Talk:2716: Game Night Ordering - Revision history

172.69.33.236 at 03:46, 18 February 2025

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172.70.105.152 at 17:20, 3 March 2023

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172.70.91.78 at 17:12, 29 December 2022

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172.69.68.15: Cheat or BS?

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Cheat or BS?

172.71.158.216: Reply

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172.70.110.237 at 01:05, 28 December 2022

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172.70.110.236 at 01:01, 28 December 2022

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172.71.178.64 at 15:27, 27 December 2022

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172.70.114.79 at 14:46, 27 December 2022

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172.71.158.6: ?

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	Can someone explain to me what food.net is really about? Like, who owns this stuff and why do they keep a static webpage with a couple of broken pdf links about CNET and a snippet about a coding experiment? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.105.152\|172.70.105.152]] 17:20, 3 March 2023 (UTC)		Can someone explain to me what food.net is really about? Like, who owns this stuff and why do they keep a static webpage with a couple of broken pdf links about CNET and a snippet about a coding experiment? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.105.152\|172.70.105.152]] 17:20, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
		+	:It's even weirder now. Right now there are only two things on the website, which are a supposed QR code generator that does nothing, and an image of a pie with a link under it saying "ALL THE PIE IS GONE" which just takes you back to the top. What the hell is this website for? --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.236\|172.69.33.236]] 03:46, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

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	Going from the description, cheat sounds remarkably like the game BS. Are they two names for the same thing? Or is there some fundamental difference? ~NotFromAiPhoneGuys {{unsigned ip\|172.69.68.15\|15:41, 29 December 2022}}		Going from the description, cheat sounds remarkably like the game BS. Are they two names for the same thing? Or is there some fundamental difference? ~NotFromAiPhoneGuys {{unsigned ip\|172.69.68.15\|15:41, 29 December 2022}}
	:The wikilink to Cheat clearly says yes, if you follow it, and a few other game-names as well. Or at least to within the same general cloud of games. i.e. any given BS is likely no more different to Cheat than any other local variation upon Cheat is. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.78\|172.70.91.78]] 17:12, 29 December 2022 (UTC)		:The wikilink to Cheat clearly says yes, if you follow it, and a few other game-names as well. Or at least to within the same general cloud of games. i.e. any given BS is likely no more different to Cheat than any other local variation upon Cheat is. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.78\|172.70.91.78]] 17:12, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
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		+	Can someone explain to me what food.net is really about? Like, who owns this stuff and why do they keep a static webpage with a couple of broken pdf links about CNET and a snippet about a coding experiment? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.105.152\|172.70.105.152]] 17:20, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

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	:: It's not the programming, it's the logistics of recruiting drivers and having them ready and scheduled, and having contracts with financial institutions approved which involves a due diligence process which absolutely takes over a week. You're also going to need a lawyer draft up contracts, terms, and policies. You'd be lucky to get a lawyer consultation appointment in a week. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.158.216\|172.71.158.216]] 03:11, 28 December 2022 (UTC)		:: It's not the programming, it's the logistics of recruiting drivers and having them ready and scheduled, and having contracts with financial institutions approved which involves a due diligence process which absolutely takes over a week. You're also going to need a lawyer draft up contracts, terms, and policies. You'd be lucky to get a lawyer consultation appointment in a week. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.158.216\|172.71.158.216]] 03:11, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

−	Going from the description, cheat sounds remarkably like the game BS. Are they two names for the same thing? Or is there some fundamental difference? ~NotFromAiPhoneGuys	+	Going from the description, cheat sounds remarkably like the game BS. Are they two names for the same thing? Or is there some fundamental difference? ~NotFromAiPhoneGuys {{unsigned ip\|172.69.68.15\|15:41, 29 December 2022}}
		+	:The wikilink to Cheat clearly says yes, if you follow it, and a few other game-names as well. Or at least to within the same general cloud of games. i.e. any given BS is likely no more different to Cheat than any other local variation upon Cheat is. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.78\|172.70.91.78]] 17:12, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

