved into global cybersecurity strategies.

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