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Re:Show HN: 18 Words by latexr on Thursday July 09, 2026 @09:51AM (#48845838)
> it would be to give me infinite time even if that meant my score came with an asterisk.

Or maybe don’t even keep score. That’s one of the features which makes be skip these daily games. Not every game needs to be a competition!

Re:Show HN: 18 Words by flkiwi on Thursday July 09, 2026 @10:30AM (#48846497)
This reminds me of how my wife absolutely thrives on gamification and the social competition of things like Peloton, while they destroy 100% of my interest in the thing. We’re both intensely competitive people but in completely different ways.