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Oneko Timer

Question Text​

What is the purpose of the timer used in the Oneko's implementation

Question Answers​

  • Slow down the cat

  • Speed up the cat

  • It server no purpose

Feedback​

The purpose of the timer is to delay the cat. You can verify this by running

while true; do kill -14 $(pidof oneko)

You'll notice the cat is much faster in following your mouse.

Try and find other ways to "hack" Oneko to make it move faster.