Lumifer comments on Crazy Ideas Thread, Aug. 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 12 August 2015 04:05:34PM *  2 points [-]

package of common tasks you can use, such as DDoS

LOL

But generally speaking it would be interesting to see what the kids of BitTorrent ("you can play only if you share") and Tor ("nah, thank you, we'll set up our own network") might look like.

Comment author: Sherincall 12 August 2015 06:49:49PM *  1 point [-]

package of common tasks you can use, such as DDoS

LOL

This is the Crazy Ideas thread, I left ethics and legality at the door.

I envision grieving gamers to be good customers. "You're beating me at this game where reaction time is really important? I'll spend some money to DDoS you so I can win!"

Comment author: Lumifer 12 August 2015 07:04:11PM 2 points [-]

I'll spend some money to DDoS you so I can win!

Unless you're hosting the game you typically don't know your opponents' IPs and if you are hosting the game you don't need to DDoS :-)