Wouldn't that be cybersquatting? Couldn't Walmart and Intel get those domains back via legal action?

Thanks for pointing it out! Again, very clever. If you figure out any other way to game the system, I'll provide you a small bug bounty 🏆 😁

Agreed! Only published comments will count.

Haha yes, it did! It cracked me up as well.

Wow, how clever! What should I do?

Should I reward clever rule-bending? Or does this change the nature of the experiment?

I need to think about this... But I like how you think, @Scroogey!

Edit: Lol @ Gemini's analysis:

The Game Becomes a Cesspool of Confusion and Resentment If this strategy becomes common, the social experiment will degrade into a frustrating experience for all involved:

For regular players: The game becomes impossible to win. They follow the rules as written, but a hidden, retroactive winner appears out of nowhere, making them feel foolish and cheated.

For players using the strategy: The game becomes an anxiety-ridden high-stakes race where you are blind to your competitors' moves. You're constantly checking your profile, paranoid that another hidden player is about to pull the rug out from under you.

For you, the host: The game's integrity is shattered. You are left to arbitrate disputes and explain a bizarre, meta-level of play that most participants don't even know exists. Your experiment, which was supposed to be simple and transparent, becomes opaque and confusing.

Wow! Perhaps @Scroogey will lose internet or power when the script is supposed to run lol. Otherwise, this is going to be a long game.

Well of course earth.com is going to get us worked up about a black hole pointed at Earth. Earth has the best lobbyists

I agree with this take. They will keep selling dollars and debt until the world stops buying it.

No notes, just checking in everyday to see what people have to say lol

Thanks! It's been a blast!

Wow, so cool! I might give this a shot. You're extremely talented btw!

This is awesome! As a musician myself, I'm left wondering, how do you even begin something like this? Do you work with sheet music or are you in front of a keyboard figuring out the chords?

They mainly generate revenue from state-sponsored backdoors

This is a fascinating case. I'm sorry that this happened to you.

Everyone is quick to blame the user, but you wonder how many commercial hardware wallets are compromised in one way or another. There are many reports of stolen funds for no apparent reason.

Oh, this is one of my favorites! Good ol' linear regression.

I never said it was going to be easy.

But I believe in you all

I had good prior feelings about you, but I'm liking you even more after this equation

Ah! That's why they leave in the plus/minus part. To make the song work

(In all seriousness, you made me Google it - I couldn't see how you could possibly match the quadratic formula to that tune)

The plus/minus part cancels, since addition and subtraction are opposites. So x is actually equal to -b/2a

Nonsense. I can come up with several of values of a, b, and c that don't satisfy that equation

annoyed. just imagine people with the ability to predict your mood!