Just had the creepiest scam ever happen 20 minutes ago.
I got a call from my wife telling me she forgot her wallet and needed the credit card to pay for her gas.
Except my wife was at home with me, and drives a Tesla. Same voice, bit... off, weird cadence but 100% sounded just like her. If she wasn't there, and it wasn't about gas I would have fallen for it.
I entertained it for awhile to get more out of it, I was so confused. Must be some sort of voice deepfake. The responses were too fast for ai, I think it was a voice filter. I wish I had thought to record it.
The future is about to get fucked. Warn your loved ones, do verbal passwords with your kids.
Bit taken aback
@thecmills@clbradfish A child can have earned income at virtually any age my man. Just takes a parent owning the right kind of business and the right cpa. Not applicable for a ton of people but it’s done.
Attention beginners & high-hcps who get paired with better players:
I need to tell you a few things, bluntly. Because I want you to grow. Tough love, if you will.
-I don’t care if you ‘don’t usually play this bad.’
-I don’t care if you chunk, shank, slice & skull.
-I definitely don’t need play-by-play of every shot you hit.
Truly, you don’t have to explain yourself.
-I care if you are fun to be around.
-I care if you disrupt the round. Slow, loud, complain, throw clubs.
-I’m happy to share technique or equipment advice if you ask
The scorecard goes in the trash. Your behavior is deposited to memory.
Some of my favorite golf companions shoot 95, quickly. I leave pondering the laughs, stories, quips & insights, but never what they shot.
(📷 credit @patrickjkoenig)
Bezos had the vision, took the risk, and built Amazon from nothing. Since founding, Amazon has employed roughly 11.5 million worker-years globally, paid about $47.7 billion in disclosed cash income taxes since 2002 alone, and its U.S. workforce has likely generated another roughly $35–45 billion in federal income and payroll taxes. That’s before counting the value created for 200M+ Prime members and 300M+ active customers worldwide whose quality of life has been vastly improved by Amazon.
And you, in your infinite wisdom, want to financially punish the creator of Amazon?