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6 replies \ @ek OP 30 May \ on: First Comment Wins (Almost) meta
@MiddleWay correctly pointed out that I mentioned last comment but I wanted to write first comment. So the rules are actually:
Thanks for the clarification.
What if one of your replies is the first, though?
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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?
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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.
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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.