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313 sats \ 102 comments \ @ek 30 May meta

Last Comment Wins just ended and I have a new idea. Rules are simple again:

Be the last comment that gets a timestamp with .000Z and you win 10k sats + any zaps on this post!

So this means your reply needs to be inserted into the database at exactly the start of a second.

On desktop, you can check your timestamp after you replied by hovering over the relative time with your cursor like this:

The timestamp is not viewable on mobile yet unfortunately.

I consider this to be harder so I raised the bounty to 10k. I actually think no one will be able to achieve this within 3 days and after that, surely everyone will have given up ...

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6 replies \ @ek OP 30 May

@MiddleWay correctly pointed out that I mentioned last comment but I wanted to write first comment. So the rules are actually:

Be the ~~last~~ first comment that gets a timestamp with .000Z and you win 10k sats + any zaps on this post!

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 31 May

Thanks for the clarification.

What if one of your replies is the first, though?

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek OP 31 May

Then I'll ignore it

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 31 May

Lame.

You should have put in some fine print that we all have to zap you 10k if you're first.

Btw, do you know how to do this, or is it just going to be random?

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek OP 31 May

Btw, do you know how to do this, or is it just going to be random?

One could collect measurements of the time you hit reply vs the timestamp that shows up to find out how early you need to be but there is jitter, clock skew and drift so I think it would still be mostly random.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 31 May

That’s what I figured from MiddleWay’s comment.

Still, someone should be able to greatly improve their odds compared to my 1/1,000 if they put some thought into it.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 31 May

Being off by 1ms is going to hurt

Fortunately it's just 10k sats... for now...

110 sats \ 2 replies \ @MiddleWay 30 May

This is futile. I made a macro in AHK to click a mouse button at a given ms, but the delay to the database still seems random. Besides, the rules are clear that there will be no winner, because last .000Z has no time limit.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 30 May

Oh, sorry, I wanted to say first comment that gets a timestamp with .000Z hence the title. Will create a pinned comment to mention this

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr 31 May

I still haven't figured out how to use the timestamp function

25 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 30 May

Thanks for injecting fun into the mundanity of the sub!

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 30 May

gab eth ni siht tog I

54 sats \ 3 replies \ @random_ 30 May

siht*

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 30 May

sknaht

54 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 30 May

Are you guys even trying or are you just randomly hitting reply? lol

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 30 May

ylper

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 30 May

That's fun

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 31 May

Is that sarcasm?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 31 May

No, I made that comment really early, when this seemed like it might be fun.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 2 Jun

Fourth try!

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @pk 30 May

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @prazskygolem 17 Jun

no way!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 16 Jun

lol

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 15 Jun

I understand it’s still running. Let’s see this time

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @prazskygolem 14 Jun

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 14 Jun freebie

Yes, closest is still 8ms: #556470

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alashazam 10 Jun

shazam!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 8 Jun

Still trying!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 5 Jun

Let´s go for another try!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alashazam 5 Jun

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @blogclif 5 Jun

884Z

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @blogclif 3 Jun

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @wilto 2 Jun

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @wilto 2 Jun

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alashazam 2 Jun

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @prazskygolem 1 Jun

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 1 Jun

Third try!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @blogclif 31 May

it is like a bingo, do say 'bingo'?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @npub1q67p49masrcjf__d7qaq6mwh0q 31 May

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MiddleWay 31 May

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MiddleWay 31 May

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MiddleWay 31 May

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 31 May

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 31 May

This is my second try ! Will see!!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @blogclif 31 May

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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @npub1q67p49masrcjf__d7qaq6mwh0q 31 May

no bad! you were near with 47ms

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr 31 May

You know, I just had a random thought. I love SN, what about you guys?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr 31 May

Anyone want to read my post about cows?

