Show HN: Multiplayer Wikipedia Racer

Post by stefuuuun » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 3:06 PM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 5:47 PM UTC

sigmaprimus wrote: post #3

This is a neat idea, I tried getting from "Soup" to "Superman" but got stuck down a rabbit hole in Academy Awards. Have You made a solver for this game? I wonder if Cloudfare would take exception to such a thing?

Post by sigmaprimus » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 6:02 PM UTC

stefuuuun wrote: post #5

sigmaprimus wrote: post #3

This is a neat idea, I tried getting from "Soup" to "Superman" but got stuck down a rabbit hole in Academy Awards. Have You made a solver for this game? I wonder if Cloudfare would take exception to such a thing?

Thanks! Difficult to leave the Academy Awards once you entered them.. Solver in regards to what? :) Wikipedia pages are loaded on the front-end and I haven't encountered a rate-limit so far. reply

Post by mumintrollet » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 3:40 AM UTC

sigmaprimus wrote: post #6

stefuuuun wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! Difficult to leave the Academy Awards once you entered them.. Solver in regards to what? :) Wikipedia pages are loaded on the front-end and I haven't encountered a rate-limit so far. reply

I was thinking a solver that found the most efficient, least number of hops to reach target word from seed word. Maybe it is an NP Hard problem? This also reminds me of 7 degrees of Kevin Bacon. I could see this going over well for an Online "socially distanced" game night, or possibly a classroom activity to encourage efficient research techniques.