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	:It reads quite serious to me given the historical content re hacker culture, but editors clearly disagree. Being a reseller or using a tool like chatgpt makes this much easier. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.236\|172.70.110.236]] 01:01, 28 December 2022 (UTC) edit: it's a joke in that only somebody who spent all their time building software would spend a week making an app for one game night. although, if you have an upcoming release ... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.237\|172.70.110.237]] 01:05, 28 December 2022 (UTC)		:It reads quite serious to me given the historical content re hacker culture, but editors clearly disagree. Being a reseller or using a tool like chatgpt makes this much easier. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.236\|172.70.110.236]] 01:01, 28 December 2022 (UTC) edit: it's a joke in that only somebody who spent all their time building software would spend a week making an app for one game night. although, if you have an upcoming release ... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.237\|172.70.110.237]] 01:05, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
	:: It's not the programming, it's the logistics of recruiting drivers and having them ready and scheduled, and having contracts with financial institutions approved which involves a due diligence process which absolutely takes over a week. You're also going to need a lawyer draft up contracts, terms, and policies. You'd be lucky to get a lawyer consultation appointment in a week. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.158.216\|172.71.158.216]] 03:11, 28 December 2022 (UTC)		:: It's not the programming, it's the logistics of recruiting drivers and having them ready and scheduled, and having contracts with financial institutions approved which involves a due diligence process which absolutely takes over a week. You're also going to need a lawyer draft up contracts, terms, and policies. You'd be lucky to get a lawyer consultation appointment in a week. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.158.216\|172.71.158.216]] 03:11, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
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		+	Going from the description, cheat sounds remarkably like the game BS. Are they two names for the same thing? Or is there some fundamental difference? ~NotFromAiPhoneGuys

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	:OTOH, there are eCommerce-focused Content Management Systems out there that you can pay to host something that (with further effort, including effort to advertise to consumers ''and'' recruit supply-end businesses to service the orders) might then be considered valid, and might eventually even make an honest profit from. At least before taxes/business rates, financial services/payment handling fees, etc. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.64\|172.71.178.64]] 15:27, 27 December 2022 (UTC)		:OTOH, there are eCommerce-focused Content Management Systems out there that you can pay to host something that (with further effort, including effort to advertise to consumers ''and'' recruit supply-end businesses to service the orders) might then be considered valid, and might eventually even make an honest profit from. At least before taxes/business rates, financial services/payment handling fees, etc. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.64\|172.71.178.64]] 15:27, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
	:It reads quite serious to me given the historical content re hacker culture, but editors clearly disagree. Being a reseller or using a tool like chatgpt makes this much easier. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.236\|172.70.110.236]] 01:01, 28 December 2022 (UTC) edit: it's a joke in that only somebody who spent all their time building software would spend a week making an app for one game night. although, if you have an upcoming release ... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.237\|172.70.110.237]] 01:05, 28 December 2022 (UTC)		:It reads quite serious to me given the historical content re hacker culture, but editors clearly disagree. Being a reseller or using a tool like chatgpt makes this much easier. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.236\|172.70.110.236]] 01:01, 28 December 2022 (UTC) edit: it's a joke in that only somebody who spent all their time building software would spend a week making an app for one game night. although, if you have an upcoming release ... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.237\|172.70.110.237]] 01:05, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
		+	:: It's not the programming, it's the logistics of recruiting drivers and having them ready and scheduled, and having contracts with financial institutions approved which involves a due diligence process which absolutely takes over a week. You're also going to need a lawyer draft up contracts, terms, and policies. You'd be lucky to get a lawyer consultation appointment in a week. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.158.216\|172.71.158.216]] 03:11, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

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 :No, you could make a fake, standalone site that might even suffice to phish payment details from the sufficiently gullable.
 :OTOH, there are eCommerce-focused Content Management Systems out there that you can pay to host something that (with further effort, including effort to advertise to consumers ''and'' recruit supply-end businesses to service the orders) might then be considered valid, and might eventually even make an honest profit from. At least before taxes/business rates, financial services/payment handling fees, etc. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.64|172.71.178.64]] 15:27, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
-:It reads quite serious to me given the historical content re hacker culture, but editors clearly disagree. Being a reseller or using a tool like chatgpt makes this much easier. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.236|172.70.110.236]] 01:01, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
+:It reads quite serious to me given the historical content re hacker culture, but editors clearly disagree. Being a reseller or using a tool like chatgpt makes this much easier. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.236|172.70.110.236]] 01:01, 28 December 2022 (UTC) edit: it's a joke in that only somebody who spent all their time building software would spend a week making an app for one game night. although, if you have an upcoming release ... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.237|172.70.110.237]] 01:05, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

