Dumping Nintendo e‑Reader Card “ROMs”
The Nintendo e‑Reader was a peripheral released for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. The Nintendo e‑Reader allowed scanning “dotcode strips” to access extra content within games or to play mini-games. To
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https://sethmlarson.devThe Nintendo e‑Reader was a peripheral released for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. The Nintendo e‑Reader allowed scanning “dotcode strips” to access extra content within games or to play mini-games. To
Two years ago I discovered a potential foot-gun with the Python standard library “re” module. I blogged about this behavior, and turns out that I wasn't only one who didn't know this: The article was
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