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Bunni-kat: May 25, 2010; Service Desk B-b-bunny...
How can-ca-caaaaan I
help-p-p-p you?

I�d heard the scammers try to weed people out, but not because of limited ability to follow up on leads. That�s a part I�d not considered.

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Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

Sagebrush posted:

i read a microsoft research paper a while back that proved that spam emails are most effective when their claims are the most absurd

they had a bunch of game theory and mathematical proofs but the high-level summary is: the spammer can only follow up on so many leads, and a person who figures out the scam at some point prior to putting their credit card in the mail means all the time spent working on them was wasted. so it's in the scammer's interest to make the stories as insane as possible, as a sort of filter -- only the dumbest and most gullible people will respond, and those are the ones who are most likely to go all the way.

unexpected result but also makes perfect sense

yeah i know all about that, i think that combined with the content of the spam i've seen means spam is a good (or at least funny) barometer for like, the collective subconscious of idiots. in this case it's not so much the claims that are absurd though it's the stuff that's just taken as given, like of course bill gates is the smartest man in the world, isn't that obvious?

# ? Mar 8, 2018 02:30

Dixie Cretin Seaman: Jan 22, 2008; all hat and one catte; Hot Rope Guy

richest=smartest, duh

# ? Mar 8, 2018 05:09

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

rjmccall posted:

same, but so i'm not tempted to flame people in the swift evolution forums

LOL if you use a forum

�wah, mailing lists are old tech, why can�t you get with the times and make it so I have to visit some web site for everything� says the millennial with nothing of interest to contribute

just look at the current participation on the Swift forums vs the past participation on the mailing lists and repeat to yourself: eschaton was right again

# ? Mar 8, 2018 09:05

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

atomicthumbs posted:

... Holy poo poo you could train an adversarial neural network to send spam with CTR and conversion rate as a loss function

coming soon to a mailbox near you:

rainbow elsa spiderman slip joker hulk hurt toilet joke finger family nursery rhyme

# ? Mar 8, 2018 09:47

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

shutupandtakemymoney.jpg

# ? Mar 8, 2018 09:55

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

Wheany posted:

coming soon to a mailbox near you:

rainbow elsa spiderman slip joker hulk hurt toilet joke finger family nursery rhyme

...with kinder surprise egg

# ? Mar 8, 2018 12:17

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

yospos sweetheart sarah jeong has a (typically good) piece up about techies using their moneys to fund elections

this bit caught my eye

https://twitter.com/laura_hudson/status/971828981870739456

someone literally fills his twitter feed with esr screencaps and doesnt stop until his friends contribute $x to whatever campaign hes highlighting

# ? Mar 8, 2018 21:06

bob dobbs is dead: Oct 8, 2017; I love peeps; Nap Ghost

i put in a grand into the slouchcampaign
someone else put in two grand
thats gotta count for something, for a failed dick wolf campaign lol

# ? Mar 8, 2018 21:15

bob dobbs is dead: Oct 8, 2017; I love peeps; Nap Ghost

i also have been corrected on the pronunciation of ceglowski's name like 10 times and i still can't get it lol

# ? Mar 8, 2018 21:16

JawnV6: Jul 4, 2004; So hot ...

FMguru posted:

someone literally fills his twitter feed with esr screencaps and doesnt stop until his friends contribute $x to whatever campaign hes highlighting

esr recently opined on the Culture, it's a very effective tactic

# ? Mar 8, 2018 21:16

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

https://twitter.com/Slate/status/971535589941170176

Silicon Valley has already luxurified buses, corner stores, and dietary meal replacements in the name of disruption. And now � dormitories? The rooms in question, says the Times� Nellie Bowles, are inhabited by �many of the non-tech population� of San Francisco, though they are decorated in a fashion and rent at prices�$1,400�$2,400 for a fully furnished 130 to 220 square-foot room, with utilities and internet included�that signal Bay Area bougie. So far, the developer, Starcity, has three properties with 36 units; nine more properties are in development. It has a waitlist of 8,000 people.

