Perhaps, don’t send them data they don’t need. But you’re right it can never be perfect with server-side, I just don’t see that casual gaming requires such extreme measures that invalidate a basic security principle: never trust the client to execute the exact code you sent.

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This seems an appropriate moment for the Anakin/Padme meme.

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Yay, more ineffective surveillance instead of server-side validation, woo!

I look forward to watching friends of mine demonstrate the irrelevance and overstep of whatever they deploy.

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Too obviously an attempt to do so? >:D

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chuckles nervously I am definitely guilty of this.

I wonder if there is a reliable way to scrape domains and find other instances of this, other than the famous ones we know already.

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Thanks, I would not have picked up on that. Is there a reason why the Python ecosystem centered on this definition for “vectorised”?

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Odin and Hare are too trendy

I have never heard these names in my life :D

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So, your stance is, “people should simply give up and shut up, and anyone who doesn’t is just being performative”. Got it.

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What would you suggest we do instead, then, when we see our colleagues, employers, and governments turn to solutions we find unacceptable? Articulating a concern is one of the only ways to effect change when the problem is convincing others that something is genuinely wrong. Giving people the language to reject this paradigm is useful. I’m not framing your words as persecution. I’m pointing out that it is thought-terminating dismissal without actual consideration: maybe there is a reason why so many people are voicing opinions against the use of these tools. Or maybe they’re all just profiteering, like you suggest, so you can safely ignore the problems that you want to avoid considering.

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“All my enemies are paid actors” nonsense. People write because it’s an outlet to shout against the ever-growing tide of ethical and pedagogical apathy. I’m sure there are some who write to capitalise off of it, but I guarantee a majority are writing to feel heard over the incessant refrains of “it’s just a tool” and “embrace wholly or be left behind”.

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