Squishlord ZachariahAug 30, 2024
nolen

At the height of One Million Checkboxes's popularity I thought I'd been hacked. A few hours later I was tearing up, extraordinarily proud of some brilliant teens.

Here's my favorite story from running OMCB :)

https://eieio.games/essays/the-secret-in-one-million-checkboxes/

The secret inside One Million Checkboxes

Teens wrote secret binary messages in One Million Checkboxes. I found them.

eieio.games
Aug 29, 2024 at 9:39pmWeb
Show threadVissAug 30, 2024

@eieio this is straight up the most hacker shit ive seen in a very very long time

what a treat that post was to read! using like, one one thousandth of that energy, several years ago i wrote an ascii art of threatbutt to @da_667's apache logs for giggles, but this is just glorious

Show threadJohn AllsoppAug 30, 2024
@eieio this is one of the best things I've seen on the internet in years!
Show threadɹ uɐp Aug 30, 2024

@eieio this is amazing

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Show threadEmmie (me)Aug 30, 2024
@eieio I... love how this is supposedly a group of weird gay young adults who incidentally also play NOITA (of course they do)

I can see them change the world
Show threadskrykingAug 30, 2024
@eieio my son played with that site.. he just kept trying to brute force it with his index finger.
Show threadthe buff who fell to earthAug 30, 2024
@eieio 
Show threadsnallapaAug 30, 2024
@eieio loved this
Show threadjoy larkin 🌺✨Aug 30, 2024
@eieio Aww dang, this was a great read. The young people are alright.
Show threadRobert Jan SchuttenAug 30, 2024
@eieio @marcoarment Wow! That was an unexpected ride. Kudos to all the “hackers”
Involved in this!
Show threadJeff ScottAug 30, 2024
@eieio wow!
Show threadjonny (good kind)Aug 30, 2024
@eieio THIS IS SO GOOD
Show threadChrisDourisAug 30, 2024

@eieio

Such a cool story. Great project! It is unfortunate that I didn't hear about earlier.

Show threadEyeshineAug 30, 2024
@eieio this post gave me the warm fuzzies. Thank you.
Show threadAbishek MuthianAug 30, 2024
@eieio The future of Internet is in good hands.
Show threadPthornAug 30, 2024
@eieio A very interesting read, thank you!
Show threadJudithAug 30, 2024
@eieio That was a great read, thank you, even though I hardly understood any of the techy stuff. 😄
Show threadL'égrégore André ꕭꕬAug 30, 2024
@eieio I feel I'm not skilled enough to really appreciate what the kids did, but I'm thoroughly impressed - great post about an unexpectedly moving event!
Show threadRenn KaneAug 30, 2024
@eieio fantastic story!
Show threadDennyAug 30, 2024
@eieio thank you for sharing this... It's so cool. Now I wish I knew about omcb when it was up. 🙂
Show threadTom CzarnieckiAug 30, 2024
@eieio That is wonderful. Thank you for sharing!
Show threadMotéAug 30, 2024
@eieio very nice story!
Show threadDruid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Aug 30, 2024
@eieio This is amazing! ❤️
Show threadAllanAug 30, 2024
@eieio this is actually amazing.
Show threadPanoptykonAug 30, 2024

Człowiek robi program i wrzuca go do netu. Rzucają się na to dzieciaki i programują coś odlotowego.

Co robi autor oryginału?

a) cieszy się
b) straszy je pozwem
?

Twórca #OMCB cieszy się tak bardzo, że aż przechodzą ciarki (sami przeczytajcie: https://eieio.games/essays/the-secret-in-one-million-checkboxes/).

Co robi różnicę? Indywidualny temperament? Jak nie wiadomo, o co chodzi, to pewnie chodzi o pieniądze...

