Twitch Installs Arch Linux
Games
cooperative text-based horror game
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
12 positive, 53 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 21 critical, out of 87 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 2 for, 10 againstIdea: 9 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 6 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun, brilliant idea people look forward to watching
From 4 comments
This is definitely going to be good fun. Next in series: - Twitch manages a portfolio - Twitch defuses a bomb - Twitch controls air traffic - Twitch performs a heart surgery
znt on HNThis is brilliant - I imagine they'll have to hope the incessant "rm -rf *" commands don't get spammed, if they are running under root. Looking forward to it.
kjs2 on HNThis is going to be amazing
nchudleigh on HNI can't wait to see this, it should be good fun :D
Yantrio on HN
Objections
Vote-based control could be broken by spam, fork bombs or system_reset abuse
From 3 comments
Hmm, `system_reset` is an available command. Is that a good idea if people just spam it randomly? Because they will... Perhaps detecting when the machine is powered off and…
lucb1e on HNI forsee someone fork bombing this...
warmwaffles on HNHow will the system_reset command be handled? Will it be a vote system? I feel like there will always be one guy constantly spamming it.
chipperyman573 on HN
Security concerns about illegal use or breaking out of the VM
From 3 comments
How will you react on people doing illegal stuff such as trying to setup up a spam server or downloading illegal things?
Svenstaro on HNWhat happens if somebody runs a VM sandbox break exploit (however unlikely that is)? Do you wipe the hardware completely?
Natanael_L on HNHow long until someone gets wget installed, wgets a binary from some random Russian site, and owns the VM?
awalton on HN
Requests
Save states
From 2 comments
Not a question, but some suggestions: - Make sure you're streaming in low-delay mode. I've seen some people stream with 8 second delay, but I don't know how they do it. - Count…
ingenter on HNYup! Low delay is awesome. We are getting about a 10 second delay. Save states aren't in quite yet, but that's our next goal.
jbott on HN
Filter Ctrl-Alt-Delete and similar key combinations
From 1 comment
Make sure to filter out Ctrl-Alt-Delete and Ctrl-Alt-SysRq. Probably others as well.
sspiff on HN
Questions
How will the system_reset command be handled?
From 2 comments
How will the system_reset command be handled? Will it be a vote system? I feel like there will always be one guy constantly spamming it.
chipperyman573 on HNHmm, `system_reset` is an available command. Is that a good idea if people just spam it randomly? Because they will... Perhaps detecting when the machine is powered off and…
lucb1e on HN
What happens if the machine is completely broken?
From 1 comment
What happens when they completely break it? Do you have code to detect that or will someone be on hand to reimage the thing? Will that be a special majority vote scenario? BTW…
JonnieCache on HN
Alternatives named
Twitch Plays Pokemon
From 2 comments
Answering the question in the introduction: No, I do not remember how chaotic Twitch Plays Pokemon was. I do not even know what you are talking about. And since you do not even…
yiyus on HN"Finally" figured it out? Did Google not give you this result? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch_Plays_Pok%C3%A9mon
robwilliams on HN