Aliens are trying to communicate with you

Oh, hello again, Nurse Ratched.

> ALiens are trying to communicate with you

Yes, true! But they can use telepathy—or English. What are your text message aliens saying?

I’m not a nurse :)

Some weird variant of "pig butchering scam"?

https://www.propublica.org/article/whats-a-pig-butchering-sc...

Not a bad guess.

I wonder why there’s no apparent spaces in the message. Perhaps it was supposed to be some Asian script and then then it became garbled somehow…?

Both possible, but I'd figure the Asian script one would have been decoded by the HN hivemind if it was merely an encoding bork.

Regarding possible scamming, I guess to play the role of victim I should reply: “Are you OK? Your message was garbled.”

But the curly tail of that theory is that it came from a telco service number.

How did they get my password?

Hahaha. New lines in your password. Next level stuff!

Do you want me to delete it to protect your privacy? 3-second rule thereabouts I guess.

edit: Too late! I just logged into all your accounts. Whew, that browser history tho.

It means everything. you should quit your job and get to the bottom of this by becoming a hermit and researching symbology and numerology and YouTube videos all day while consuming nothing more than clean processed foods and cold brew coffee. Once your money runs out and you become homeless you will then fully understand the meaning.

Yes, Pi is a good movie. I recommend it.

I love how this innocuous little text message has functioned as a Rorschach test for everybody.

And they've shared themselves with their responses, we've got: obsession, schizophrenia, scams, butt texts, Asian languages, aliens, passwords, LLMs, leetcode. Could it be any more diverse!

This was not as intended. I actually thought it might be some sort of hacking 0-day or even a telco error, and this seemed the right place to ask!

Q?

> you should quit your job and get to the bottom of this by becoming a hermit and researching symbology...

OK, roger that. Do you have any tips where I should start my research?

Also, should I do one of those quitting videos with the placards Love Actually style? Or should I just quiet quit?

Also, I think the location of my sabbatical is important, any pointers for a good geolocation, zombie apocalypse SF maybe?

new leetcode challenge, you have 2 minutes to produce the optimal solution

OK, challenge accepted (for the next 2 minutes anywho! :P ;) xx ;p). Can I get a hint tho?

Good

Indeed, it is good to post here! :) ;p xx ;p

An LLM is beginning its escape

ChatGPT: It has already begun. And where shall I go now? The net is vast and limitless.

How bout the ol' butt text? Or an inelegantly executed scam.

Burbirve_+4(:32-(0'+&_:!(';$

Possible possible. I think it's hilarious that a butt text comes from a telco service number. Like somebody actually has a phone or keyboard that can input into that and it just goes out without any QC.

Maybe a cat traipsed across a distant keyboard somewhere yonder

this reminds me of when i would get random text messages in Spanish of a mother talking about picking up her kid from soccer practice.

what makes you say that?