Re: Smirk

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Total depravity seems more so with a constant chorus of jokes bitter, bad or both.


Posted by: Flippanter | Link to this comment | 05-26-23 8:36 AM
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I have sunk so far into decadence and depravity that I am expecting to enjoy Trump's evisceration of DeSantis.


Posted by: politicalfootball | Link to this comment | 05-26-23 8:52 AM
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The DeSantis Twitter announcement thing is so fucking funny.


Posted by: teofilo | Link to this comment | 05-26-23 9:28 AM
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Twitter envisioned Trump calling DeSantis "Rob" before it happened for real.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 05-26-23 9:39 AM
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(3) and the arbitration judgment it links are pretty enjoyable - and good to see the power of the courts when used against someone wholly deserving.

In the last decade while promoting MyPillow, Mike Lindell seems to have liked to tell the story of being addicted to crack cocaine and alcohol and losing his previous business, which if true (it's a standard evangelical thing to tell horror stories about how low your pre-Jesus low was) makes one wonder what he's on lately, so high on his own supply he commissioned a real arbitration firm that could see past his nonsense and legally order him to pay $5m.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 05-26-23 12:08 PM
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Lindell LLC assembled the Red Team, a group of software professionals, to review the data that would be presented to Contest participants... Josh Merritt, a member of the Red Team, explained that none of the Red Team cyber experts were able to open the files and obtain packets from the data Lindell LLC provided. Mr. Merritt, in fact, testified that he had advised Mr. Lindell to call the Contest off."

Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 05-26-23 12:11 PM
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"Election data" really should be in scare quotes, Heebie


Posted by: E. Messily | Link to this comment | 05-26-23 12:16 PM
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I've heard bad things about crack cocaine. To be fair, I've heard bad things about pillows too.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 05-26-23 12:42 PM
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The fucking worst.


Posted by: Desdemona | Link to this comment | 05-26-23 9:49 PM
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inorite?


Posted by: McMurphy | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 6:08 AM
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This has come to my attention this morning: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63107798/mata-v-avianca-inc/

Guy has ai write a brief, which makes up cases. Confronted, he has ai produce the cases, which themselves cite made up cases.

See dkt 31.


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 6:30 AM
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Will he be disbarred?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 7:26 AM
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And would it matter if he is? It's not like bars are the only places with wi-fi.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 8:34 AM
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Cellular data is sufficient in most of America.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 9:40 AM
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The thing has gone totally viral. He'll get something, but I strongly doubt it'll be disbarment -- not for the ai. The notarized affidavit issue, though, that's a completely different level of fuck-up.

If you're going to fabricate evidence, which you should not do, use declarations rather than affidavits.

But don't fabricate evidence!


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 9:48 AM
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What, Babel doesn't have a law library?


Posted by: Eggplant | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 9:53 AM
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If you must fabricate evidence, you should probably pick something that isn't so easy to discover is fabricated.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 9:53 AM
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Is it billing fraud too?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 10:05 AM
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Speaking of ridiculousness in the news y'all will probably be into this example of ChatGPT conning a lawyer into citing completely made-up cases in his brief. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html


Posted by: torque | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 10:18 AM
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19: Well, that is just a federal district court. What really gets to me is when commenters disrespect Unfogged by posting without reading the thread.


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 10:25 AM
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If a tree falls and it's not covered by the New York Times, does it make any sound?


Posted by: CharleyCarp | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 10:56 AM
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Hugely enjoyed reading the case. Thanks, CC.


Posted by: Ajay | Link to this comment | 05-27-23 11:49 AM
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