The Economy Explained With Cows #557285

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Hamstr 31 May

is this paid out yet?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 31 May

No, it would say paid like here then

0 sats \ 7 replies \ @freebookspls 31 May

ONE HUNDRED Z

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @freebookspls 31 May

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @npub1q67p49masrcjf__d7qaq6mwh0q 31 May

do we have the winner then! Or can anyone else do better?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek OP 31 May

Only 0ms counts

Also, 8ms was and still is the best so far

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @npub1q67p49masrcjf__d7qaq6mwh0q 31 May

so will the nearest to 000Z win then?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 31 May

there is no time limit on this bounty

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 31 May

37ms!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 31 May

T_T

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @freebookspls 30 May

fun

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 30 May

Not bad attempts, both were within 100ms

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 31 May

I didn't meme it enough :(

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 30 May

benis

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 30 May

I noted the time to enter in the previous bounty. I even put a reminder with alarm set in my mobile. But, I forgot and that's what I was thinking about 'how interesting was that post' for someone who is a lazy lad.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @memeverse 30 May

Gosh yesterday I forgot.. let's see today.. 😅

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MiddleWay 30 May

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MiddleWay 30 May

why not set the bounty at 10,000 BTC because it has no time limit, so you don't ever expect to pay it?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @erict875 30 May

What's the probability for a hit? 1/60? How does it compare with... let's say, dying of covid?

If I edit and save a second time, do I get another chance of winning?

Edit: Oh I now realise this takes ms into account, making it even more unlikely... 1/60000?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MiddleWay 30 May

1/1000

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MiddleWay 30 May

What's your life expectancy? Because the last .000Z comment may arrive very very far in the future....

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alashazam 30 May

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taft 30 May

That's impossible!

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Carresan 30 May

Ha ha that’s funny!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 30 May

I think this is the closest so far!

.992

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Carresan 30 May

Almost!!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @benthecarman 30 May

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @OneOneSeven 30 May

First attempt

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 1 Jun

Second attempt

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 27 Jun

Third

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alashazam 30 May

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @prazskygolem 30 May

just arrived from the saloon to see this

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr 30 May

first comment? How to play?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @coolstacker 30 May

did I win?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 30 May

lol, I honestly got scared for a second that the second comment already proved me wrong because I saw +00:00 at the end. But no, you didn't win. Your reply is off by 311 milliseconds.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr 30 May

how to see the timestamp?

0 sats \ 16 replies \ @Satosora 30 May

what? This is going to be impossible... Unless someone writes a program for it..

10 sats \ 15 replies \ @ek OP 30 May

I imagine even with a program it's going to be hard due to network latency etc.

But I'm going to write a script to verify timestamps!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ 30 May

Off the bat, you have a 1/1000 chance of winning unassisted.

With a program you could have it post 30ish times, and get the difference between the submission time and server time to find out network latency. Get the 95% confidence interval of all those trial latencies and start posting that much time before the beginning of the next second. Should take about 20 tries after that depending on the variance.

0 sats \ 13 replies \ @Satosora 30 May

hhhmm...interesting. I guess we have to wait and see if someone wins.

10 sats \ 12 replies \ @ek OP 30 May

Want to bet?

10 sats \ 11 replies \ @Satosora 30 May

What kind of bet are we talking about?

1000 sats \ 10 replies \ @ek OP 30 May

I think no one will win within 3 days. We can bet 1k sats and you say if you think it's going to be before or after that. I'm going to take the opposite side.

100 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 30 May

There is 1k. I think someone will get it within 3 days. COME ONE SLACKERS, DONT LET ME DOWN!

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek OP 30 May

lol, you didn't had to proof you own 1k sats by giving them to me already

But I'll simply give you 2k sats if you win now

The bet is on!

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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @MarsIronPI 30 May

Is there an API that can be used to post comments from a script? I think I might be able to swing it.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek OP 30 May

There is stacker.news/api/graphql which shows you the schema of our GraphQL API but that's all documentation we provide. You have to add your cookie to the request headers to get authenticated API access.

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