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Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#111

Post by ramly »

TheRealPomax wrote: post #95
chedoku wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, Check puzzle archive or Zen mode. Infinite number of puzzles are waiting for you.

You're not getting my phone number, thanks. If you just want to send a code, and you want to tie it to some kind of identifier token, take the less-than-a-day that it takes to add normal "trusted third party" authentication, where you ask google/facebook/github/whoever to confirm this is a real person. And then you don't have to save any personal information, either (which laws both in the US and EU say includes phon…

Hey TheRealPomax, just reading this. Super fair point about the phone number. It was only meant to be there for keeping the login convenient for mobile users through Twilio verify. Totally see your point though and I can see how this could be interpreted instead. Will be changing this to email/username instead. Really appreciate the feedback, it's incredibly helpful. Thank you.

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#112

Post by ramly »

himinlomax wrote: post #88

Why do you need my phone number?

Hey guys, super fair feedback, sorry for missing the mark on this as I was trying to keep the login flow convenient for mobile users through Twilio Verify code. See more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39831178

Really appreciate the callout. Very fair point. Will change this for sure to email/username or similar. Will keep improving on the game thanks to you guys' input. Thanks!

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#113

Post by williamdclt »

ramly wrote: post #108
latexr wrote: post #99

The idea isn’t bad, but I’m struggling to understand why a login is required to access an archive of free content, and why said login requires a phone number. Again, to access ostensibly free content. That makes me really suspicious about what you do with the phone number.

Thanks guys, super helpful feedback! Sorry about that, the Twilio phone login was meant to make it more convenient for the mobile users to keep going with a direct code. I can totally see how that's perceived though, you're 100% correct. Will be changing the auth to username or email instead. Very helpful feedback, will get this right. Thanks again for the feedback guys.

Save yourself from the burden of holding people’s personal data if you can. It comes with legal responsibilities

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#114

Post by menotyou »

ramly wrote: post #109
quantxx wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even if they do absolutely nothing with the number, I'm not putting it in. It's not a question of their intention but my convenience and peace of mind.

100% fair. Sorry about that quantxx. The mobile login was only meant to facilitate the login for mobile users through quick Twilio verification. Will move that to username or email instead. Really appreciate the feedback.

What do you need the email for?

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#115

Post by zamadatix »

ramly wrote: post #111
TheRealPomax wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're not getting my phone number, thanks. If you just want to send a code, and you want to tie it to some kind of identifier token, take the less-than-a-day that it takes to add normal "trusted third party" authentication, where you ask google/facebook/github/whoever to confirm this is a real person. And then you don't have to save any personal information, either (which laws both in the US and EU say includes phon…

Hey TheRealPomax, just reading this. Super fair point about the phone number. It was only meant to be there for keeping the login convenient for mobile users through Twilio verify. Totally see your point though and I can see how this could be interpreted instead. Will be changing this to email/username instead. Really appreciate the feedback, it's incredibly helpful. Thank you.

Why does the user need to login to access that section in the first place?

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#118

Post by zzo38computer »

chedoku wrote: post #57
zzo38computer wrote: post #13

I have seen it mentioned before. It does not work on my computer, but I wrote an implementation that does (in Free Hero Mesh, which is a programming language that I invented for making up puzzle games). However, I do not have the puzzles. Do you have a copy of the puzzles?

Can you share it with us?

Here it is:

  (InputXY)
  
  (Control
    (INIT $Cursor 1 1 0 0 Create =@cur)
  )
  
  ($Cursor
    Player
    (Image "Cursor0" "Cursor1")
    (DefaultImage ())
    (Density -10)
    (CREATE LOOP 0 1 50 Animate)
  )
  
  ($Tile
    (Image "Tile0" "Tile1")
    (Density 10)
    (INIT Loc + 1 band =Image)
    (CLICK @cur ,ObjBelow #Move Loc ,Send . 1)
  )
  
  ($White
    Input
    (Image "P" "N" "B" "R" "Q" "K")
    (CLICK @cur Loc ,MoveTo)
    (#Move
      ,:movable
      if
        Arg1 Arg2 MoveTo .
        Arg3 if
          From ,Image =Image
          From ,Destroy .
          (=P $Black) lnot if WinLevel then
        then
        @cur Loc ,MoveTo .
      then
    )
    (:movable
      Image (case
        (0 :pawn)
        (1 :knight)
        (2 :bishop)
        (3 :rook)
        (4 :queen)
        (5 :king)
      )
    )
    (:pawn Yloc Arg2 1 + eq Xloc Arg1 Delta Arg3 eq land)
    (:knight Xloc Arg1 Delta dup * Yloc Arg2 Delta dup * + 5 eq)
    (:bishop Xloc Arg1 Delta Yloc Arg2 Delta eq if =:queen else 0 then)
    (:rook Xloc Arg1 Delta Yloc Arg2 Delta land if 0 else =:queen then)
    (:queen From Seek =%d Loc begin %d NewXY over over ObjTopAt dup From eq if . . ret then ,Class $Tile ne until . . 0)
    (:king From Chebyshev 1 eq)
    (#Destroy
      From Self ne if
        From #Move Loc 1 ,SendEx .
      then
      Destroyed lnot
    )
    ('D
      @cur Coloc if
        $White #Destroy Loc BroadcastAnd .
      then
    )
  )
  
  ($Black
    (Image "PB" "NB" "BB" "RB" "QB" "KB")
    (CLICK @cur ,ObjBelow #Move Loc 1 ,SendEx . 1)
  )
(Free Hero Mesh itself can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/zzo38/freeheromesh)

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#119

Post by ijijijjij »

ramly wrote: post #108
latexr wrote: post #99

The idea isn’t bad, but I’m struggling to understand why a login is required to access an archive of free content, and why said login requires a phone number. Again, to access ostensibly free content. That makes me really suspicious about what you do with the phone number.

Thanks guys, super helpful feedback! Sorry about that, the Twilio phone login was meant to make it more convenient for the mobile users to keep going with a direct code. I can totally see how that's perceived though, you're 100% correct. Will be changing the auth to username or email instead. Very helpful feedback, will get this right. Thanks again for the feedback guys.

can't wait for the day when no email or phone number will be required anywhere for signup. keep dreaming

Re: Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

#120

Post by ijijijjij »

menotyou wrote: post #114
ramly wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

100% fair. Sorry about that quantxx. The mobile login was only meant to facilitate the login for mobile users through quick Twilio verification. Will move that to username or email instead. Really appreciate the feedback.

What do you need the email for?

he said username OR email...
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