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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 10:56:40 JST Evan Prodromou

   I'm starting a service where you pay me $500 and at some random time in the next few months, I'll send you a text with a link to a realistic fake newspaper page telling you that it happened, and then I will get a couple of your friends to text you in celebration, with more links, and you'll get to feel how great it is for a few minutes. I could probably also get a pretty convincing NPR News alert podcast episode to really make it seem really real.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 11:19:44 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @glennf I think if you consider why this operation might no longer be a viable business you might change your mind

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     Glenn Fleishman (glennf@zeppelin.flights)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 11:19:46 JST Glenn Fleishman

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     @evan i will be so sorry when you have to shut this operation down though.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 11:31:01 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Jeff Atwood

     @codinghorror you're probably right!

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     Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 11:31:02 JST Jeff Atwood

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     @evan but the LLMs can do this for free (on the free tier, if you have Universal Basic Computing Credits)

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 11:43:34 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • John Abbe (aka Slow)

     @slowenough I was thinking that!

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     John Abbe (aka Slow) (slowenough@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 11:43:35 JST John Abbe (aka Slow)

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     @evan May work better as a gift to someone else, that way they don't know it's coming.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 14-Mar-2026 11:43:36 JST Evan Prodromou

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     It happened as a service

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 00:37:55 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Comrade elronxenu

     @elronxenu good luck!

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     Comrade elronxenu (elronxenu@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Sunday, 15-Mar-2026 00:37:56 JST Comrade elronxenu

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     @evan Thanks but I really want the real thing.

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     Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Mar-2026 08:02:54 JST Jeff Atwood

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     @evan you don't need food or shelter (or money), you need universal basic computing credits.. https://staygold.us