From 70861beeae8dde4aca6e1d79029fafc5c0ca2f95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Wang Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 04:09:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Some small fixes and improvements --- content/posts/ennui.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/ennui.md b/content/posts/ennui.md index aecf9df..c4c7f27 100644 --- a/content/posts/ennui.md +++ b/content/posts/ennui.md @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ One day, Ennui had the brilliant idea of running away from home and going for a After breaking multiple countries' multiple laws, the first five seconds aboard the train were a flurry of excitement, but boredom returned as quickly as it had departed. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, Ennui noticed a visibly troubled young man with an exceptionally bad haircut. Since she had nothing better to do, Ennui roasted his hairstyle, but the man took it as a compliment, and they struck up a slightly less boring conversation. -He introduced himself as [Ben Qi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Qi), a three-time International Olympiad in Informatics winner. Oh yeah, I'm sure Ennui was just thrilled to have met such an exciting and charming individual. +He introduced himself as [Ben Qi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Qi), a three-time International Olympiad in Informatics winner, as if anyone cares. Yeah, I'm sure Ennui was just thrilled to have met such an exciting and charming individual. -But wait, it gets even better! Ennui asked Ben Qi what was bothering him, because that's totally a question you ask a stranger you met 30 seconds ago. Ben just replied cryptically, "I have a secret. A deep, dark, beleaguering secret gnawing away at my soul. And I'll tell you what it is, if and only if, you become an IOI winner like me." +But wait, it gets even better! Ennui curiously asked Ben Qi what was bothering him, because that's totally a question you ask a stranger you met 30 seconds ago. Ben just replied cryptically, "I have a secret. A deep, dark, beleaguering secret gnawing away at my soul. And I'll tell you what it is, if and only if, you become an IOI winner like me." So, Ennui immersed herself into IOI training because she was so utterly bored with everything else in her life, living and breathing Dijkstra's algorithm, AVX2-accelerated segment trees, and the Knuth-Yao DP speedup. Robert Tarjan soon started haunting her dreams. @@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ And then, at long last, the moment came. Ben Qi smiled proudly and said, "Congra Ennui leaned forward eagerly, her heart pounding with anticipation. Finally! She had waited so long, sacrificed so much, suffered through so many Robert Tarjan nightmares! Finally! -But at that moment, I must interrupt. You see, dear reader, I cannot reveal what Ben's secret is. Why, you ask? Well, simply put, unlike Ennui, you are not an IOI winner. +Ben Qi took a deep breath and ponderously whispered in a hushed tone--Oh wait, I must interrupt! You see, dear reader, I cannot reveal to you what Ben's secret is. Why, you ask? Well, simply put, unlike Ennui, you are not an IOI winner. *To give credit where credit's due, this is a variant of the infamous monk joke.*