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That's romantic comedy stuff. Both sides believe they've hired a bot but have been secretly matched and are just talking to each other, to save costs. They are

That's romantic comedy stuff. Both sides believe they've hired a bot but have been secretly matched and are just talking to each other, to save costs. They are really happy with the "relationship" they have with the "bot". When they find out, they are outraged and sue the company...

mbrock 11y ago
Plot twist at the end: they are actually both replicants.
- justinjlynn 11y ago
  Bot talks to Bot talking to bot thinking bot is not bot but is actually bot. Bot is also talking to bot thinking it is not bot but is actually bot. Both bots find out Bot is bot but not bot. Both Bots bot. The net Bot is bot net. Bot-ception. Edit: Bbbbwwwwoooooottttt. Oh, my brain.
- VLM 11y ago
  Tell Alma, "The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping." Hard to believe that movie is three and a half decades old. Speaking of replicants getting interviewed by HR, another possible profitable relationship simulator, "The HR interview simulator" asking both classics such as "Can you describe how you solved a work or school problem?" and "What bugs you about coworkers or bosses?" and for an additional $10/month it adds "Mr Neckbeard McNed" to the conversation, who asks you to explain various algos randomly drawn from the Book of Knuth. "So I see you're applying to be a web page designer ... css, check, jquery experience, check, no Fields Medal or Nobel, thats something we kinda require here for writing our CRUD app, preferably both, but maybe we can make an exception just for you ... I was wondering if you could psuedocode the Hopcroft-Karp bipartite algorithm on the whiteboard for me. No pressure, I'll give you a minute or two. Or you can write it in Haskell, 6502 assembly, or APL, whichever you'd prefer."
geon 11y ago
There was a Swedish summer hit song with basically this premisse a few years ago. "Anna, the bot".
- dnate 11y ago
  Boten Anna! such a classic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQUsp-jxDQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQUsp-jxDQ
  - icoder 11y ago
    Haha, was that about this? 'Boten' sounds like 'boat' (and the Dutch equivalent, 'boot'), and so we had a cover in our language about someone who had a 'really beautiful boat' called Anna.
    - geon 11y ago
      With his accent, it is the same in Swedish. Combined with the song playing way too much in commercial radio, it created some resentment. Someone on a festival had a sign saying "You have a boat up your ass".
- personlurking 11y ago
  Reminds me - still waiting for a season 3 of Äkta människor
- JonnieCache 11y ago
  Isn't that song about their IRC bot and how they love her because she kicks all the lamers from their channel and protects it from takeovers? Here's a video with english subs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7iU0GGVco8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7iU0GGVco8 EDIT: oh yeah at the end <SPOILER ALERT> it does turn out that she's really a human girl. </SPOILER ALERT>
  - annnnd 11y ago
    Hey! At least write "spoiler alert"!
restalis 11y ago
"When they find out, they are outraged and sue the company..." So knowing this possibility, write a disclaimer first! A generic one of course, that won't rise awareness in (the unlikely) case your clients actually bother to read something before signing up!

mbrock 11y ago

Plot twist at the end: they are actually both replicants.

justinjlynn 11y ago
Bot talks to Bot talking to bot thinking bot is not bot but is actually bot. Bot is also talking to bot thinking it is not bot but is actually bot. Both bots find out Bot is bot but not bot. Both Bots bot. The net Bot is bot net. Bot-ception. Edit: Bbbbwwwwoooooottttt. Oh, my brain.
VLM 11y ago
Tell Alma, "The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping." Hard to believe that movie is three and a half decades old. Speaking of replicants getting interviewed by HR, another possible profitable relationship simulator, "The HR interview simulator" asking both classics such as "Can you describe how you solved a work or school problem?" and "What bugs you about coworkers or bosses?" and for an additional $10/month it adds "Mr Neckbeard McNed" to the conversation, who asks you to explain various algos randomly drawn from the Book of Knuth. "So I see you're applying to be a web page designer ... css, check, jquery experience, check, no Fields Medal or Nobel, thats something we kinda require here for writing our CRUD app, preferably both, but maybe we can make an exception just for you ... I was wondering if you could psuedocode the Hopcroft-Karp bipartite algorithm on the whiteboard for me. No pressure, I'll give you a minute or two. Or you can write it in Haskell, 6502 assembly, or APL, whichever you'd prefer."

geon 11y ago

There was a Swedish summer hit song with basically this premisse a few years ago. "Anna, the bot".

dnate 11y ago
Boten Anna! such a classic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQUsp-jxDQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQUsp-jxDQ
- icoder 11y ago
  Haha, was that about this? 'Boten' sounds like 'boat' (and the Dutch equivalent, 'boot'), and so we had a cover in our language about someone who had a 'really beautiful boat' called Anna.
  - geon 11y ago
    With his accent, it is the same in Swedish. Combined with the song playing way too much in commercial radio, it created some resentment. Someone on a festival had a sign saying "You have a boat up your ass".
personlurking 11y ago
Reminds me - still waiting for a season 3 of Äkta människor
JonnieCache 11y ago
Isn't that song about their IRC bot and how they love her because she kicks all the lamers from their channel and protects it from takeovers? Here's a video with english subs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7iU0GGVco8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7iU0GGVco8 EDIT: oh yeah at the end <SPOILER ALERT> it does turn out that she's really a human girl. </SPOILER ALERT>
- annnnd 11y ago
  Hey! At least write "spoiler alert"!

restalis 11y ago

"When they find out, they are outraged and sue the company..." So knowing this possibility, write a disclaimer first! A generic one of course, that won't rise awareness in (the unlikely) case your clients actually bother to read something before signing up!