Mods

README.md

@@ -32,21 +32,15 @@ You watch who gets the most triumphs or the most hits.
 
 The ant with the highest score is shown in the footer.
 
-Clicking the footer scrolls to the bottom.
-
-There is a filter to filter updates.
-
 ## Usage
 
 Just open it, hatch some ants, and place it somewhere in your monitor.
 
 ## Algorithm
 
-A random ant from ants that haven't had an update in at least 10 minutes is picked.
+A random ant is picked based on weights (oldest update date weighs more).
 
-Or any ant is picked if none meet that requirement.
+Then a random number between 1 and 10 is picked.
-
-Then a number between 1 and 10 is randomly picked.
 
 For each number an action happens to produce an update.
 

cromulant/ants.py

@@ -147,25 +147,21 @@ class Ants:
         if Ants.empty():
             return None
 
-        if len(Ants.ants) == 1:
-            return Ants.ants[0]
-
-        ignore = []
-        current = Ants.get_current()
-
-        if current:
-            ignore.append(current)
-
         now = Utils.now()
-        mins = 10 * 60
+        ages = [(now - ant.updated) for ant in Ants.ants]
-        # Filter ants where updated is older than 10 minutes
-        ants = [a for a in Ants.ants if (now - a.updated) >= mins]
 
-        if not len(ants):
+        # Normalize ages to create weights
-            ants = Ants.ants
+        total_age = sum(ages)
 
-        ants = [a for a in ants if a not in ignore]
+        if total_age == 0:
-        return random.choice(ants)
+            weights = [1] * len(Ants.ants)  # If all ages are zero, use equal weights
+        else:
+            weights = [
+                int(age / total_age * 1000) for age in ages
+            ]  # Scale and cast to int
+
+        # Perform weighted random selection
+        return random.choices(Ants.ants, weights=weights, k=1)[0]
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_current() -> Ant | None: