@Meekspees (I may think about logic puzzles a bit too much…)

@Meekspees It would take an "Asimov law" type restriction that physically prevents him from telling a lie when the purpose of the lie is solely to grow his nose.

But he could justify it that way after-the fact.

"Hey, can you make your nose grow on command?"

(Intending to actually lie) "Of course I can!"

<nose grows, Pinocchio gets a little worried> "Uh…. See!"

But he'd only be able to do it once. Because future attempts would be "purposeful" and he couldn't say it.

@Meekspees *SAYING* "I can make my nose grow on command" is not itself the command. I would argue that the statement itself is true, and it should not make his nose grow.

His "command" to make his nose grow is simply to tell a lie.

Now, if there was some mechanism that prevents him from telling a lie *SOLELY* to cause his nose to grow, the statement would be false, and therefore make his nose grow.

But he couldn't say it JUST to cause it to grow.

@swinemiester If only they could load/unload themselves. (We have similar. It is funny getting phone alerts. My favorite is "the clothes in your dryer are damp" alert only a couple minutes into the dry cycle. "THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IN THE DRYER YOU SILLY MACHINE!"

Welp… Had to stop payment on a check because my wife fell for the "door to door magazine salesperson with a hard luck story" scam.

What's really sad is that the actual door-to-door person is almost always *NOT* meaning to be a scammer, they're being scammed by their "employer", too.

@spacesloth I don't! I have no idea where it's coming from. The ultra-strange part is that the browser I *don't* have in ostrich mode never does it.

Okay, why on some reloads of the CoSo page on desktop do I hear multiple overlapping audio ads? I even have ostrich mode on so it doesn't even show the radio scanner...

@Janet My random VOIP line? That I only use for "throwaway spam" purposes?

It's on Craigslist for an ad I have up trying to sell my car; but it's *NOT* linked to my Craigslist account itself.

WTF? I'm suddenly getting a bunch of "phone call verification codes", the computer-generated voice doesn't identify who they're from, the phone number doesn't who called.me track back to anything recognizable.

The most interesting thing? It's to a virtual phone number I have that isn't registered to *ANYTHING* that should have a phone verification code.

@th3j35t3r My employer banks there. Payday is next Wednesday. I really hope accounts are accessible for payday.

@kel My coworkers have been doing some amazing things with it.

@dgarcia @Alfred Pros: You're in the home of the cheesesteak!

Cons: You're in Philadelphia.

😛

@99reasons4truth These wider shots look so much more impressive than close-up of just the Hollywood sign.

@th3j35t3r You mean publishing a blog, right? 😆 (I still have a copy of Aldus Pagemaker somewhere,)

@th3j35t3r When will AI Fred be based on a quantum computer and able to break encryption? 😂