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It turns out that I am looking for a job near my hometown. No success for now. Companies don't even give answers to my applications or my e-mails. A few days ago, while browsing the Web, I landed on the Wikipedia page for the Magic 8-Ball. I said to myself "Well, if HR people tell me nothing, maybe I should ask a fortune-teller of some kind. Let's make my own". And here it is.
This is a command line application. No fancy graphics, just text, because only text really matters...
DISCLAIMER: I don't believe in divination and the like. Needless to say that my program does not tell any kind of fortune... It's just a game, for fun. And incidentally a pretext to write a small program...
A basic gradle script is provided.
$ cd magic8ball
$ gradle build
$ java -jar build/libs/magic8ball.jar
Alternatively, by hand:
$ cd magic8ball/src/main/java
$ javac MainCLI.java
$ jar cfe magic8ball.jar MainCLI *.class
$ java -jar magic8ball.jar
A session I had a few minutes ago:
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Welcome. Your fortune-teller will answer all your questions.
Type "quit" at any moment to leave.
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Please ask your question: Will I find a job?
I tell you that: Better not tell you now
Please ask your question: Will I find a job?
I tell you that: You may rely on it
Please ask your question: Will I find a job shortly?
I tell you that: Without a doubt
Please ask your question: Will I find a job within one month?
I tell you that: Reply hazy try again
Please ask your question: Will I find a job before October 2016?
I tell you that: Outlook not so good
Please ask your question: Will I find a job before November 2016?
I tell you that: Very doubtful
Please ask your question: Will I find a job before December 2016?
I tell you that: Outlook not so good
Please ask your question: Will I find a job before January 2017?
I tell you that: Most likely
Please ask your question: Will I find a job during December 2016?
I tell you that: It is certain
Please ask your question: quit
Okay... I will update this README file around December 2016 to add the relevant information...
Edit 26 December 2016 (I tend to use British English date format): Hey, I have a job!!!! My program is not that bad after all. But there are probably some adjustments to be made. Actually, they told me that I was hired in October, I started working on November 21st (a training and the like), and completed my first real task during the last two days of November.
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