I don’t trust a man that doesn’t have something strange going on about him, 'cause it means he’s hiding it from you. If a man’s wearing his pants on his head or if he says his words backwards from time to time, you know it’s all laid out there for you. But if he’s friendly to strangers and keeps his home spick-and-span, more often than not he’s done something even his own ma couldn’t forgive.
-No-bark Noonan, FNV
Yes, the article is about a specific instance of it happening.
I think this might be a case where the generic “scams generally work best if done low effort” doesn’t apply, since to be successful, this sort of scam requires some specifics. The not-kidnapped daughter was away training for a ski race. Blasting “we kidnapped your daughter” to people whose daughter is sitting on the couch next to them or people without daughters doesn’t work at all.
The article mentions people lose an average of $11k in these scams, which means they’re probably working best when targeting people with some savings.
Why keep the 3 staff? They’re not going to be working diligently to do all the human tasks while freshly aware of how little they’re valued at this point. They’re going to look for a better place to work.
The version I heard was “everything in moderation, including moderation.”
But the Butthole Surfers said, “It’s better to regret something you did than something you didn’t do”
Flashback to a decade ago when people were complaining at reddit posts for leaving the 9gag watermark.
Frankly, if ChatGPT isn’t increasing your performance significantly, you’re already falling behind the curve unless you’re doing manual labor.
PIA is about twice that if you pay for 3 years at a time. It’s more, but you continue to keep everything you torrent, which is a bonus over Hulu.