Re:Hacking Burning Man tickets with APIs and text messages
by nealchandra on Monday September 15, 2014 @04:14PM
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I wonder how much of the human side of this process could be automated. Would be cool to see something like this where it automatically sends message to potential sellers, etc -- and you're only notified when there's actually a possible purchase to be made.
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Re:Hacking Burning Man tickets with APIs and text messages
by shrig94 on Monday September 15, 2014 @04:21PM
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There is a question of at what point is this against the spirit of Burning Man, as the author mentions. Not really sure where to draw that line myself--maybe it's at the point of communicating with other burners?
Re:Hacking Burning Man tickets with APIs and text messages
by bradleysmith on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @03:30PM
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how do you figure? I would ask the author the same question.
To me, building a robot to get yourself a Burning Man ticket is the definition of radical self-reliance.
I get the non-commoditification, gifting economy as a goal, but the demand for tickets outstripped the supply long ago. If you want to go, you have cleverness alone to get to the front of the pack. I'd feel building a robot to get the jump would be worlds better than allowing a scalper to profit from the purchase.