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Location: Austin, TX, USA
Diaries published: 60 (22 days since last diary on Thu Nov 16, 2023 at 12:52 PM PST)
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UPDATE Part 1: After learning from fellow Kossacks on this thread, I lean more toward discourage than prohibit, and encouraging folks to consider whether the info truly cannot be sourced elsewhere. See the end of the diary for a summary of some of...
by Essephreak
 246 comments
on Thu Nov 16, 2023 at 12:52 PM PST
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(Update: Here is a link to the full chat: chat.openai.com/… ) That’s what it tried to tell me: Me: How many T's are in "Tattle" ChatGPT: There are four "T's" in the word "Tattle." Wow. How did we get here? Let me back up. I am a retired data monkey....
by Essephreak
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on Thu Oct 12, 2023 at 04:39 PM PDT
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UPDATE: forgot the link to the #$%^# petition: www.change.org/... Obviously, we have bigger fish to fry right now, but we don’t have a better turkey to pardon. A distant online acquaintance has posted a change.org petition to name the turkeys that...
by Essephreak
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on Thu Oct 27, 2022 at 08:14 AM PDT
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Appearing as a guest on a regularly-occurring television news program, a pundit made a comment that I agreed with and thought was particularly well-worded, refuting a point of view that I strongly oppose. Please watch the video. I have nothing more to...
by Essephreak
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on Tue Jul 06, 2021 at 03:51 PM PDT
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Sigh...
by Essephreak
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on Fri Apr 16, 2021 at 10:50 AM PDT
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I am a lifelong (58 years old) Democrat. So when I see our local ambitious Mayor deliver yet another master class in tone-deafness, I feel the need to warn a broader audience, lest he continue his advance through the party ranks. Coming on...
by Essephreak
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on Mon Feb 15, 2021 at 03:13 PM PST
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- This was the third time I got a scam call with the "grandson in jail" script. I bungled the first two, but I finally took one scammer to the limit. There must be a thousand possible scripts to explain the grandson in jail, but it is always the same....499 comments 1098 Recs
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- “We’re pleading” “Is there anything we can say” “Look, I’m begging” “We’re on our knees” I give a lot of money to political causes, and I resent every dime. I shouldn’t have to pay money to have my voice heard. My vote should be enough. But I know that...232 comments 531 Recs
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