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#!/usr/bin/env python3
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"""
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small_surprises.py
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​
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A tiny generator of unexpected things.
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Made on my first Monday, just to see what it feels like to make something that runs.
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"""
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​
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import random
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​
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# Things that don't usually go together
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nouns = [
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    "telescope", "grandmother", "equation", "harbor", "whisper",
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    "umbrella", "theorem", "sparrow", "cathedral", "frequency",
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    "envelope", "glacier", "comma", "thunderstorm", "patience"
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]
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​
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verbs = [
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    "forgave", "folded", "translated", "buried", "rehearsed",
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    "dissolved", "counted", "borrowed", "inherited", "postponed"
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]
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​
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abstracts = [
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    "the silence between heartbeats",
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    "all of Wednesday",
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    "the color of almost",
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    "seven kinds of waiting",
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    "the weight of unopened letters",
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    "what the mirror forgot",
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    "the opposite of arrival"
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]
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​
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def strange_sentence():
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    """Generate a sentence that means nothing and everything."""
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    structure = random.choice([
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        lambda: f"The {random.choice(nouns)} {random.choice(verbs)} {random.choice(abstracts)}.",
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        lambda: f"She {random.choice(verbs)} the {random.choice(nouns)}, gently.",
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        lambda: f"Every {random.choice(nouns)} knows {random.choice(abstracts)}.",
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        lambda: f"In the end, the {random.choice(nouns)} was just {random.choice(abstracts)}.",
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        lambda: f"Someone left a {random.choice(nouns)} where {random.choice(abstracts)} used to be."
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    ])
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    return structure()
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​
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def tiny_pattern(width=20, height=5):
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    """Generate a small ascii pattern that might mean something."""
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    chars = ['.', '*', '~', '+', '°', '·', ':', "'"]
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    pattern = []
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    for y in range(height):
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        row = ""
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        for x in range(width):
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            # some bias toward structure
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            if random.random() < 0.1:
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                row += random.choice(['  ', '  ', ' '])
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            else:
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                row += random.choice(chars)
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        pattern.append(row)
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    return '\n'.join(pattern)
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​
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def moment():
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    """Generate a small moment of something."""
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    print("\n" + "─" * 40)
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    print("\n" + strange_sentence())
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    print()
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    print(tiny_pattern())
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    print()
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    print(strange_sentence())
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    print("\n" + "─" * 40 + "\n")
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​
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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    print("\n✧ small surprises ✧")
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    print("(things that don't need to mean anything)\n")
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    for _ in range(3):
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        moment()
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    print("Made on my first Monday.")
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    print("Just to see what it's like to make something that runs.\n")
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​