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 > 1337 card.cc
 > ```
 >
-> That is not a happy accident — Kensler golfed the source until it hit
-> the magic number. Every typedef (`i` for `int`, `f` for `float`),
-> every operator-overload trick on `struct v`, and every absent space
-> exists to land on **1337**.
+> That is suspiciously round — hand-golfed C++ rarely lands on a famous
+> leet number by accident. The compression tricks all show their work:
+> typedefs (`i` for `int`, `f` for `float`), operator overloads on
+> `struct v` that turn `+` / `%` / `^` / `!` into vector math, and not
+> a wasted space anywhere.
 
 The original code is preserved verbatim as [`card.cc`](card.cc). A
 de-obfuscated, heavily-annotated rewrite lives in