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How a 20 year old bug in GTA San Andreas surfaced in Windows 11 24H2

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1371 points yett | 1 comments | 23 Apr 25 14:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.25s | source
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db48x ◴[23 Apr 25 14:32 UTC] No.43772686[source]▶
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delfaras ◴[23 Apr 25 14:53 UTC] No.43772908[source]▶
funnily enough, there was an infamous bug in GTA5 for a long time that was related to using JSON : https://nee.lv/2021/02/28/How-I-cut-GTA-Online-loading-times...
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Henchman21 ◴[23 Apr 25 14:57 UTC] No.43772956[source]▶
Loading times are still absurd, fwiw.
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hnuser123456 ◴[23 Apr 25 15:29 UTC] No.43773287[source]▶
Yes, but now it's in the realm of ~3 minutes, and not ~8 minutes even on a top-spec PC, right? I really liked the game, but waiting 8 minutes to load just to get griefed by hackers within seconds of walking outside... I don't understand how that game makes any money.
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db48x ◴[23 Apr 25 15:33 UTC] No.43773326[source]▶
It was like crack. People put up with a lot of problems and bugs just because it was really fun just enough of the time to get them hooked.
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1. MyPasswordSucks ◴[23 Apr 25 17:26 UTC] No.43774489[source]▶
Nitpicking: What you're describing is called a "variable ratio reinforcement schedule", and is considered to be the most effective form of operant conditioning.

However, it's not even remotely "like crack". Crack is really really really really fun, period, no "just enough of the time" about it. The reason people get hooked on crack is because it's guaranteed to be fun.

If I had to choose a substance that most closely mirrored variable ratio reinforcement conditioning, it'd probably be ketamine.