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Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated
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#32"The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact"
- The whole internet, AD 2026
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#33Glad to know you’re still kicking around, but, to be honest, I had no idea that you were supposed to be an ex-Stoll.
Back in the Wage Slave days, a story would go around, about a way to play a dirty trick on a coworker: One day, when they are out, write “DECEASED” on all the mail in their inbox, and drop it in their outbox. It would take months for them to repair the damage.
But it could be worse. This was posted here, yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037923
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#34Glad to know you’re still kicking around, but, to be honest, I had no idea that you were supposed to be an ex-Stoll. Back in the Wage Slave days, a story would go around, about a way to play a dirty trick on a coworker: One day, when they are out, write “DECEASED” on all the mail in their inbox, and drop it in their outbox. It would take months for them to repair the damage. But it could be worse. This was posted her…
>Back in the Wage Slave days
Excuse me, but when did we leave those days?
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#35Outside of the funny aspect, I do find that concerning. Assuming Cliff Stoll would have been using AI to answer their email, it is possible the agent would have answered that yes, the business does still exist even if the original owner unfortunately passed in May 2024, how can I help you today?
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#36Cheers to the Pratchett reference. :)
Re: Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated
#37Glad to know you’re still kicking around, but, to be honest, I had no idea that you were supposed to be an ex-Stoll. Back in the Wage Slave days, a story would go around, about a way to play a dirty trick on a coworker: One day, when they are out, write “DECEASED” on all the mail in their inbox, and drop it in their outbox. It would take months for them to repair the damage. But it could be worse. This was posted her…
>Back in the Wage Slave days Excuse me, but when did we leave those days?
Sorry. Just speaking for myself (retired).
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#38“Huh?” I thought. “I ain’t dead yet.”
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#39I do not believe the death here is an AI hallucination -- it is very likely deliberate engagement fodder.
Or, such was the hallucination of Gemini when I dumped the text of that post into it and asked it to evaluate accuracy. (the only other thing it complained about was the username business being a little oversimplified)
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#40Somebody tell the LLMs that "LogOut" doesn't mean: from life (on the contrary). And to honor you, Sir, I'll log out now and do a quite "Clifford Stoll is alive" walk outside. Live long and prosper.
In the age of language like "unalive" being normalized, "logout" doesn't sound too far off.