it then spends the rest of the article defending SROs as cool and good

# ? Mar 8, 2018 21:19

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

honestly sro's are prolly perfect for techies. if it means more 1br/2brs open for others, that's ok

# ? Mar 8, 2018 21:24

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

JawnV6 posted:

esr recently opined on the Culture, it's a very effective tactic

the whole article is a pip

quote:

In the first quarter of 2018 alone, the Great Slate has raised over $140,000, primarily through word of mouth on the internet. The donors I spoke to seemed to give mostly in amounts of hundreds, sometimes less. A good chunk of that was driven by security researcher Thomas Ptacek�s promise to stop tweeting about Eric S. Raymond, a notorious figure in the open-source community whose bizarre and abundant ramblings on everything including race and sex could be considered early forerunners of current alt-right strains in the tech community.

Raymond, popularly known as ESR, is a �philosophical leader of open source� who has long been pilloried for his controversial views � statements like �Gays experimented with unfettered promiscuity in the 1970s and got AIDS as a consequence� or �Police who react to a random black male behaving suspiciously who might be in the critical age range as though he is an near-imminent lethal threat, are being rational, not racist.�

�I�ve been torturing Twitter with lurid Eric S. Raymond quotes for years,� says Thomas Ptacek. �Every time I do, 20 people beg me to stop.� So Ptacek held his followers hostage: pay up, or the ESR quotes would keep coming. It�s estimated that Ptacek has driven somewhere around $30,000, just by threatening to post eye-searing screencaps.

�ESR is a talentless hack whose reputation is entirely built on self promotion and being in the right place at the right time. His attempts to define the culture that gave him everything he has have been repugnant,� says Matthew Garrett, a security engineer at Google who donated to the Great Slate. �So am I enthusiastic about performatively associating these things together in a way that also says gently caress you to his political views? Yes, yes I am.�

# ? Mar 8, 2018 21:37

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

no you see i'm not racist, i'm just standing out here yelling NIG*plink* oh thank you sir, anyway what was i saying

# ? Mar 8, 2018 21:38

FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

edmunds has been test driving their tesla model 3 and welp

quote:

Body panel gaps are inconsistent, reflecting a lack of attention to detail�.After we brought ours home, we discovered it also had a cracked vanity mirror and a broken driver�s seat shell. In our first six weeks, we�ve had to do the equivalent of a Windows PC�s Ctrl-Alt-Del reboot of the all-important touchscreen about a dozen times.

We�ve called a Tesla service center about the problems, but have had difficulty getting an appointment. Drive-ups were not welcome, so our parts were ordered based on photographs alone. Weeks later, we�re still waiting for word and it�s hard to get answers.

you have to reboot the center console twice a week

# ? Mar 8, 2018 21:56

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

FMguru posted:

edmunds has been test driving their tesla model 3 and welp

you have to reboot the center console twice a week

what if tesla is actually a long con by mopar to make their cars look well built

hold on, despite all that they're giving it 4.5/5 stars? https://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-3/2017/

thats some verge level scoring

hobbesmaster fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Mar 8, 2018

# ? Mar 8, 2018 22:04

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

hobbesmaster posted:

what if tesla is actually a long con by mopar to make their cars look well built

hold on, despite all that they're giving it 4.5/5 stars? https://www.edmunds.com/tesla/model-3/2017/

thats some verge level scoring

i'm the EPA estimated 126 miles per gallon

# ? Mar 8, 2018 22:36

BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

One Gallon of Electricity, please

# ? Mar 8, 2018 22:48

hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

ate all the Oreos posted:

i'm the EPA estimated 126 miles per gallon

the EPA had to come up with an MPGe number to put in the field because the MPG is required to be on the car's sticker by law :laugh:

