2716: Game Night Ordering - Revision history

172.70.210.131: Grammar fix

2025-01-31T19:16:23Z

Grammar fix

Psychoticpotato: fixing some grammar discrepancies

2024-05-03T18:38:47Z

fixing some grammar discrepancies

Kynde: /* Explanation */

2023-11-16T11:26:55Z

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Kynde: /* Explanation */

2023-11-16T11:26:34Z

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Xurkitree10: /* Transcript */

2023-04-25T05:18:32Z

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SilverTheTerribleMathematician: /* Explanation */

2023-02-24T22:06:57Z

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172.71.178.137: /* Explanation */ Needed recommaing ("since..."). Tried semcolon, parens, etc, to make readable. Redid sentence breaking (revised). And, memory alone being clearly insufficient, broadened the scope of validation technique. "Is this the kind of name used?"

2023-02-01T21:57:06Z

‎Explanation: Needed recommaing ("since..."). Tried semcolon, parens, etc, to make readable. Redid sentence breaking (revised). And, memory alone being clearly insufficient, broadened the scope of validation technique. "Is this the kind of name used?"

Megan: /* Explanation */ ce

2023-02-01T19:22:19Z

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Liv2splain: /* Explanation */ reword

2023-01-02T08:08:45Z

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2023-01-01T07:31:33Z

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 [[Cueball]] mentions three food delivery services, {{w|Grubhub}}, {{w|DoorDash}}, and Food.net, and [[Ponytail]] asks him to reimburse her using {{w|Venmo}}, {{w|PayPal}}, or Yahoo Cash. Cueball expresses skepticism about Yahoo Cash, after which Ponytail admits it's a fake service (it's a spoof of {{w|Google Pay}}) and is thus obligated to pay for Cueball's meal. (Incidentally, Yahoo does provide a money transfer service to facilitate private party gambling on {{w|fantasy sports}}, called [https://sports.yahoo.com/wallet/dailyfantasy/referafriend/ Yahoo Fantasy Wallet], but it uses PayPal.) Food.net, which Cueball mentioned without being called out, is not a real service; https://food.net exists, however, it is not related to food delivery.
-Based on Ponytail's offer, if someone is correctly called out, they must pay for the player who caught them. If a player isn't caught like when Cueball mentions Food.net nothing happens. Ponytail is too afraid to call him out on this, and decides to order from a service that she knows exists, Grubhub. And then tries to bluff the others using strange payment methods.
+Based on Ponytail's offer, if someone is correctly called out, they must pay for the player who caught them. If a player isn't caught, like when Cueball mentions Food.net, nothing happens. Ponytail is too afraid to call him out on this, and decides to order from a service that she knows exists, Grubhub, and then tries to bluff the others using strange payment methods.
-It is not explained in the comic, but probably you also have to pay for the other person's food, if you call a bluff and it turns out the service did indeed exist. So if [[Megan]] had said to Cueball, "Grubhub? That must be fake," and he then proved that it exists (by ordering there), then Megan would most likely be obliged to pay for Cueball's food.
+It is not explained in the comic, but you probably also have to pay for the other person's food if you call a bluff, and it turns out the service did indeed exist. So if [[Megan]] had said to Cueball, "Grubhub? That must be fake," and he then proved that it exists (by ordering there), then Megan would most likely be obliged to pay for Cueball's food.
-The title text offers a tip for winning the competition next week after being called out for mentioning a fake service: building a working version and then mentioning it again the next week. While it could be possible to prototype a user interface and possibly use it to perform food deliveries with a very limited number of drivers in a small area, or provide a front-end interface to an existing money transfer service with strong API support, building a full-fledged viable service for either in a week is humorously beyond the reach of typical gamers. Also, as in Ponytail's case, it could cause trademark issues with brand names.
+The title text offers a tip for winning the competition next week after being called out for mentioning a fake service: building a working version and then mentioning it again next week. While it could be possible to prototype a user interface and possibly use it to perform food deliveries with a very limited number of drivers in a small area, or provide a front-end interface to an existing money transfer service with strong API support, building a full-fledged viable service for either in a week is humorously beyond the reach of typical gamers. Also, as in Ponytail's case, it could cause trademark issues with brand names.
 ==Transcript==

