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And their knowledge base was even more convoluted then the ones I encountered when doing call center work so they couldn't find the number for the dedicated line. Or they didn't even have the level of access to find it.

*jerbs

Or maybe they should have a Boston accent, since that's kinda their home state. *jahhbs

Oh great! Now there will be homeless robots camped out down by the river! Spending the day recharging their batteries in public libraries, and getting kicked out of coffee shops! /s

Appropriate thing to do would be to pass them to a dedicated line trained to deal with police inquiries. If VWs call centres don't have them they are even more half-arsed then they seem.

In the US as far as I'm aware they can.

Read as: China is unsure if it can successfully invade Taiwan.

Similar to how Russia thought the Ukraine invasion would be easy, but here we are a year later.

I dunno, when I was in a call centre there was a dedicated line for police enquiries. Policy was we were only allowed to give them the number, not even transfer them. I imagine most companies have similar policies. Of course finding the correct info in the knowledge base when you are new and half trained in another story.

I heard Bender is behind all of that.

China; "Could we invade Taiwan if there were Nazis?"

This may sound ignorant but could someone tell me the difference? When they talk it sounds almost like they are speaking the same language

I think those only work in Dumbfuckistan mate :D

The formula is pretty simple. Warmer than usual winter, late wet season, equals a shit ton of dry fuel without the normal window for a winter burnoff.

Huge fuel supply, throw in lightning strikes, the occasional idiot with a cigarette, and a few arsonists and half the country is on fire.

I think a fair punishment would be to require him to replant trees where they were decimated by the fire. He could do it on weekends and still keep his regular job. If he has one.

Uh. Why do you think this is stupid?

We know intelligence is at least partially genetic. The degree is up for debate, but there's an indisputable link between intelligent parents and intelligent children. If we can isolate genetic sequences tied to better memory, cognition, or perception, you'd be an idiot not to opt into a selection process that gives your child better tools to succeed in life.

We can't do it yet, but once the technology is available we'll see this kind of thing done frequently for anyone having IVF. It's like genetic screenings for trisomy 21, Huntington's, or cystic fibrosis, just in reverse. Instead of blacklisting gametes or embryos with certain genetic sequences, we'll provide you a survey where you weigh different factors and a computer will select the appropriate combination of gametes or fertilized embryos based on your criteria. This one has eight sequences of memory, and six of cognition. That one has twelve of cognition, but only four of memory, etc.

This is the future. This is how we take evolution into our own hands, and begin to craft the society that we've dreamed about for centuries. No more sickness. No conflict. We'll breed a population of enlightened scholars, with empathy and compassion for their fellow man.

If you think this won't happen, you're naive. I'd guess already happening in China, albeit not with the efficacy I envision. We'll need a few generations of test subjects to refine the algorithms, identify the best combination or ratio of traits and what (if any) side effects occur when you force atypical brain development upon a child.

My suspicion is that if we push too hard, we end up with Asperger's syndrome and autistic savants. But, I don't have the evidence to support that hypothesis. It's just a guess, and was admittedly influenced by the DS9 episodes with the genetically augmented humans that Bashir tries to help.

Are you sure they weren't caused by Jewish space lasers?

Exiled to where?

Does she understand that Amazon is not a manufacturer?

Well, duh?

Otherwise they would have.

It also looks like you could play a pretty good game of "just the tip" with it

Stop asking perfectly logical questions!

If they win the mafia will probably get their own Twitter account.

This is a terrible idea.

On a totally unrelated note, does anyone know where these ticklersrobots are?

No, because they screwed up. There is a procedure in place to assist emergency workers and for whatever reason either the agent that they were talking with didn't know about it or was misinformed.

Sad how google was quality and (add) free years ago

It was a screw up. They have a process in place to handle emergency calls like this which they don't charge for but somehow the person that they were talking to didn't get that information or screwed up. They probably got fired for it