CidVicious

"Piece of shit Elon" really rolls off the tongue.

You might be surprised by how vigorously people will argue against this point.

It's called SAFe and it's an art form.

Means we change requirements mid-sprint, right?

I dunno, my cat doesn't like to watch, she likes to go "who the fuck is this bitch on my half of the bed?"

Or the product manager just now understands them.

It also sounds like they targeted you specifically while you were waiting in line. So not only did they only approach you about it when they could've asked anybody, they approached you in a place where it's hard for you to just walk away. That's sus to me, I think your instincts were right to not give them an in.

While the current regulatory environment is very...discouraging, it's not impossible, particularly if individual states take action.

Bit rude, yeah, but sometimes it's better to be rude than let someone cross your boundaries. How much more awkward is it if you say "yes" or "maybe" and then they ask if they can borrow your phone or something and you have to evaluate whether you trust this random person while they're looking right at you? A lot of people are definitely asking this way because it gets you to let your guard down and they know you would've said no if they'd just straight asked. Personally I tend to respond with "you can ask" or something like that. Making it pretty clear that I'm skeptical of what they're going to ask. But my default assumption of other people in a city is that they're potentially either trying to scam me or rob me.

Playing back a message when you hear someone pick up? No, they've been doing that forever. But trying to determine whether you have a human on the line or just their voicemail recording? That's something that could start to require more sophisticated language models, and the fact that the message didn't just start rattling something off as soon as something picked up suggests maybe they're using it. Actual phone scams using AI? Well, if they're not doing it yet, they will be soon.

Yeah, predatory ads for gambling really drive me crazy. Although I'd say my reasoning for being against it is pretty different from the Baptists.