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Re:The New York Times has requested that I shut the archive ... by Xylakant on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:27AM (#31027497)
Don’t you think that a bot could not brute force everyday’s wordle every morning for a tiny amount of processing power? There are solving strategies out there that will solve it with a minimum amount of attempts. So all it would do is add a tiny delay to todays bot being a nuisance.
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Re:The New York Times has requested that I shut the archive ... by S1ngleM4lt on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:34PM (#31029317)
That’s still slightly different though. If the bots were just for today’s word, and I were the type of person who likes posting my streaks, I could realistically avoid checking twitter until I’ve solved today’s puzzle. If instead the bots are posting future solutions, it’s much harder to avoid having something spoiled.
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