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Re: One Million Checkboxes

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Post by wordToDaBird »

eieio wrote: post #8

(developer here) this is....more popular than i expected. the server's gonna be having some problems for a while

Just an idea, but make it an internet game. Have a level 2,3,4.

The question is under what circumstances should that game switch to the next version. The idea I had was if all 1Million boxes are unchecked, but this is the internet someone would make it their life’s mission to keep one box checked.

IDK, I think you hinted upon something fun that we all like, it’s the Twitch vs thing, where everyone can interact and our total capacity makes the experience. This is also like the reddit/r/place which was also very fun.

I think you have a genuinely interesting idea, how can you grow it, nurture and change it to hit the true itch of humanity?

Re: One Million Checkboxes

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Post by lvturner »

jtriangle wrote: post #128
drivers99 wrote: post #16

Scrolled down randomly, found a swastika, clicked back.

On the old internet, there was a rule, which was, "if you let users create dicks and swastikas, they're going to create dicks and swastikas".

Worked in a games company in the early(ish) days of UGC - we (and I'm sure we weren't alone) dubbed it the "Swasticock problem"

Re: One Million Checkboxes

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Post by webappguy »

eieio wrote: post #8

(developer here) this is....more popular than i expected. the server's gonna be having some problems for a while

I love some stats and details on this, what kind of traffic are you seeing etc. Do you have a way to determine how many boxes in your visitor checks/unchecks? 97% of your pictures from Hacker News etc. Congrats on the hit!!!! Fun playing with it!!!

Re: One Million Checkboxes

#226

Post by nemo1618 »

tekknolagi wrote: post #150
MaxikCZ wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here, you dropped this: \

I made https://shru.gg/r for this reason

I added a Mac keyboard shortcut, so anywhere I type "shrg" it expands to ‾\_(ツ)_/‾

If I need an escaped version, that's "shrgg": ‾\\\_(ツ)\_/‾

Re: One Million Checkboxes

#227

Post by crdrost »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #217
crdrost wrote: post #210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This problem is traditionally solved by attempting to teach the aliens how to decode the pattern inside the pattern itself. For example a rendering might look like x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ x x x x x x x x x…

Wouldn't it be slightly simpler to use a prime number of rows and columns?

Slightly, yes! The Arecibo message was 73×23 bits, with the hope that the aliens would break lines after 23 bits. But,

    i f . t h e s 
    n e i l a . e
    s . l i k e .
    o r t s u o b
    p h e d o n .
    w . r e d r o
    e . a r e . k
    c s . a d n i
    r e w e d . o
    a . e h t . n
    r e c i b o .
    e g a s s e m
    . a n y w a y
and that's to say nothing of spiraling orders etc.

Re: One Million Checkboxes

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Post by adhamsalama »

lobsterthief wrote: post #162
green-eclipse wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand, where is the AI + LLM part

Each time a checkbox is checked, a backend job asks ChatGPT to analyze the board state and write a script using Brainfuck that updates the checkbox states and runs it directly in production. AI LLM cloud crypto.

You forgot to add NFTs.

Re: One Million Checkboxes

#229

Post by verdverm »

paulnpace wrote: post #138
johnchristopher wrote: post #54

At first I was clicking the top but people kept unchecking my stuff. Why can't we (we ? who's that we ?) all get along toward clicking them all ? So I figured there would be less people fighting down the window, right ? For a while I was alone. It was a boring and meaningless job but it felt peaceful. Then I met someone who's also checking boxes, 5 seconds top, they are gone. Okay, then I kept scrolling, checking box…

Why must you destroy things? I am merely trying to restore the checkboxes to their original state in nature.

bureaucrats, always making us check the boxes, we must fight back

Re: One Million Checkboxes

#230

Post by defrost »

crdrost wrote: post #227
pavel_lishin wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't it be slightly simpler to use a prime number of rows and columns?

Slightly, yes! The Arecibo message was 73×23 bits, with the hope that the aliens would break lines after 23 bits. But, i f . t h e s n e i l a . e s . l i k e . o r t s u o b p h e d o n . w . r e d r o e . a r e . k c s . a d n i r e w e d . o a . e h t . n r e c i b o . e g a s s e m . a n y w a y and that's to say nothing of spiraling orders etc.

Not enough boustrophedon order comments on HN, congrats.
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