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Re:Ask HN: What weird or hard problems are you trying to solve? by dave_sid on Monday July 06, 2020 @05:30AM (#23746107)
Yes but on that case the earlier suggestion of just asking them for a stock market prediction would be good enough without implementing the password system.
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Re:Ask HN: What weird or hard problems are you trying to solve? by sameerds on Monday July 06, 2020 @11:00AM (#23748628)
But then you have to wait for the stock market prediction to come true. Instead, since you already know your temporal password for the year, the proof would be immediately available.
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Re:Ask HN: What weird or hard problems are you trying to solve? by dredmorbius on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:22PM (#23749460)
Tomorrow's close should be good enough. Preferably for a mix of stocks or indices.
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Re:Ask HN: What weird or hard problems are you trying to solve? by dave_sid on Monday July 06, 2020 @12:46PM (#23749724)
Yes tomorrow is okay
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