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[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

For 1, that's why you say "Format your answer in this exact sentence: The number of bytes required (rounded up) is exactly # bytes., where # is the number of bytes." And then regex for that sentence. What could go wrong?

Also, it can do math somewhat consistently if you let it show its work, but I still wouldn't rely on it as a cog in code execution. It's not nearly reliable enough for that.