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 This comic is poking fun at the [[927: Standards|proliferation]] of apps and internet services such as for [https://builtin.com/consumer-tech/food-delivery-companies food delivery] and [https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/banking/best-ways-to-send-money money transfer]. The characters are discussing which to use during an evening of tabletop gaming. The group has a running competition to see who can mention fake apps or services without being called out. The idea being that, since there are so many, it is difficult to identify which are real.
-[[Cueball]] mentions three food delivery services, {{w|Grubhub}}, {{w|DoorDash}}, and Food.net, and [[Ponytail]] asks him to reimburse her using {{w|Venmo}}, {{w|PayPal}}, or Yahoo Cash. Cueball expresses skepticism about Yahoo Cash, after which Ponytail admits it's a fake service (it's a spoof of {{w|Google Pay}}) and is thus obligated to pay for Cueball's meal. (Incidentally, Yahoo does provide a money transfer service to facilitate private party gambling on {{w|fantasy sports}}, called [https://sports.yahoo.com/wallet/dailyfantasy/referafriend/ Yahoo Fantasy Wallet], but it uses PayPal.) Food.net, which Cueball mentioned without being called out, is not a real service; https://food.net exists but is "not available for use," and is not related to food.
+[[Cueball]] mentions three food delivery services, {{w|Grubhub}}, {{w|DoorDash}}, and Food.net, and [[Ponytail]] asks him to reimburse her using {{w|Venmo}}, {{w|PayPal}}, or Yahoo Cash. Cueball expresses skepticism about Yahoo Cash, after which Ponytail admits it's a fake service (it's a spoof of {{w|Google Pay}}) and is thus obligated to pay for Cueball's meal. (Incidentally, Yahoo does provide a money transfer service to facilitate private party gambling on {{w|fantasy sports}}, called [https://sports.yahoo.com/wallet/dailyfantasy/referafriend/ Yahoo Fantasy Wallet], but it uses PayPal.) Food.net, which Cueball mentioned without being called out, is not a real service; https://food.net exists, however, it is not related to food delivery.
-Based on Ponytail's offer, if someone is correctly called out, then they apparently must pay for the player who caught them. If a player isn't caught like when Cueball mentions Food.net nothing happens. Ponytail is too afraid to call him out on this, and decides to order from a service that she knows exist, Grubhub. And then tries to bluff the others using strange payment methods.
+Based on Ponytail's offer, if someone is correctly called out, they must pay for the player who caught them. If a player isn't caught like when Cueball mentions Food.net nothing happens. Ponytail is too afraid to call him out on this, and decides to order from a service that she knows exists, Grubhub. And then tries to bluff the others using strange payment methods.
-It is not explained in the comic, but probably you also have to pay the other persons food, if you call a bluff and it turns out the service did indeed exist. So if [[Megan]] had said to Cueball, Grubhub, that must be fake, and he then proves that it exist (by ordering there), then Megan would most likely be obliged to pay Cueball's food.
+It is not explained in the comic, but probably you also have to pay for the other person's food, if you call a bluff and it turns out the service did indeed exist. So if [[Megan]] had said to Cueball, "Grubhub? That must be fake," and he then proved that it exists (by ordering there), then Megan would most likely be obliged to pay for Cueball's food.
-The title text offers a tip for winning the competition next week, after being called out for mentioning a fake service: building a working version of it and then mentioning it again the next week. While it could be possible to prototype a user interface and possibly use it to perform food deliveries with a very limited number of drivers in a small area, or provide a front end interface to an existing money transfer service with strong API support, building a full-fledged viable service for either in a week is humorously beyond the reach of typical gamers. Also, as in Ponytail's case, it could cause trademark issues with brand names.
+The title text offers a tip for winning the competition next week after being called out for mentioning a fake service: building a working version and then mentioning it again the next week. While it could be possible to prototype a user interface and possibly use it to perform food deliveries with a very limited number of drivers in a small area, or provide a front-end interface to an existing money transfer service with strong API support, building a full-fledged viable service for either in a week is humorously beyond the reach of typical gamers. Also, as in Ponytail's case, it could cause trademark issues with brand names.
 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball, Megan, and Ponytail are sitting at a table to order food. Cueball is on his phone, and Ponytail, sitting opposite, on her laptop.]
+:[Cueball, Megan, and Ponytail are sitting at a table to order food. Cueball is on his phone, and Ponytail, sitting opposite, is on her laptop.]
 :Cueball: What should we use to order? Grubhub? DoorDash? Food.net?
 :Ponytail: I'll do Grubhub; you can send me money. Do you do Venmo? Paypal? Yahoo Cash?

