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Huggybear posted:an optical algorithm system that helps generate data and traffic to improve AppStore rankings  the "optical algorithm system" is just your eyes solving Recaptchas so you can write fake reviews. Even if you weren't being paid in Ron Paul Funbux it'd be an obvious scam.
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Boxturret posted:I mean in the past month two bitconmen were dismembered. pff you won't care about dismemberment when you go to the moooooooooooon!
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:Amazingly, someone finally posted in the SearsForever subreddit and it's a new DD video of nonsense. But this response got me. Perpetual victims, just jumping from one scam to the next never learning a thing.
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Aug 21, 2023 23:28
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Huggybear posted:the company is databricks, the work is described: you would've spent all day every day unlocking captchas for spam bots for free if you took that offer
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Aug 21, 2023 23:45
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They just trick people into doing that for fake money now? Labor costs in Africa and South Asia must have gone up.
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shame on an IGA posted:you would've spent all day every day unlocking captchas for spam bots for free if you took that offer yeah I am an idiot, it's abundantly clear to me they got my phone number from the resume I have uploaded at the recruiting agency they cited as a starting point and that's how they hooked me, a person texted me posing as a person from that specific agency asking if I wanted to be connected to this great wfh opportunity, and I am a bit financially unstable so I took the bait quite easily no harm done, thanks for pissing in my well everyone
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Pirate Radar posted:They just trick people into doing that for fake money now? Labor costs in Africa and South Asia must have gone up. Seems like there would be an army of Nigerian princes that could handle this job. But they're probably too smart to fall for a crypto grift.
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Aug 22, 2023 00:30
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Look, new scam! https://www.friend.tech/ I'm sure that this one is as reliable as your friends. Invite your friends!
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Aug 22, 2023 01:31
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Huggybear posted:yeah I am an idiot, it's abundantly clear to me they got my phone number from the resume I have uploaded at the recruiting agency they cited as a starting point and that's how they hooked me, a person texted me posing as a person from that specific agency asking if I wanted to be connected to this great wfh opportunity, and I am a bit financially unstable so I took the bait quite easily I don't think you're an idiot, I think you're bright for double checking with people that know. Like you said, you can essentially ask around on any given topic here and at least get a starting place, even if the advice is given with a sarcastic edge.
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DicktheCat posted:I don't think you're an idiot, I think you're bright for double checking with people that know. for real these dead gay forums are one of the best resources around for quick questions about literally anything
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Aug 22, 2023 02:19
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shame on an IGA posted:for real these dead gay forums are one of the best resources around for quick questions about literally anything Especially now that search engines are useless, Reddit is shooting itself in the dick and AI is mucking up everything else.
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Huggybear posted:yeah I am an idiot, it's abundantly clear to me they got my phone number from the resume I have uploaded at the recruiting agency they cited as a starting point and that's how they hooked me, a person texted me posing as a person from that specific agency asking if I wanted to be connected to this great wfh opportunity, and I am a bit financially unstable so I took the bait quite easily Hey,hey,hey. DO NOT call yourself an idiot about this. Very smart people can be scammed based on a simple thing like confirmation bias. This is a great place to ask about stuff like this.
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Aug 22, 2023 02:34
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Stupid people don’t ask other people to provide feedback on whether a potential job opportunity might be a scam and then learn a lesson when everyone tells them it is. Stupid people walk right into it with the full confidence that they are far too smart to ever be scammed.
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You guys aren't going to take the job paying in tether, the currency of the future? Have fun staying poor.
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Huggybear posted:yeah I am an idiot, it's abundantly clear to me they got my phone number from the resume I have uploaded at the recruiting agency they cited as a starting point and that's how they hooked me, a person texted me posing as a person from that specific agency asking if I wanted to be connected to this great wfh opportunity, and I am a bit financially unstable so I took the bait quite easily you only gave this person the time of day because they exploited your trust in a legitimate recruiter by pretending to work for them. you're not an idiot bud you avoided getting scammed
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DicktheCat posted:Hello bitcoin thread, I'm here once again to ask my perennial question: There's a bunch of largely theoretical applications like smart contracts, distributed ledgers and some banking stuff but nothing that has been widely commercialised as far as I have heard, and certainly nothing approaching the lofty predictions of blockchain being the technology that changes the world. So just scams at this point. I occasionally get reminded that the capstone subject in my CPA had an entire chapter dedicated to blockchain. Pages talking about how cool and wonderful it would be, and how all the savvy and successful businesses were investing in it's various applications. Years later I sincerely hope the authors are embarrassed to have been involved in that poo poo.
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DicktheCat posted:Hello bitcoin thread, I'm here once again to ask my perennial question: In a strictly technical sense, yes. It can do pretty much anything a centralized database can do. It just does it very poorly and introduces a ton of problems that just don't pop up with normal databases, such as being able to alter or delete records. There doesn't ever seem to be a use case where a blockchain is the only, or even the better choice.
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Today, what are people saying again? Pushing their crimecoin holding time horizon to 3 years from now. "It'll all recover!"
