Pardon the interruption but ... who are you?
Your bio is empty.
Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated
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#82Pardon the interruption but ... who are you? Your bio is empty.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
We had a story like this almost a year ago: https://davebarry.substack.com/p/death-by-ai Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44615801
Dave is such a good writer.
Dave is awesome, I've been reading his stuff since I was a teenager. Books, articles, all of it. His book, Big Trouble, was turned into a movie starring Tim Allen. Although he only sometimes wrote about tech, he was much more clueful than most writers at the time, especially comedy writers.
It's too bad he's dead, despite his objections.
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#84Re: Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated
#85Pardon the interruption but ... who are you? Your bio is empty.
Google Cliff Stoll. The dude is a total bro. One of my friends just bought one of his Klein bottles, and the included written materials attested to this indisputable fact. Unlike his death in 2026, which currently has an open dispute.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
You define your liveness by some piece of paper?
The state does. And once a death certificate have been issued and filed, proving you are in fact still around is whole can of worms of its own. eg https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/03/they-sa... Edit: and a few others https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060857 The Romanian man Guardian article has a great and horrible quote: > The court told him he was too late, and would have to remain officially…
I read the first link and was curious what the outcome of the case was, since the article was released in 2021. It seems that Jeanne was declared alive again in 2023, which is the most recent public reporting on the case:
https://www.leprogres.fr/faits-divers-justice/2023/02/28/jea...
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
... and exactly three fingers, and not six, for example.
I feel bad for people who have a mutation that caused them to grow an extra finger. Now every picture of them people are going to say its AI.
Commit crimes wearing an extra prosthetic finger. You can dispute any video footage as AI generated.
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#88A doctor friend of mine once joked that it would be really cruel to issue a death certificate for someone who is alive. This seems to be a soft version of that. The only thing that would be crueler is to revoke someone's birth certificate. "Sir, you never existed in the first place."
It's no joke for some. It was some time ago that I read about it, and I'm struggling to find a source now, but there are instances in India of people being declared dead to allow their next of kin to steal their land. In doing so, the 'dead' unsurprisingly lose access to various public resources, health care, etc. Edit: found a reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh_Association_of_D...
It is reasonably safe to say that people find it funny because of the absurdity of the situation, while realizing that it is not funny for the person who has been declared as dead.
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#89Thank you for the update, Cliff. I will update your Wikipedia page to show that your death is currently under dispute.
Classic Wikipedia. “I spoke with Cliff today; now I have to go discuss on the Talk page whether or not he’s dead.”
Re: Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated
#90Dear Cliff,
I'm terribly sorry to hear of your passing, but am pleased that you have since gotten better.
Cheers!