throw_a_say

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by throw_a_say 6y ago
A slightly modified version would be to delay on post depth (assuming less depth = more delay) If you take it to the extreme, a youtube video being posted and everyone having to wait 5 minutes to comment, there is enough people that will se
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by throw_a_say 6y ago
Is there any datasets made available about this? Given our current inability to discuss things online without disastrous consequences, seem like it could be useful. Presumably you are talking about HN discussions but what your are saying so
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by throw_a_say 6y ago
It would be interesting to see if it was a recent shift, my feeling is that is not that recent, but I could easily be wrong. A sibling comment mentions that tech is not immune to the divisiveness that is happening to at the moment, and I th
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by throw_a_say 6y ago
Capitalism at its finest. Harmful measures to ensure profits, and mostly getting a pass because.. shiny things.
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by throw_a_say 6y ago
Just to follow this up a bit Who the f k cares if people cheat in online games? Funnily enough, a hell of a lot of people, but they are generally not talking about online video games, instead they are talking about protocols like DNS, HTTP
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by throw_a_say 6y ago
Prediction in online multiplayer games has been around since real-time multiplayer games existed. From my own first experience the first versions of counter-strike 1.x had it, but I'm pretty sure it started quite a while before that. A
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by throw_a_say 6y ago
I don't even know where the start with this. First off, undocumented binaries, and inspecting kernel drivers from user-space is absolutely no barrier to RE/Cracking/Cheating on any platform. I'm pretty sure 50%+ of the p
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by throw_a_say 6y ago
Not a rebuttal of the Zip2 seed investment point, but the ability to leave SA when he was 17 for CA/USA with a suitcase of books is not something most South Africans would be able to do. Kudos to him for doing it, but most of the popul