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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

For those who are wondering, real tweet. I checked. Guy is defending himself by going 'physical mail is outdated and shouldn't exist'. This guy is going to get cybercrimed by somebody so hard.

E: also interesting, and relevant to our interests, you can just buy prestamped envelopes, so thanks chatgpt.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 11 points 3 months ago (6 children)

In a couple of generations of LLMs ChatGPT will tell you you can just draw your own stamps and it will be perfectly legal.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Funny you would say that. In Dutch but real.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is actually cool for real.

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