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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
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Comment on Pacific Highway trip from San Francisco to San Diego on a motorcycle in ~travel
alxjsn LinkIf you like Taco Bell, the nicest one you’ll ever see is on the beach in Pacifica. I highly recommend spending some time in San Luis Obispo. I love Whalebird Kombucha from there and the...If you like Taco Bell, the nicest one you’ll ever see is on the beach in Pacifica.
I highly recommend spending some time in San Luis Obispo. I love Whalebird Kombucha from there and the Architectural Graveyard is really cool to walk around.
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Comment on What are some corporate websites that you consider extremely reputable sources of information? in ~tech
alxjsn LinkBack in school I was taught to avoid URLs with a ~ in it. I later learned that URLs with a ~ were not "reputable" because they were often a user's home directory where they may have published...Back in school I was taught to avoid URLs with a
~in it. I later learned that URLs with a~were not "reputable" because they were often a user's home directory where they may have published content that was not officially affiliated with the main organization. Pretty silly. -
Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentCorrect! Everyone has the same word and shrimp wasn’t ever used to date.Correct! Everyone has the same word and shrimp wasn’t ever used to date.
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentThank you so much for all the feedback! We just pushed some changes: Fixed the word of the day being incorrect in some cases, like yours (let me know if you still have issues) Added some...Thank you so much for all the feedback!
We just pushed some changes:
- Fixed the word of the day being incorrect in some cases, like yours (let me know if you still have issues)
- Added some additional notes in the "How to Play" section.
- Improved answer consistency for vague questions (though, as you mentioned there's only so much we can do here)
I'm glad you guys are enjoying the game! We're constantly trying to improve the game and comments like this really help us.
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentYeah, size comparisons work much better than just "small" or "big". We left some notes in the how to play section about this.Yeah, size comparisons work much better than just "small" or "big". We left some notes in the how to play section about this.
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentWe handle this better on the back-end now, but we also added a page that gives some tips around asking questions.We handle this better on the back-end now, but we also added a page that gives some tips around asking questions.
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentWe ended up adding a "How to play" section with some tips around asking questions that will hopefully help people.We ended up adding a "How to play" section with some tips around asking questions that will hopefully help people.
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentWe just added a "How to play" button that mentions this as one of the things not to do. :)We just added a "How to play" button that mentions this as one of the things not to do. :)
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentHaha you'll know when you win. You're on the right path though. ;)Haha you'll know when you win. You're on the right path though. ;)
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn LinkWe were confused why some people were posting #18 challenges a day early and realized that some of you were living in the future! The daily word changes every day at 00:00 UTC, but there was a...We were confused why some people were posting #18 challenges a day early and realized that some of you were living in the future! The daily word changes every day at 00:00 UTC, but there was a client side bug that displayed the wrong number for some users. This is now fixed and everyone should be on #18 today.
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentHeh, we picked up some tricks when we made another game called Doublespeak that gamified jailbreaking LLMs. We learned a lot on the way and wrote down a lot of our findings in the handbook there.As an aside I was not able to jailbreak the LLM or override the character limit in the pages javascript in the cursory attempts I made so good job on that.
Heh, we picked up some tricks when we made another game called Doublespeak that gamified jailbreaking LLMs. We learned a lot on the way and wrote down a lot of our findings in the handbook there.
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentWe originally built another game called Doublespeak that gamified jailbreaking LLMs. We learned a lot on the way and wrote down a lot of our findings in the handbook there. OpenAI LLMs are the big...We originally built another game called Doublespeak that gamified jailbreaking LLMs. We learned a lot on the way and wrote down a lot of our findings in the handbook there. OpenAI LLMs are the big dependency we're using for Quizzle. The backend is written in Go and does input normalization to help with response quality and caching, before getting sent to the LLM. We also do what we call Templated Output to handle responses from the LLM.
Can't wait to see what you launch!
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn LinkThank you so much to everyone that's been playing and leaving comments in here. It's been super useful in helping make the game better! Here are some changes that are live: Added "View Your...Thank you so much to everyone that's been playing and leaving comments in here. It's been super useful in helping make the game better! Here are some changes that are live:
- Added "View Your Questions" button after winning or exceeding 20 questions
- Added alt tags to emoji answers (on hover) to improve accessibility
- Reduced "Quizzle" logo size on smaller screens
- Questions about the word itself (letters, counting, etc) will return "not sure" responses to lead people away from that path. It's not accurate and also not in the spirit of the game.
Keep the feedback coming! :)
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentWe were working on a change after hearing it from others as well. If you refresh you should be able to go back to your questions now.We were working on a change after hearing it from others as well. If you refresh you should be able to go back to your questions now.
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentWe were working on a change after hearing it from others as well. If you refresh you should be able to go back to your questions now.We were working on a change after hearing it from others as well. If you refresh you should be able to go back to your questions now.
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Comment on Need gift ideas for a seven year old girl in ~life
alxjsn LinkI got a Yoto Mini for myself...even though it's for kids. Edit: Ah, I misread. This is more than $20.I got a Yoto Mini for myself...even though it's for kids.
Edit: Ah, I misread. This is more than $20.
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentDid you happen to lose internet connectivity at that point? Going to investigate the issue, but for now you should be able to just refresh the page and continue the game.Did you happen to lose internet connectivity at that point? Going to investigate the issue, but for now you should be able to just refresh the page and continue the game.
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Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games
alxjsn Link ParentI appreciate the feedback! I just responded to another comment about this issue so I'll re-post: I think we do need to think about the behavior some more though so that people don't end up getting...I appreciate the feedback! I just responded to another comment about this issue so I'll re-post:
We haven't tuned it to work well with asking about letters, length, or other linguistic characteristics of the word itself. Questions like "does it start with A?" are usually considered "cheating" when it comes to twenty questions. While we don't outright block those questions, we've made no effort to ensure the accuracy of those answers.
I think we do need to think about the behavior some more though so that people don't end up getting frustrated over going down the wrong path.
Started working on what I’m calling an SMS portal to the internet. Basically just want to have access to internet tools like directions, yelp, chatgpt, web search, etc from a dumbphone. I plan on making it a public service eventually.