New Zealand programmer created a consumer bot

    I don’t even know where such a topic can be attributed, but rather to the one where it is now. The other day, a programmer from New Zealand named Paul Hankin announced his development, which he jokingly calls a "consumer bot." The bot works according to an interesting algorithm, which allows the program to buy all sorts of little things on the Web (no more than a couple of dollars). Moreover, the bot makes a purchase with a probability of once every three days. What for? More details in the sequel.

    So, for every day the bot is allocated a sum of two dollars, for which he should buy something interesting. Purchases are made in the local TradeMe online store, fortunately, he opened his own API for third-party companies, and our programmer did not fail to take advantage of this. On the idea of creating a bot-buyer Khankina prompted comic, where the invented programmer writes a script that buys all sorts of garbage on Ebay. In the comic, the bot spends $ 1 every day, and our hero constantly gets a trap for a bear, a ski mask, or something else. In the end, he receives a “tourist map of the Pentagon,” and decides to tie up with bot deals on the Web.

    Have you seen the comics? Let's talk about a real bot now. Hankin decided to repeat the actions of the comic book hero in order to be surprised at the acquired goods every day too. The bot now even has its own Twitter account , where the program posts information about purchases, plans for the current day and the amount of money saved.

    So, the probability of a purchase every three days is created so that the bot can save money for the purchase of the Shuttlesome larger purchase. The buyer program works only the third day, and during this time I already bought a USB extension cable, a set of Maxell SR626SW batteries (5 pieces) and saved $ 1.

    The programmer tried to create such an algorithm according to which the bot will buy exclusively unique things, moreover rare (well, who needs a five hundred thousandth stapler, right?). Soon, the programmer will publish photos of purchased items. The bot also has a charity fund where you can deposit money for purchases. The programmer promises to give all the donations to the program =)

    In general, it is useless, but interesting, that's for sure.

    Via bieh.net

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