Hans Niemann Suing Magnus Carlsen, Chess.com, and Hikaru Nakamura

Post by FartyMcFarter » Sun, Oct 23, 2022, 12:00 PM UTC

miamibre wrote: post #241

jjeaff wrote: post #213

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Is this guy enough of a public figure to require the actual malice standard? Because for a private citizen, you would only have to prove that the accusations were wrong, assuming the topic is also not considered to be of public concern. But maybe chess championships and champions are a big enough deal to be considered public.

In this case everyone mentioned in the suit public figure within the worldwide chess playing community which would suffice. Also this event has had international coverage from multiple sources which would be presented as evidence that they are indeed public figures if there was any doubt.

Post by maxbond » Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 7:07 PM UTC

okamiueru wrote: post #262

maxbond wrote: post #260

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If the stream is delayed such that the previous move is being broadcast as the current move is played, than a cheater would need to communicate with their collaborators in duplex. A transmitter is a lot easier to detect than a receiver. The other alternative would be carrying the entire cheating apparatus on your person, which also presents a larger "cross section", if you will.

My argument was that you don't need a collaborator for online cheating. It is simple enough to automate everything from just the video feed, and would be undetectable by any software running on the machine. Use a hdmi splitter. Do image processing on one feed to register moves as they are played (regardless of delay), pass those moves into an engine, and show the output on a hidden display, vibrations to a butt plug,…