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 No.1153

Just made this one up in a couple hours tonight after spending way too long staring at my own desktop. Also my first CYOA, and I'm half-asleep so forgive any errors.

 No.1155

>>1153

This is hard actually.

I don't buy msPaint turning me super wealthy because I don't think that level of acclaim has anything to do with merit anymore, maybe for wordpad can see it but I'm afraid those options would stunt my own development.

Internet explorer could be useful for someone with more of a game plan than me. I think someone that knows what they're doing could really exploit that but I'm not someone like that.

I don't think there's any kind of instant changes to your bank account that don't raise suspicion. If there's no other account it gets written from someone is going to pull the alarm on it.

My documents and minesweeper are great for my personal weaknesses but I can't help but feel they and task scheduler are seriously gimped in comparison to the earlier choices.

Command prompt it is for me. I can see myself using that a lot.


 No.1158

Gonna have to go with the command prompt here. The only other option I considered was the bank account one, but that seems too risky.


 No.1164

Command Prompt: Never age, Immune to all disease.


 No.1172

task scheduler. Make videogames in my sleep.


 No.1181

I'm torn. On the one hand, I'd REALLY REALLY like to get My Documents just because it'd be nice to be able to re-watch school/college courses without having to pay for them again, and of course fap over shotacon memories. But I honestly feel as if I'd wallow in nostalgia all damn day, and wasting more time in my life is something I don't want to do. So as pleasurable as it would be, I can't do it.

So I'll go with the one that will save me time, which is Task Scheduler. It's honestly like adding eight extra hours to every day of your life provided you have boring stuff to do. For me, it would be most helpful with writing. Every chapter of a novel requires about eight hours for me to write. One for prep work like research or outlining; three for actually physically writing it; and four for editing, proofreading, checking sources, combing for plot holes, etc. All of that mindless stuff like making sure the sentences are grammatically correct and fixing spelling/continuity mistakes can be done while I sleep or if I'm just not in the mood for it but need to get it done. I'll essentially be able to double my daily productivity, and that's powerful.


 No.1207

>>1153

Either the command prompt, or the calculator, i can handle the rest for myself.

I'd side with the command prompt because super-intelligence + immortality + look like whoever I want sounds nicer than unlimited monies.


 No.1209

I'm going to take a gamble and go with minesweeper. It is the only one which provides you with information nobody has. Which means that it can be used to discover new facts, if you can get your heart up for it. And I for one am pretty confident that I can get myself excited at the notion of discovering the laws of quantum gravity, or difficult mathematical proofs.

But anon, how do you go about doing that? It's simple: mapping. There is a physical library in my university containing many mathematical equations. I want to solve physics, which means I want to find the best equation to start from in the library, which is in a certain exact location. Having found it, I want the location of the next equation or phrase I can best use towards the end goal of solving physics. And the next, and the next, until I solve physics using a couple dozen games of minesweeper.

Theoretical physics is nice, but what about applicable FTL? What about AI? Functional 3D printers? Maglev trains? Mecha robots? Cure for cancer? Anything which can be constructed from elements which can be physically and spatially represented, which should be everything as far as I'm aware, can be built using the minesweeper system. Which basically gives me omniscience at a rate of about 1kb/minute.

That is, if I manage to want each of those elements truly and more than anything else. But having such an ability would be world-breakingly awesome. If there is anything in the world which would enable me to have that kind of control in order to make me that awesome, that would be what I want most. So even if I don't have that level of control, I would soon get it.

If this exploit works, which rules as writ it should, it is the most powerful of all the options by far. It should even detect threats against my life, since I very much wish to stay breathing. Superintelligence and immortality for yourself are nice, but providing that for the entire world?

Why, there is nothing I would want more.


 No.1328

>>1153

Alright, let's break these down.

Paint: Fun, but not very helpful. Art doesn't sell very well so you'd have to spend a lot of time both in paint churning out large numbers of paintings (even at just three or four minutes per painting) plus exactly the same amount of time as non-magic artists on actually finding people who want to buy your stuff.

Wordpad: A little bit better than Paint because books and blogs still sell and plus they help you get ideas out into the world in a way that paintings don't. Still, mostly just an awesome toy rather than a life-changer.

Internet Explorer: Only useful under limited circumstances, circumstances any given reader is unlikely to ever be in. Sure, if you want to go into corporate or international espionage this'll make things way easier, but most of us don't want to worry about getting assassinated. It doesn't help that the connection is explicitly unsecure, not to mention unreliable.

Command Prompt: Really getting somewhere now. This gives you excellent health and while it's not explicitly stated, it seems like you can use it to reset your age. Keeping immortality under wraps so you don't get kidnapped by very wealthy/powerful people who want your secret is always a concern, but so long as you're not completely reckless you should be able to manage.

Calculator: Even without the program randomly changing notation, the fact that this doesn't help you avoid suspicion at all means that, much like Internet Explorer, it's only helpful if you already intended to make a career out of fraud. Skipping one dangerous, difficult step of a job that has multiple dangerous, difficult steps isn't really a big win because most of us are going to walk away from that job anyway.

My Documents: Very limited utility except to people in very specific circumstances. The photographic memory is a neat trick, but come on.

Minesweeper: So if you're pining for your ex-girlfriend who just dumped you last week, all you can do is confirm that yes, she still lives at her house until you get over it. This is only very intermittently useful.

