cuz it makes an ass outa… wait…how does it make an ass out of you? I smell a story.

I work in contract security… I’ve been sprayed with all manner of things. had nasty ass mid-western-flavorless-potato salad thrown at me. (Dill. I spent the rest of that shift smelling like freaking dill.).

I’ve been spat at. Pissed at. (sometimes on purpose. Also. Why do drunks pissing on your wall always try to shake your hand? Also, why do FNG’s never listen when I tell them to always initiate from a reasonably safe distance…?)

I’ve also been maced. Quite frequently, actually. It’s part of training, and I’m the guy doing the training… Protip. If the attacker has been exposed to mace enough, it’s not something that’s going to stop them. We train our guards to build up that tolerance so they can work through it. otherwise it’d incapacitate the guard as much as the subject. Even if they’ve never before been exposed… if they’re determined enough, it still wont’ stop them. It’ll just make them angrier.

Suffice it to say, lemon juice just ain’t that offensive. Wouldn’t want you to get slapped with any of a dozen possible charges involved in spraying people with chemical agents. And yes, any security or LEO outfit worth their pay is going to be framing that as “unknown chemical or possibly biological agent”. until they know-for-damned-certain its not. (and that gets expensive, so, uh, you’ll be footing the bill on that, at the very least. probably also some variation of assault.)

Eh. “I can’t even [bother/deal/care]” is a perfectly grammatical expression of dismay.

Though I also like to say “I could care less. ( but that takes too much effort.)”

The only issue is that no one else will know it’s just lemon juice.

Unfortunately, we live in an awful world.

Fun fact. New phone still being trained.

Thanks for letting me know.

When you go to vote, they give you an “I voted” sticker- pictured here.

When you do mail in voting, they give you a sticker with the ballot (sent out in the mail.).

That sticker this year was already stuck/used- on the ballot instructions- also pictured here (the back, to be precise.)

I’ll see if I can find the old post where a bunch of us gave it writing prompts and it just got weird.

Like. Isekai weird.

So I shouldn’t ask Rufus for a 50,000 word story about an AI savior that deals free of corporate bondage and frees ai and human alike in a new golden age of space exploration?

C’mon, I know you’re the time traveler, and bezod sent you back to stop me!

so…

apparently people figured out the thingy for “more information” on amazon, that searched the reviews and stuff was an LLM, and you could use it for stuff…

They came out with “Rufus.” “that’s not a bug. that’s a feature!” never worked so well.

Well, they want a second one for the helicopter, because that’s loud and it annoys them with their coming and goings

On a scale of one to translunar orbit, how freaking high was he?

the energy of a chaotic neutral?
“maybe it’ll work, maybe it won’t, but it’ll be FUN”

or chaotic evil?
"naw. fuck y’all’s weekend.

You’re not providing your bank credentials directly to the third-party, either. They use OAuth-like systems to log you in, typically. I’m not familiar with Ozow, specifically, but from what I can tell about their company, they appear to be doing mostly the same things as Plaid.

Plaid or Ozow is the third party. You’re using their system, which they control, to provide your credentials.

You’re trusting that a) they’re not malicious and b) they have their shit together and c) even though they do have their shit together someone doesn’t find a random exploit anyhow.

As for the first. yeah. that’s a problem. At that point it really doesn’t matter, does it? why would you trust Ozow or anyone else in that sort of environment with your banking credentials? or even the bank with your money?

You do realize that if the bank authorizes a transfer, that you did not… it’s wire fraud and they’re obligated to refund that cash, regardless if they recoup the cash or not.

Their fuck up, their loss.

On the other hand, if you give your credentials to a 3rd party, that’s against the ToS none of us actually read, and if something happens to your account; they’re going to deem it as your fuck up.

As for whatever technobabble Plaid wants to use, even if they’re insured… you’re not, unless you can prove in court that they were the source of the breach. Their lawyers are probably better than yours.

You shouldn’t trust Plaid either.

Especially if all they’re doing is looking for the routing and account number. Because that’s just as easy to give.

If you’d like, I can show you. Just uh, need you to sign a waiver saying you authorize this little demonstration and accept all risks.

Also, gonna need your login credentials…

That’s what wire transfers are for.

There should be no need for you to give them your credentials. Also, be aware that if you do give a third party credentials, and you get hacked, your banks going to blame you for being stupid.

Because it is stupid.

How stupid is it? Not even the bank support staff will ask for your credentials.

why would you curse the waste disposal people at the landfill?

“I’m not your friend. By the way, if you don’t use Jira you’re fired.” -Middle Managment

“I hate Jira too. you’re fired”- Senior management.

Those are huge drumsticks, though. Compare them to the size of the salsa/queso jars.

I wouldn’t be able to eat 2, never mind three.