From c27ae6b2c0bb577be6cff0ffc2d3c945015ca55f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleteoryx <alyx@aleteoryx.me>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 15:39:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] notes

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+this was pretty simple, but the second star threw me a little. I was
+trying to do the check in a clever way. the conditional bounds-check I
+landed on is sadly inelegant compared to what I had in mind, but it has
+the minor advantage of actually working.
+
+time spent on the first star:	maybe an hour
+time spent on the second star:	maybe 2 hours