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This is a perfect (if maybe unintentional) example of how to get help from otherwise disinterested technical folk: Make an obviously technically-incorrect claim as fact, and watch as an entire army comes out of the woodwork giving you technical evaluations :)

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Cunningham's Law [1]: "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer".

[1]: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

Though note that Cunningham disavows the law attributed to him:

> Cunningham himself denies ownership of the law, calling it a "misquote that disproves itself by propagating through the internet."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham

His opinion on this matter is not of any importance, as confirmed by a great many people who have found an unlikely fame. Just ask mrs. Streisand.

That does sound like the right answer, posted in response to the wrong answer.

I've tried that a gazillion times over the years. It works like a charm.

With Google search so broken sometimes the only way to discover things is through nerd baiting.

People hate DRM. Thus everyone will work their hardest to bypass it.

I’m aware of this phenomenon, but have never tested it (confidently posting something incorrect to get responses with the real answer). Has anyone here actually tried this? How did it work?

Anthony Bourdain used to find the best local cuisine by going onto message boards (anonymously I assume) and saying X is the best restaurant, only to receive a flood of recommendations

https://archive.md/0UQsd: Ctrl + F for "nerd fury" to find where the claim starts

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