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Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by cbsks »

hk__2 wrote: post #60
NGRhodes wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This blog is now STATELESS. The entire post is contained in the URL that you are visiting now. All my "blog" is now is a hard-coded main page that contains links to posts I claim authorship of. Of course the entire post is contained in each of these links. https://joshcsimmons.com/post/H4sIAAAAAAAA%2F3xV227cRgx911cQ...

So if the author fix a small typo in the post, they break all the links to it. The blog is not "stateless", it’s just that its state is stored in the homepage. Having all posts on that page with anchor links would achieve the same thing with shorter links that don’t depend on the content.

It won’t break any existing links. It just means that existing links will still have the typo.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by bregma »

michaelt wrote: post #59
RIMR wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's right, this is a pro-showing-buttholes-to-children community.

Goatse, like Michelangelo's David, should be an exception to normal rules of censorship, due to its status as part of our shared cultural heritage. /s

Just wait until you see what my friends can do with one cup.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by n40487171 »

permo-w wrote: post #80
smcl wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Came here to say the same thing. Unless you're one of today's "lucky 10,000"[0] who haven't ever encountered goatse before, there's no need to verify this :D [0] - https://xkcd.com/1053/ edit: folks the xkcd lucky 10k reference was a joke, settle down

I'm opening myself up to criticism by saying this, but this is unusually cringeworthy even for XKCD

Did you read the xkcd? It's not about goatse

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by mcv »

smcl wrote: post #63
reconvene wrote: post #23

I don't know why I checked but uhh yup. It's working. There are at least 6 sites on the first page of Google results that now render goatse. Thankfully, the first link is the original one for me.

Came here to say the same thing. Unless you're one of today's "lucky 10,000"[0] who haven't ever encountered goatse before, there's no need to verify this :D [0] - https://xkcd.com/1053/ edit: folks the xkcd lucky 10k reference was a joke, settle down

I've managed to never see goatse so far. Not because I'm new or innocent, but because I've learned my lessons. I don't think the 10,000 really applies to this situation. It's certainly not something that everybody needs to see at some point in their lives (or so I've been lead to believe).

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by ImAnAmateur »

This method primarily attacks innocent people. If someone is playing the author's game on another website then they likely don't know what the official website is. He has hurt his own players more than the people trying to make money off of his work.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by feoren »

permo-w wrote: post #80
smcl wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Came here to say the same thing. Unless you're one of today's "lucky 10,000"[0] who haven't ever encountered goatse before, there's no need to verify this :D [0] - https://xkcd.com/1053/ edit: folks the xkcd lucky 10k reference was a joke, settle down

I'm opening myself up to criticism by saying this, but this is unusually cringeworthy even for XKCD

Cringeworthy? This is one of the more oft-linked XKCDs, I think because it makes a valid observation: everyone has a few things that "everyone knows" that they've randomly missed, and it's more fun to enjoy the discovery than to ridicule them for something that happens to all of us randomly.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by civilitty »

permo-w wrote: post #80
smcl wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Came here to say the same thing. Unless you're one of today's "lucky 10,000"[0] who haven't ever encountered goatse before, there's no need to verify this :D [0] - https://xkcd.com/1053/ edit: folks the xkcd lucky 10k reference was a joke, settle down

I'm opening myself up to criticism by saying this, but this is unusually cringeworthy even for XKCD

You’re not the only one. It’s an XKCD comic made for LinkedIn and it annoys me every time it’s referenced.

Re: Using Goatse to Stop App Theft

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Post by gregsadetsky »

furyofantares wrote: post #78

I run three word games, this stuff happens for all of them. It sucks but I would never do what they did, it's abusive to the people who just googled your game and ended up on the wrong site. I've had teachers and students reach out to me to say they play my game in class every day together. And parents who play with their kids every day, and adult who text their results to each other every day. It sucks if they end u…

agreed - it for sure would have been easier/cleaner/safer to just show a message that said "please play the official game on whatever.com"
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