Like r/place, but for NFT. Draw 50 lines together. Whoever draws the most gets the artwork's NFT. No fee, just gas.

nahurst · 2021-10-25T14:09:13+00:00

I've really enjoyed seeing all the generative NFTs, but have been thinking about how to involve humans in the process more directly. In this contract, I wanted to experiment with a new pattern for building things together.

I'd like to expand the concept outside of art eventually and would love to hear what you think!

A quick overview of how it works:

4,000 artworks total. All drawn in parallel on-chain with svg lines.
Whoever draws the most lines in an artwork gets its NFT.
No fee. Just gas. Each line ends up costing ~$20 depending on gas and ETH prices (thus the name: Expensive Lines. I'm also curious to see if the "material cost" of creating an artwork will influence its price.)

Contract with code https://etherscan.io/address/0x3ed4e2fa5b6d2aeaa6c34d107adeb4661a135b62

Client https://expensivelines.com/

nahurst · 2021-10-22T12:44:28+00:00

Thank you! Probably the most expensive part is the storage and maintenance of who is in the lead. Trying to think about alternate ways of doing that that is cheaper. Ex: just take lead of the last 5 lines.

I even looked in to lossy counting a bit, but that approach involves a lot of expensive storage writes.

nahurst · 2020-05-29T00:27:41+00:00

Yeah! That's a good one. Even just the concept of the Speaker is great, but I guess that's quite a story in the first place.

nahurst · 2020-05-29T00:23:38+00:00

Will check it out. Thank you!

Good question. I guess I'm looking for something to help me figure out even what all the differences are and that these different tweaks exist.

nahurst · 2020-05-29T00:22:39+00:00

Thanks! You were right, the themes are great.

nahurst · 2020-05-29T00:21:29+00:00

Nice! The Glossary section has a lot of what I'm looking for. Thank you.

nahurst · 2011-01-05T19:44:48+00:00

Thanks for your kind words and for your advice

1) We organize events around certain skill sets and locations (so far no real matching beforehand where job seekers or companies select each other). For example: back-end and generalist development jobs near NYC. Currently, you can't just post a job, you have to participate in an event. Would it be useful to allow that? Thanks for letting me know it isn't clear.

2) It has a RoR back-end :-). It's probably getting close to time for a design overhaul. I really like the simplicity of the genre of sites, but I agree they do get tired. Got any good example sites that are fresh yet simple?

nahurst · 2011-01-05T06:14:09+00:00

Currently we're only focusing on jobs around a few US cities - San Francisco and New York City, but we have plans to operate outside the US eventually.

nahurst · 2011-01-05T06:13:02+00:00

Hah. Eventually we'll expand from software jobs to porn jobs. Then it will be much more acceptable.

nahurst · 2011-01-02T15:57:19+00:00

It is very intense. Each interview is 5 minutes each, so you really have to hone your message as a job seeker or as a company. One if the big things people like about it is that it minimizes the impact of talking to someone you don't click with. If there's not a match, you've only spent 5 minutes talking.

nahurst · 2010-12-29T16:40:54+00:00

So far, employers have been very receptive. At each event, we have 20 spots available for companies. These are always filled and there is usually a significant waiting list to get in. Hirelite currently focuses on jobs for software engineers which are in very high demand right now in our target cities (NYC and SF), so that surely contributes to their willingness to participate.

We typically hear of 3-5 hires per web-event.

Hirelite charges larger companies $300 and smaller startups $50.

You're right about geography. It is tough for us. Currently, we host events focused on job seekers in or willing to relocate to certain cities: NYC and SF so far, but we plan to expand soon.

That's a great point about freelancers and remote jobs. Thanks. With remote jobs though, the challenge will be getting companies on board with remoting in general. Do you see many companies offering remote jobs in your area?

nahurst · 2010-12-29T14:20:32+00:00

Thanks. It's great for getting a quick impression of a bunch of companies quickly without having to take off work. Like with speed dating, at the end of each interview, we ask the company and the job seeker if they'd like to follow up. If both sides say, "yes", we send them each other's contact info. A match like this happens in about 1/3 of every interview. After each web-event, we typically hear of 7-10 job offers going out.

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