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	:No, you could make a fake, standalone site that might even suffice to phish payment details from the sufficiently gullable.		:No, you could make a fake, standalone site that might even suffice to phish payment details from the sufficiently gullable.
	:OTOH, there are eCommerce-focused Content Management Systems out there that you can pay to host something that (with further effort, including effort to advertise to consumers ''and'' recruit supply-end businesses to service the orders) might then be considered valid, and might eventually even make an honest profit from. At least before taxes/business rates, financial services/payment handling fees, etc. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.64\|172.71.178.64]] 15:27, 27 December 2022 (UTC)		:OTOH, there are eCommerce-focused Content Management Systems out there that you can pay to host something that (with further effort, including effort to advertise to consumers ''and'' recruit supply-end businesses to service the orders) might then be considered valid, and might eventually even make an honest profit from. At least before taxes/business rates, financial services/payment handling fees, etc. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.64\|172.71.178.64]] 15:27, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
		+	:It reads quite serious to me given the historical content re hacker culture, but editors clearly disagree. Being a reseller or using a tool like chatgpt makes this much easier. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.236\|172.70.110.236]] 01:01, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

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	The strategy mentioned in the alttext might not be faecetious- consider the alternate categories of apps and services that might exist, such as randomisers, colour pickers, specialty search engines, wikis, en and decoders, photo editors, etc. I could pull off somehting like a list of encoding bits in python in a couple hours off of seventh grade computer science. ~Tanz		The strategy mentioned in the alttext might not be faecetious- consider the alternate categories of apps and services that might exist, such as randomisers, colour pickers, specialty search engines, wikis, en and decoders, photo editors, etc. I could pull off somehting like a list of encoding bits in python in a couple hours off of seventh grade computer science. ~Tanz
		+	:No, you could make a fake, standalone site that might even suffice to phish payment details from the sufficiently gullable.
		+	:OTOH, there are eCommerce-focused Content Management Systems out there that you can pay to host something that (with further effort, including effort to advertise to consumers ''and'' recruit supply-end businesses to service the orders) might then be considered valid, and might eventually even make an honest profit from. At least before taxes/business rates, financial services/payment handling fees, etc. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.64\|172.71.178.64]] 15:27, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

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 ::: I would probably also kick in $25 if the system was well-designed, even if it was vulnerable to paraphrasing or refactoring, as long as someone could call out such flaws as they happened. Never let the perfect be the enemy of the good. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.173|162.158.166.173]] 02:39, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 :::: The operationalism issue is how to set up actual payment flows while still allowing criticisms of them. The cost to reverse a payment is too high compared to the relative number of payments you might want to reverse. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.158.90|172.71.158.90]] 05:33, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 Is this about cryptocurrency scams? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.211.135|172.70.211.135]] 02:50, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

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 :::As a bonus, so long as I remember what I dumped in the first bit of this tactic, I can conceivably have still had ''those'' cards if gameplay forces me to submit something in thir separate range. Meaning that now it's fairly safe to pretend to dump them (but actually dump any further different card-values as I decide), without increased suspicion. Especially when all this is slotted into a more general "honesty is the best policy" gameplay, save for some of the above traps or ''strictly necessary'' bluff, meaning it's high risk to challenge me. Even upon my having just declared the latest in a running total of ''seven'' deuces, or whatever it turns out I've apparently racked up since the last forced pickup (which I treat as opportunity, should I suffer it).
 :::Though none of this relates easily to the comic's game, of course, which is more a combination of knowledge, prepartee and hutzpah... [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.74|172.71.242.74]] 08:31, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 We should make a payment service for providing crowdfunded rewards to the best contributors to explanations. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.16|172.69.134.16]] 01:16, 27 December 2022 (UTC)