Reading the actual article reminds me of the old soviet joke:
Q: Is it true that Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov from Moscow won a car in a lottery?
A: In principle yes, but:
1). it wasn't Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov but Aleksander Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov;
2). he is not from Moscow but from Odessa;
3). it was not a car but a bicycle;
4). he didn't win it, but it was stolen from him.
Genius. Tell us a couple more old soviet jokes! It might be against the HN rules but maybe they will let it slide given the fascination for the Soviet Union here.
In Romania, a pig gave birth to two piglets. The farmer was disappointed and worried (since 2 is a very low number; a good number from a farmer's perspective would be between 8 and 12). So, he reported to his superior that there were 4 piglets. This superior also thought the number was not good enough, so he reported 6 to his superior. That person then reported 8 to his superior, and finally, the dictator Ceaușescu received the final number as 10. He decided that 2 of them would be exported, and the remaining 8 would be used to feed the people.
very cool break down! it looks like it is very hard to defend against those. I am building a customer facing agent and I am looking for lean ways to defend against these attacks
For what it's worth, the people I've had the most success working with are people I've already spent some time working with. But yes to those other things too.