Task Scheduler: This one could be real helpful. It's basically procrastination-be-gone, and it lets you work while you sleep, dramatically increasing your productivity in a way that isn't particularly suspicious. Sure, if someone actually sees you doing it then you'll get people asking you to teach them your mysterious ways, but if you live alone you can sleep-work for eight or nine hours each night and you claim you spend four extra productive hours working each night, when in fact you spend those four hours playing video games. People will marvel at your incredible nocturnal productivity, but not in a "magic is real" kind of way that might bite you in the ass.

System Restore: Oh, come on. There's multiple programs that are worth more than a thousand dollars on this thing.

In the end, I'd say Command Prompt wins and Task Scheduler is the only thing giving it any serious competition, although Paint and especially Wordpad are still painful to give up.

Advice for future revisions: Calculator, Internet Explorer, and Minesweeper aren't so overpowered that they need to be balanced by irritating or even life-threatening drawbacks. Let Minesweeper locate whatever the fuck you ask it to, let Internet Explorer be perfectly stable and secure (using dangerous information is risky enough without making acquiring it risky as well), don't make Calculator switch notations randomly when keeping your income under wraps is going to be hard enough already. And generally speaking Calculator needs a limiter to income other than "get too much and the FBI will take notice and throw your ass in jail," because that turns it into a non-option for anyone who isn't very foolish or a committed fraudster.


 No.1658

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>>1328

command prompt


 No.1725

The bounds on command prompt aren't clear. If it's as broad as the other anons believe then it's clearly the best choice. Bounds also unclear on task manager (can I solve the mystery of human consciousness or create a perfect theory of everything in physics in my sleep?) Even if it just lets me work a night job with no drawback it's the 1/2nd best choice. All others offer marginal gains and/or considerable pitfalls.


 No.1888

Task Scheduler.

GIMME.


 No.2011

>>1153

Paint or Wordpad would easily make someone a multi-millionaire for starters; and one can use that money to get more money. Easily the best options for money through a completely legitimate channel AND Wordpad would allow you to do more than just write books. Convince people with great arguments, design plans and what not. Internet Explorer is not secure. But if it were, having ALL the dirty laundry of EVERYONE EVER? Best choice 2016. Command Prompt? Great. The human body can be monstrously powerful in the right circuimstances. People lift cars to get their loved ones out from under them. There are people that hold their breath for 20 minutes. People that never have to eat (somewhat harder to prove but still). And I'm pretty fucking certain that with some tinkering, you'd either be able to stop aging completely or at least slow it to a point you can make it to the time of the technological singularity or gene therapy. Also, a lot of minor bonuses like being godlike in bed. Nothing else is worth mentioning. Minesweeper's shit since merely the location of one thing without the knowledge of how to get it is terrible and Task Scheduler only makes you around twice as productive, even counting in the phrase "automatically perform it faster than it would take you to do normally".

So it's either Paint, Wordpad or Command Prompt.


 No.2138

This is actually a really good one.

I have to narrow it down to Paint, command prompt, and My Documents though.

Paint would absolutely be for making the perfect stuff to jerk off to, or maybe cool artwork I could share online.

Command prompt would be fun because I'd have root access to my bodily functions in a sense. I can't really think of anything I'd change right now but it's a cool concept.

My Documents would be amazing, I could recall so many things from my childhood that I forgot about and relive awesome moments in my life. My only question is whether it includes dreams. I've always wanted to replay my dreams when I'm awake.

Basically, if My Documents includes dreams, I choose that. If not, I choose Paint.


 No.2148

>>1153

Command Prompt

>Remove acne everywhere

>Turn my Cock and balls into a set that'd make men weep and women beg

>Increase muscle mass and strength

>Increase brain functions and repair/remove any damages/defects

I'll take it from there


 No.2156

>Command Prompt

>increase ability to learn and convert forms to visual media, thus getting the skill to do what Paint does

>increase language learning capabilities as well as poetic knack and reading/writing speed, to get the abilities of Wordpad

>increase computer language learning, or even just edit in an interest in programming and cybersec if it's absent, and gain the ability to get info you want without being restricted to Internet Explorer

>increase knack for business decisions, mathematical abilities, and charisma so as to wrangle a better job or git gud at investment, thus making Calculator nothing more than a flimsy cheat tool

>increase memory, as well as convert to at least semi-photographic, as well as mental discipline to effectively block out shit that's not relevant or you don't want to bother remembering to get what My Documents can do

>as with My Documents, increasing memory and intuition will prevent most lost items, and increased reasoning also increases your chances of knowing what you want and possible ways for you to get it, somewhat mimicking Minesweeper

>increase general speed and stamina to complete tasks, as well as tolerance for monotonous actions to make Task Scheduler mostly obsolete, modify memory and mental ability like My Documents for the possibility of not remembering it, or just being able to focus on something else internally while your body goes through the motions without you thinking

>System Restore is unnecessary as you now have the means to make yourself into a conduit for making more cash or finding good deals on new tech, so if you want another normal computer it's all a matter of time, which you will have plenty of as it's implied you can slow aging and keep yourself sickness-free (or at least edit it away)

cmd prompt is best waifu


 No.3719

>>1209

Smart thinking!


 No.6590

>>1153

I choose command prompt to reverse aging and give me enhanced intelligence.




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