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more falafel please posted:you're not an idiot bud you avoided getting scammed gay picnic defence posted:I occasionally get reminded that the capstone subject in my CPA had an entire chapter dedicated to blockchain. Pages talking about how cool and wonderful it would be, and how all the savvy and successful businesses were investing in it's various applications. Years later I sincerely hope the authors are embarrassed to have been involved in that poo poo.
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gay picnic defence posted:There's a bunch of largely theoretical applications like smart contracts, distributed ledgers and some banking stuff but nothing that has been widely commercialised as far as I have heard, and certainly nothing approaching the lofty predictions of blockchain being the technology that changes the world. The problem with "smart contracts" is that they should instead be called "dumb contracts." They're just setting a switch that, upon a certain signal, sends some cryptocurrency somewhere, and they don't care where the signal comes from or whether it's intentional, and the transfer cannot be rescinded or reversed. It's literally dumber and more easily abused than a normal contract where humans look at what's been written and then agree on whether or not the terms have been fulfilled. The only thing "smart" about "smart contracts" is how they can be used to fleece less clever or observant people, either through their own mistakes or your "mistakes" in programming the contract. There is no theoretical point at which they will be anything else. There's no reason to even humour it by saying that theoretically some of the applications might be useful, becaues they'll never be. They will always be worse than the simpler systems we already have. They're simply a dream of scamming people, avoiding taxes and/or getting labour that you don't have to pay people for.
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Adding to the paying in tether thing, I'll say it is expressly illegal under the fair labor standards act. To be considered a "negotiable instrument payable at par" under the law, you have to meet an the following requirements. Payable at par Be in writing Be signed by the maker or drawer Be an unconditional promise to pay State a fixed amount of money Be payable to order or to bearer Be freely transferable from one person to another person Be payable either on demand or at a definite time Bolded are the requirements that tether does not meet.
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Blotto_Otter posted:i think we're all so constantly bombarded with scam attempts that we get desensitized to it, and fail to realize just how totally awash in scams we all are. from the clickbait ads on the webpages you look at, to the junk mail that the postman brings you, to the spam calls that fill up your voicemail inbox... we're all constantly dodging scams, usually without even realizing it. sometimes a new one pops up and forces us to think about it for a bit, and we feel stupid for even having to think about it, but we shouldn't. anytime you recognize a new scam and walk away it's an achievement to be proud of. Some shipping company, I think Fedex, actually sends out legitamate robocalls about packages, which just makes me mad because it gives the scammers a bit of legitimacy.
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Blotto_Otter posted:i think we're all so constantly bombarded with scam attempts that we get desensitized to it, and fail to realize just how totally awash in scams we all are. from the clickbait ads on the webpages you look at, to the junk mail that the postman brings you, to the spam calls that fill up your voicemail inbox... we're all constantly dodging scams, usually without even realizing it. sometimes a new one pops up and forces us to think about it for a bit, and we feel stupid for even having to think about it, but we shouldn't. anytime you recognize a new scam and walk away it's an achievement to be proud of.
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We have a whole thread about cons and scams: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3765300 it's depressing as gently caress. My posts in it go from "this lady getting scammed thinks i'm her scammer" to the lady being dead, so I may be biased but ooooof. Crypto just makes scamming worse.
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LOL @ BitCON people crying about their apes, GOOD. I'm glad they got stolen you idiots! Have fun being poor cause your investment strategy is literally going to a fake casino.
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Desert Bus posted:We have a whole thread about cons and scams: I stopped reading that thread because of how depressing it got. Just loving grim poo poo.
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Cyrano4747 posted:I stopped reading that thread because of how depressing it got. Just loving grim poo poo. I don't often give trigger warnings about poo poo but ugghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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LifeSunDeath posted:LOL @ BitCON Hey, they diversified their investments accross several casinos!
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Desert Bus posted:We have a whole thread about cons and scams: link?
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It's in the post? I think? Edit: yes link works EDIT 2: also lol you see "this is awful two people say" and go "so I MUST check it out"
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Desert Bus posted:It's in the post? I think? I mean, to your story in the thread.
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update from jail:the news posted:Bankman-Fried, who is vegan, has been receiving a “flesh diet” from the prison staff hell of a choice of words there
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it starts a few posts down, i did not engage/touch the poop: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3765300&userid=54381
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Bankman-Fried reminds me of another guy who just can't stop committing very public crimes, old Billy McFarland. He just announced this month that he is selling tickets for Fyre Festival 2.quote:Though Fyre Festival II doesn’t have a lineup, venue, or date, McFarland has made “The First 100” tier tickets available for the price of $499, with subsequent levels listed as selling for up to $7,999 at a future date.
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Boxturret posted:Hey, they diversified their investments accross several casinos! Imagine walking up to a real casino, let's say Caesar's Palace. Then you go "hell yes, what a great investment" and you give all your money to a 3 card monte guy that's in the alley behind the casino. That's bitcoin investing.
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Someone found a way to make money on bbby stock, good for them
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:Bankman-Fried reminds me of another guy who just can't stop committing very public crimes, old Billy McFarland. He just announced this month that he is selling tickets for Fyre Festival 2. No matter what they say do not send rescue craft, they need to learn a lesson this time.
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