September 2026 Summary and October Plan

It’s fall, at least in Edmonton, where the leaves have been changing and falling for a while. I’m curious if we will get snow this year before Halloween. I give it a 75% chance based on what I remember, but my memory is faulty and I gave up on finding actual statistics after an online search or two.

Now I feel like I need to post a picture of leaves or something. Social media is hard for me. I guess I’ll take a real picture and not create an AI picture. Wait, are blogs considered social media? Well, for me they are. Anyway, behold Edmonton on a lovely fall day.

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SaturdayMP Show 114: 7 Billion Humans - Part 3

In this episode I solve the size and speed challenges for Unzip and Injection Sites 2. If you have any suggestions for improving my solutions, let me know.

7 Billion Humans:
https://tomorrowcorporation.com/7billionhumans

7 Billion Humans Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI0ut1WsT25E

Part 2:
https://youtu.be/Vv3qc2RYmcM

SaturdayMP:
https://saturdaymp.com/

Have a question, constructive feedback, suggestion, and/or just want to say hi? Then comment, send a direct message (DM), or email to ask@saturdaymp.com.

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SaturdayMP Show 113: 7 Billion Humans - Part 2

In this episode I continue working through 7 Billion Humans by Tomorrow Corporation. This time I focus on the size and speed challenges for Little Exterminator 1, Collation Station, and Emergency Escapades. I don’t get all of them. If you know how to solve the ones I failed at, let me know.

P.S. - The audio was out of sync with the video in this episode. I fixed it as best I could but the previous 7 Billion Humans episode has the same problem. I wonder how many other videos have this issue? Sorry about that.

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SaturdayMP Show 112: 7 Billion Humans - Part 1

7 Billion Humans is the successor to Human Resource Machine by Tomorrow Corporation. Where Human Resource Machine is about assembly programming, 7 Billion Humans is about parallel processing. In this episode I go through the tutorial and solve a few puzzles. Then I go back to a tutorial puzzle and fail to optimize the number of steps. Do you know how to optimize it?

7 Billion Humans Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI0ut1WsT25E

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SaturdayMP Show 111: CyLab - Vault Door 6 & Scavenger Hunt

In this episode I solve two CyLab, previously picoCTF, challenges: Vault Door 6 and Scavenger Hunt. Vault Door 6 involves bit masking using XOR, and Scavenger Hunt is a fun little hunt for parts of the flag in various website files.

CyLab Security Academy (previously picoCTF):
https://cylabacademy.org/

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