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Seems reasonable to assume that the normal meaning is meant. At least, I don't consider my computer frozen if it doesn't do anything until I tell it to. (It's more likely that my computer thinks I'm frozen most of the time... Drool)

Also good to realize that actual users of the system have a different experience than what we have when we connect to one from the outside. From just playing around with the server we have access to, it is clear that some limits have been imposed on outside connections, likely to prevent excessive use of resources.

I think the core point is that this user claims to have made a syscall do something more interesting than it seems to do at first glance. You might not be able to get it to hang forever, but perhaps you'll will see some behavior you can't explain yet.
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Damn, i need to go over my notes, it looks like i have something off from what y'all mentioning.
Is understanding the +2 any sort of a big discovery? I feel it is, i'll just focus on that and on solving every other Wechall challenge to get a fresh perspective
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Q1 is almost over, and still no solvers.
dloser is really disappointed, in all of you! Sad
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I haven't given up yet, my progress is very slow but I hope one day all the stars will align and I'll say "oh that was the explanation to all that funkyness" ! I know I'm only about 30% away from the (I hope) solution Smile

kom0d0, your account is new so it's hard to tell if you are legit trying the hardest chall first or if you are someone hiding its identity =)
But no matter what, come to wechall IRC if you want to talk about it, it's easier than the forum.
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I take back what I said earlier.

One must be really insane trying this chall without the help of LLM.
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Sorry guys, it's solved Smile

Time for a well-deserved short break Drool
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