Back in 2011, I contacted Jamey Pittman, author of the excellent article The Pac-Man Dossier, because I wanted some help in order to figure out how the infamously-glitched 256th level of the original arcade version of Pac-Man actually worked during gameplay. Thanks in part to his technical expertise…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
From a very young age, people learn how to interact with other people, and this learning experience continues through puberty and adulthood. How are people similar from each other? How are they different from each other? What is and is not socially acceptable? How does context influence what should…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
The following are the rules of the Liar's Deck card game, first introduced in the Liar's Bar video game, based on its in-game tutorials, observations I made from gameplay sessions, and comments from the game's developers. Note that I have made the following presentational changes from Liar's Bar…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
Time to update your bookmarks! After a few months of work behind the scenes, the new open source version of The BIG List of Video Game Randomizer is now live for your enjoyment, with dark mode support and a brand new UI for better readability! The new URL is: https://randomizers.debigare.com/ (The…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
I thought it would be fun to track the long list of video game that I have beaten and/or completed for reference, so I've done just that! There may be a few mistakes here and there due to secret features unknown to me, or due to misremembering details of my past gaming experiences, but I believe the…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
Storing data. Transmitting data. Processing data. These fundamental topics of computer science are often overlooked nowadays thanks to the historical exponential growth of processing power, storage availability and bandwidth capabilities, along with a myriad of existing solutions to tackle them. So…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
In the history of obscure video game secrets, not many has been quite infamous as the SecretRoom.lua puzzle in 2014's computer hacking game Hack 'n' Slash by Double Fine. Since the game's release, a mysterious encrypted file was found in the game files, yet despite the very nature of the game being…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
Roaming throughout the countryside, dangerous desperados are awaiting in their hideout for the perfect opportunity to rob their victims in silence. Powerless, the authorities have posted wanted posters on public boards with cash bounties for any information that could lead to their arrest or death…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
While there is no denying that Scrum revolutionized the software industry for the better, it may seem a little strange to read about someone that dislikes it despite strongly agreeing with the Agile Manifesto, considering the creator of Scrum was one of its signers. However, after having experienced…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
How aligned are you with me? This is my top 5 list of human values, both present in myself and that I'm attracted to in friends, coworkers and lovers. I also included my interpretation of each one to avoid any confusion…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
The following is a collection of free international standards, registries and references that I collected throughout the years while developing websites and web services. These references, while very precise and technical by their nature, are extremely useful in order to ensure that a specific…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
As I am continuing my personal journey into deep learning research and development, I wanted to try out PyTorch, a machine learning framework with GPU acceleration primarily designed for the Python programming language. However, I couldn't find any good introductory resource online for it. So I read…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
"Everything must be done now. Let's re-use existing proven solutions and build over them so we don't waste time." And thus, people will look at the top 2 or 3 most popular solutions they already know about or can easily find on the Internet, compare them, pick the best one, and maybe add or change…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
You can now watch yours truly explain the basics of quantum programming and how to execute a custom quantum program on the IBM Q Experience in less than 10 minutes! The following video summarizes my very first blog post Quantum Programming 101 in a dynamic format, and appends to it a real-time…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
Are you in a loving relationship? Personally, let's just say that my social interactions with women in general have been rather limited, which may or may not be related to having geeky interests, working in an industry dominated by males, not drinking, and avoiding places with loud music because I…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré
A few months ago, I started to study deep learning, a branch in computer science heavily inspired by biology that allows programs to learn arbitrary concepts without explicit programming. How good is deep learning? Well, good enough to play Go with super-human performance, a significant milestone in…| Guillaume Fortin-Debigaré