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Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?

504 pointsby PythonicNinjatoday at 9:00 AM338 commentsview on HN

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aleccotoday at 11:26 AM

https://sweepthestrait.com/ This one was made the first week of the war.

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mppmtoday at 12:24 PM

Thank you for Making Minesweeper Great Again!

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lukantoday at 11:19 AM

Ok, I did win. Do I get cheaper gasoline now?

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franzetoday at 11:43 AM

here is my version with algo generated levels and you have to navigate a ship from left to right

https://strait-sweeper.franzai.com/

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mkl95today at 3:37 PM

That was only Q1! So much winning left!

galad87today at 10:31 AM

It's missing the double click on a number feature from minesweeper.

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tartorantoday at 2:05 PM

Could have used hex tiles

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=155566

jimnotgymtoday at 10:24 AM

Very very good satire. Well done

sbussardtoday at 2:30 PM

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sbussardtoday at 2:27 PM

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kentwistletoday at 10:29 AM

Looks good but can’t play on iPad due to lack of right click.

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nullzzztoday at 11:48 AM

Well done!

I don’t quite agree with making fun of the situation that’s deadly serious to many innocent people. Yet I’m sure the intentions of the author were good.

Hoping for peace.

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sbussardtoday at 2:32 PM

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seydortoday at 10:10 AM

Hormuz is not a minefield though. According to sources, ships are moving near the coast of Iran, according to other sources they are being charged $2M per passage. According to other sources only Yuan paid oil is allowed.

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us321today at 10:46 AM

The missile feature is missing.

wiseowisetoday at 2:42 PM

Is there Ukraine-Russia DLC?

shrubbytoday at 2:46 PM

Much winning such wow.

justintiimetoday at 11:07 AM

Missing feature where you blanket nuke the whole area to destroy mines.

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roystingtoday at 11:05 AM

I have not finished a game, but I would be very disappointed if I didn’t get credit for stopping a war once I’ve won.

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Waterluviantoday at 12:27 PM

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ReptileMantoday at 2:12 PM

Click with both buttons to open all when cell is surrounded with right number of flags is not working or missing, which slows the game a lot.

cyanydeeztoday at 12:29 PM

Every player action needs to be followed by a drone animation randomly crashing into the remaining tiles.

0daymantoday at 10:29 AM

and missiles too, not just mines

selimthegrimtoday at 1:24 PM

How do I chord with a MacBook trackpad?

shevy-javatoday at 2:43 PM

The smiley button does not seem to be doing anything.

Good to see minesweeper is still existing today.

As for "winning" - Trump will say everything, from A to the opposite Z. It is the flood-the-zone-with-shit strategy, as explained in the 1980s by Yuri:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9apDnRRSOCk

So, rather than evaluate what Trump says, one has to evaluate what is happening.

What I see right now is the USA committing more and more to the invasion. Ground troops will come next; first as "limited range", lateron as Vietnam 2.0. Trump is kind of like Lyndon B. Johnson now, just that the country is Iran rather than Vietnam.

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sbussardtoday at 2:28 PM

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seboappstoday at 11:16 AM

Great

BoredPositrontoday at 10:47 AM

It's a piece about showing the detachment from war and you are arguing like idiots again. "Look how easy it is," you say. "Even a child could do it. Let me show you." And just two minutes later, there you are: huffing and puffing, bickering like you’re back on the schoolyard. The irony is almost as staggering as your ignorance.

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whatsupdogtoday at 11:45 AM

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sbussardtoday at 2:26 PM

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secondary_optoday at 12:07 PM

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general_revealtoday at 10:55 AM

Trump is trying to prompt the Straight like it’s ChatGPT.

abduscotoday at 10:47 AM

Wonderful! Now make another app that lets you pick which children are ok to kill

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ginkotoday at 10:20 AM

So is the message here that demining the strait of Hormuz will be fairly easy?

I was expecting some curve balls at the end with undecidable constellations but it was all quite straightforward.

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ppap3today at 12:31 PM

Hello folks. Some times I am afraid we are going to a place where there is only destruction and death.

No once can stop it alone But it can be stopped

hakrgrltoday at 12:26 PM

How about you make an app about "winning" that involves flying a cargo plane loaded with so much cash to Iranian Islamists that it struggles to stay aloft. Because that was the strategy before Trump and it led to terror tunnels, terror proxies, and weapons grade nuclear enrichment.

Edit: For the record this actually happened 10 years ago under Obama.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/03/politics/us-sends-plane-iran-...

> Washington CNN — The Obama administration secretly arranged a plane delivery of $400 million in cash on the same day Iran released four American prisoners and formally implemented the nuclear deal, US officials confirmed Wednesday.

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sbussardtoday at 2:41 PM

Where are the moderators? So much for being fair and unbiased.

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sbussardtoday at 2:25 PM

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torusletoday at 12:36 PM

Yea.. having fun with war..

Most American post I have seen here since ages.

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