# ? Mar 8, 2018 22:58

Stymie: Jan 9, 2001; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Xaris posted:

honestly sro's are prolly perfect for techies. if it means more 1br/2brs open for others, that's ok

still too much since they would have private rooms

better still would be dense barracks-style housing

# ? Mar 8, 2018 23:41

Carthag Tuek: Oct 15, 2005; Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
sl�gt skal f�lge sl�gters gang

standing room only, imo

# ? Mar 8, 2018 23:55

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

hong kong cage rooms

# ? Mar 8, 2018 23:56

4lokos basilisk: Jul 17, 2008

President Beep posted:

hong kong cage rooms

m bison yes gif

# ? Mar 8, 2018 23:57

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

FMguru posted:

the whole article is a pip

That guy is a good twooter, been following him for a while

# ? Mar 9, 2018 00:05

Bunni-kat: May 25, 2010; Service Desk B-b-bunny...
How can-ca-caaaaan I
help-p-p-p you?

Krankenstyle posted:

standing room only, imo

Bring back penny sit-ups, but charge $2k/month to techies because of network opportunities.

# ? Mar 9, 2018 00:06

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

the latest EIT is all about the internet of things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzv3iWxfGsc

# ? Mar 9, 2018 00:16

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

President Beep posted:

hong kong cage rooms

dachau standing cells

# ? Mar 9, 2018 00:39

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

dachau standing cells

that one scene from the wall where the kids are marching into a giant meat grinder only its techbros

# ? Mar 9, 2018 00:46

Tatsujin: Apr 26, 2004; EVERYONE EXCEPT THE HOT WOMEN

ate all the Oreos posted:

the latest EIT is all about the internet of things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzv3iWxfGsc

Shake off this lousy Smarch weather with a fairytale made especially for a computer! SpookyTooth presents: ELECTRIC DREAMS!

# ? Mar 9, 2018 01:06

Notorious b.s.d.: Jan 25, 2003; by Reene

Stymie posted:

still too much since they would have private rooms

better still would be dense barracks-style housing

san francisco is gonna be cyberpunk dubai if this poo poo goes on much longer

# ? Mar 9, 2018 01:31

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

san francisco is gonna be cyberpunk dubai if this poo poo goes on much longer

not enough room for live-in help when a 900 square foot 2BR is 2 mil

# ? Mar 9, 2018 01:42

Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

How about to avoid expensive land prices we build floating hostels in the bay? This allows convenient access to the area while keeping prices down. Four cent coffins work and are very space efficient, I have drawn a rough sketch to prove the feasibility of the idea

# ? Mar 9, 2018 02:17

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

why are you posting screenshots from seat guru in the techbubble thread?

# ? Mar 9, 2018 02:20

Notorious b.s.d.: Jan 25, 2003; by Reene

qirex posted:

not enough room for live-in help when a 900 square foot 2BR is 2 mil

that's not the dubai lifestyle i was referencing

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# ? Mar 9, 2018 02:33

Ornamental Dingbat: Feb 26, 2007

https://twitter.com/SuB8u/status/971943190856056832

Toddler poop metrics

# ? Mar 9, 2018 04:01

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Blue Train posted:

How about to avoid expensive land prices we build floating hostels in the bay? This allows convenient access to the area while keeping prices down. Four cent coffins work and are very space efficient, I have drawn a rough sketch to prove the feasibility of the idea

jfc

# ? Mar 9, 2018 05:15

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Blue Train posted:

How about to avoid expensive land prices we build floating hostels in the bay? This allows convenient access to the area while keeping prices down. Four cent coffins work and are very space efficient, I have drawn a rough sketch to prove the feasibility of the idea

i first saw this image in a third grade history textbook and the part that haunts me to this day are the people crammed into the very front. that really hit 8 year old me for some reason.

# ? Mar 9, 2018 05:24

Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

The front is the most obvious example of the brutality so makes sense

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# ? May 25, 2024 20:03

PokeJoe: Aug 24, 2004; hail cgatan

actually

# ? Mar 9, 2018 05:50

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