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I'm always impressed how quickly you respond to the bat-signal.
by elromulous 5y ago
I'm always impressed how quickly you respond to the bat-signal.
- dang 5y agoIt's a sample-bias illusion, like the Super Bowl prediction scam.
- juliendorra 5y agoCould you explain a bit more? Or point to a ressource / story? (Failed to find something relevant by searching!)
- dang 5y agoThere's a classic scam where you send a letter correctly predicting the Super Bowl winner and then collect "investments" for your future predictions (i.e. scam people out of their money). The trick is just to mail out the same letter for every team. I guess it's hard to google because anything involving "super bowl" is quite a haystack. But apparently it's called the "Perfect Prediction Scam": https://www.google.com/search?q=%22perfect+prediction+scam%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22perfect+prediction+scam%2.... Apparently Alfred Hitchcock did a TV episode about it: "The Mail Order Prophet" (1957): http://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-hitchcock-project-robert-c-dennis_18.html http://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-hitchcock-projec... https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6uue06 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6uue06 "I wish he hadn't done it. We have a very sensitive elevator man. He doesn't like it when he brings people up, and then they don't ride down again. It confuses him."
- taneq 5y agoGiven that he just expressed his affinity for writing code for things, I'd assume the bat-signal also sounds a buzzer in the HN-cave... ;)