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\subsection{Personal remarks and some useless bonus information} \subsection{Personal remarks and some useless bonus information}
\subsubsection{How and why skyscraper8 began: A young man's dream}
Ever since I was a child, I was fascinated by TV. But not actually watching it, rather understanding how it works. I grew up in the 90s, in an area where Cable TV was not really available, and terristial reception (yeah, those TVs with bunny ears!) only worked when it felt like it. So satellite was the best way to get my childish fix of cartoons! We can say the dish on my roof has always been a companion. Far more interesting than actually watching TV was scanning through the printed TV guides. I was curious. How did they make these? And how would I make one myself? I wondered. Of course my parents wouldn't know - they're not techies. \\
Of course, as I got older, I eventually moved onto other things. Like programming, trading cards, and video games. But just like with the TV, I eventually got more interested in how these games work, instead of actually playing them. \\
I got internet access much later in my life than my peers did, and when I found out that there are forums in which people discuss the technicalities about video games, it blew my mind. I used to be a frequent reader (and occasional contributor) of the XeNTaX\footnote{Unfortunately, that forum is long gone from the internet, but can still be experienced thanks to the amazing work of the people over at the Internet Archive: \url{https://web.archive.org/web/20230925120533/https://forum.xentax.com/ }} forum, from where I learned a lot! \\
At the time, my circle of friends was crazy about Yu-Gi-Oh! Online 3, which was an excellent simulation of the trading card game by the same name.
\subsubsection{Music!} \subsubsection{Music!}
Like a lot of programmers, I do enjoy listening to music while working. Some programmers even put song references in their software. Like how MKVToolnix' version names are actually song names, or how BSD developer fk even put \href{https://www.fabiankeil.de/nutzloseinfos.html}{a list of albums on his website} listing what albums he listened to while making it. Although this is absolutely useless, I'd liketo do this as well. Therefore, here follows a list of musical albums I listened to while developing skyscraper8 - no claim to completeness. Like a lot of programmers, I do enjoy listening to music while working. Some programmers even put song references in their software. Like how MKVToolnix' version names are actually song names, or how BSD developer fk even put \href{https://www.fabiankeil.de/nutzloseinfos.html}{a list of albums on his website} listing what albums he listened to while making it. Although this is absolutely useless, I'd liketo do this as well. Therefore, here follows a list of musical albums I listened to while developing skyscraper8 - no claim to completeness.