Ten wpis dedykujemy twórcom alternatywnych aplikacji do e-dzienników. Obyście na swojej drodze spotykali więcej
@eieio

The secret inside One Million Checkboxes

Teens wrote secret binary messages in One Million Checkboxes. I found them.

eieio.games
Show threadOliwier JaszczyszynAug 30, 2024

@panoptykon: niestety ten wpis pojawił się o 2 miesiące za późno, Wulkanowy poszedł wtedy do piachu. To była świetna aplikacja – między innymi dlatego, że była na F-Droidzie. No i po prostu umiała przekazać informacje w czytelny sposób.

@eieio

Show threadPanoptykonAug 30, 2024
@slavistapl @eieio zajrzyj na stronę szkolny.eu
Show threadMx Autumn Aug 30, 2024

@eieio I remember tinkering about with that for a little bit, reminded me of an old MIT student project from the early 00s where people could draw little 8x8 1bit graphics with what was basically checkboxes.

This was a lovely write up to read!

Show threadJonasAug 30, 2024
@eieio
Is this game open source like is it possible to self host it?
Show threadcyploAug 30, 2024
@eieio so wholesome :)
Show threadenoch_exe_incAug 30, 2024
@eieio #Awesome!
Show threadCuriosityCatAug 30, 2024

@eieio

Love this SO much! 😊

Show threadpaleblueAug 30, 2024
@eieio It makes me so happy that humans can so quickly see patterns, opportunities, and applications. Why? Because of play!
Show threadHans GerwitzAug 30, 2024
@eieio we need to see your "I crashed the mail server" t-shirt
Show threadAozora ToriAug 30, 2024
@eieio dang that's brilliant!
Show threadFelixAug 30, 2024
@eieio That reminds me of Pixelflut, which you can often find at (German? European?) chaos/hacker scene events!
Basically the same thing except with colored pixels, only bots and very fast. I don't know what typical bandwidths are, but here's a picture of the canvas at #GPN22 that shows 130GBit/s incoming on the server.
See https://entropia.de/GPN22:Pixelflut for info about the network they had at the event!
GPN22:Pixelflut – Entropia

Show threadJ. WilliamsAug 30, 2024
@eieio Such an inspiring story. I’d guess everyone replying to this post has written some from off by at some point in their lifetime. Gotta learn how things work somehow…
Show threadRihards OlupsAug 30, 2024

@eieio That is truly awesome, thank you so much for sharing.

A small typo, "the the" :)

Show threadnolenAug 30, 2024
@richlv thank you!! fixed!
Show threadsandywb14Aug 30, 2024
@eieio Love this💕
Show threadbleeptrackAug 30, 2024
@eieio holy, that is an amazing story on top of an amazing project ✨
Show threadHTTP 1.1/418 TeapotAug 30, 2024
@eieio @snowcrashmike This is amazing.
Show threadSolarbird Aug 30, 2024
@eieio as soon as you said how you stored the checkboxes I was like “oh my gods” and this is 100% epic xD
Show thread➴➴➴Æ🜔Ɲ.Ƈꭚ⍴𝔥єɼ👩🏻‍💻Aug 30, 2024
@eieio OMG I love this
Show threadmudalaAug 30, 2024
@eieio
wonderful story §8-)
Show threadTobbeAug 31, 2024
@eieio Thanks for sharing. This is really cool. 🤩
Show threadRichEberAug 31, 2024
@eieio wholesome hacker posts are the best!
Show threadSimon BrookeSep 3, 2024

@eieio That's a REALLY nice story and I'm so glad to have read it!

Did any of those people stay in touch with you?

Show threadRandom ParticipationSep 4, 2024
@eieio Lovely. On many levels.
Show threadArianne BSep 4, 2024
@eieio That's amazing!! What a gorgeous story, and experience!
Show threadArchnemysisSep 4, 2024
@eieio awesome write up. Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes.
Show threadLAURENSep 6, 2024
@eieio
This is the coolest good feel spontaneous collaboration I have seen. @dannotdaniel