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 Based on Ponytail's offer, if someone is correctly called out, then they apparently must pay for the player who caught them. If a player isn't caught like when Cueball mentions Food.net nothing happens. Ponytail is too afraid to call him out on this, and decides to order from a service that she knows exist, Grubhub. And then tries to bluff the others using strange payment methods.
-It is not explained in the comic, but probably you also have to pay the other persons food, if you call a bluff and it turns out the service did indeed exist. So if Megan had said to Cueball, Grubhub, that must be fake, and he then proves that it exist (by ordering there), then Megan would most likely be obliged to pay Cueball's food.
+It is not explained in the comic, but probably you also have to pay the other persons food, if you call a bluff and it turns out the service did indeed exist. So if [[Megan]] had said to Cueball, Grubhub, that must be fake, and he then proves that it exist (by ordering there), then Megan would most likely be obliged to pay Cueball's food.
 The title text offers a tip for winning the competition next week, after being called out for mentioning a fake service: building a working version of it and then mentioning it again the next week. While it could be possible to prototype a user interface and possibly use it to perform food deliveries with a very limited number of drivers in a small area, or provide a front end interface to an existing money transfer service with strong API support, building a full-fledged viable service for either in a week is humorously beyond the reach of typical gamers. Also, as in Ponytail's case, it could cause trademark issues with brand names.

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 [[Cueball]] mentions three food delivery services, {{w|Grubhub}}, {{w|DoorDash}}, and Food.net, and [[Ponytail]] asks him to reimburse her using {{w|Venmo}}, {{w|PayPal}}, or Yahoo Cash. Cueball expresses skepticism about Yahoo Cash, after which Ponytail admits it's a fake service (it's a spoof of {{w|Google Pay}}) and is thus obligated to pay for Cueball's meal. (Incidentally, Yahoo does provide a money transfer service to facilitate private party gambling on {{w|fantasy sports}}, called [https://sports.yahoo.com/wallet/dailyfantasy/referafriend/ Yahoo Fantasy Wallet], but it uses PayPal.) Food.net, which Cueball mentioned without being called out, is not a real service; https://food.net exists but is "not available for use," and is not related to food.
-Based on Ponytail's offer, if someone is correctly called out then they apparently must pay for the player who caught them, but what happens when a player isn't caught (e.g. when Cueball mentioned Food.net) isn't clear. The rules might be similar to variants of the card game often known as "{{w|Cheat (game)|Cheat}}," in which a successful bluff merely allows play to continue on until someone is caught bluffing or incorrectly accuses another player.
+Based on Ponytail's offer, if someone is correctly called out, then they apparently must pay for the player who caught them. If a player isn't caught like when Cueball mentions Food.net nothing happens. Ponytail is too afraid to call him out on this, and decides to order from a service that she knows exist, Grubhub. And then tries to bluff the others using strange payment methods.
-The title text offers a tip for winning the competition after being called out for mentioning a fake service: building a working version of it and then mentioning it again the next week. While it could be possible to prototype a user interface and possibly use it to perform food deliveries with a very limited number of drivers in a small area, or provide a front end interface to an existing money transfer service with strong API support, building a full-fledged viable service for either in a week is humorously beyond the reach of typical gamers. Also, as in Ponytail's case, it could cause trademark issues with brand names.
+It is not explained in the comic, but probably you also have to pay the other persons food, if you call a bluff and it turns out the service did indeed exist. So if Megan had said to Cueball, Grubhub, that must be fake, and he then proves that it exist (by ordering there), then Megan would most likely be obliged to pay Cueball's food.
 ==Transcript==

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 ==Transcript==
 :[Cueball, Megan, and Ponytail are sitting at a table to order food. Cueball is on his phone, and Ponytail, sitting opposite, on her laptop.]
 :Cueball: What should we use to order? Grubhub? DoorDash? Food.net?

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is poking fun at the [[927: Standards|proliferation]] of apps and internet services such as for [https://builtin.com/consumer-tech/food-delivery-companies food delivery] and [https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/banking/best-ways-to-send-money money transfer]. The characters are discussing which to use during an evening of tabletop gaming. The group has a running competition to see who can mention fake apps or services without being called out, with the idea being that since there are so many, it is difficult to remember which are real.
+This comic is poking fun at the [[927: Standards|proliferation]] of apps and internet services such as for [https://builtin.com/consumer-tech/food-delivery-companies food delivery] and [https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/banking/best-ways-to-send-money money transfer]. The characters are discussing which to use during an evening of tabletop gaming. The group has a running competition to see who can mention fake apps or services without being called out. The idea being that, since there are so many, it is difficult to identify which are real.
 [[Cueball]] mentions three food delivery services, {{w|Grubhub}}, {{w|DoorDash}}, and Food.net, and [[Ponytail]] asks him to reimburse her using {{w|Venmo}}, {{w|PayPal}}, or Yahoo Cash. Cueball expresses skepticism about Yahoo Cash, after which Ponytail admits it's a fake service and is thus obligated to pay for Cueball's meal. (Incidentally, Yahoo does provide a money transfer service to facilitate private party gambling on {{w|fantasy sports}}, called [https://sports.yahoo.com/wallet/dailyfantasy/referafriend/ Yahoo Fantasy Wallet], but it uses PayPal.) Food.net, which Cueball mentioned without being called out, is not a real service; https://food.net exists but is "not available for use," and is not related to food.