Intentional pun?

I'm not sure I'd consider the 22nd amendment "kinda recent precedent."

I built a similar project! https://github.com/zacharycohn/jukebox

My jewel cases have not survived contact with my 2 year old, and I've been idly thinking about more robust solutions.

There's no rule that says argentinosauro can't play basketball.

I meant soccer. The theme park is in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Yes, things like street closures for construction, film shoots, or Neighborhood Night Outs would all need permits to obstruct traffic/close the street.

Fun fact: as a regular citizen you can apply for such a permit online. I did this when we were moving houses to ensure the entire block in front of our house would be clear of cars (or we could tow if required) to make it possible to get a moving truck in on the one-lane street where double-parking would block all access. I filled out the forms. A week or so later the city dropped signs on the sidewalk warning of the upcoming closure.

You can also close your entire street for a block party. You just need a certain number of people on your block to sign the form approving it.

Also your website pricing is different than the pricing you mention in this post.

Hey we're running an intro offer with the pricing mentioned here. Updated website to reflect that.

I started building basically April last week. I have a "safety" toggle in my app. If it's on, there's a "Review Actions" tab that any write or destructive actions go to. Then when I'm done dictating/commuting/whatever, I open the Review tab and go through the actions (add this calendar event, send this text message, reply to this email, etc) one by one - it sort of works like a checklist.

Feel free to take the idea, if it's helpful. No credit/rights necessary. Y'all are much farther along than I am and if you come out with an Android app I'll probably end up a customer!

Please add text messaging and an Android app too??

Sure - we will add this to our pipeline!

For people who go to these restaurants, this is better service. You wouldn't find this happening at Red Robin. This is what they are paying for.

If it's not for you, that's fine.

I think you totally could replicate these experiences without the restaurant involved. Fun surprises are nice, but the absurdity of having the restaurant provide these kinds of experiences seems tacky.

I don't think I'm alone in wanting the restaurant's personality to be just as much a part of the experience as my own personality. Otherwise, what makes this place more special than any other wanting to pull the same gimmicks?

Sure. A hotel could leave you a special gift if they knew it was your anniversary.

And people would be thrilled by the customer experience their service created.

> I think you totally could replicate these experiences without the restaurant involved

How? Like another sort of establishment that's not a restaurant?

A baby penguin is not service --- it has no impact on their 2 star rating.

Unless they are on the menu, penguins have no part in the restaurant's mission. It is simple pandering to those who psychologically crave attention. It is put forth as a substitute for the lack of better product and service.

If it's a person who wants to personally make my experience better, sure, yay.

If it's a manager who wants to use AI to maximize my engagement, fuck that.

My stance has long been that LLMs are currently worse than the evangelists are claiming they are, but are significantly better than the detractors and skeptics think they are.

Like most things, the truth is somewhere in the middle. But unlike many things, they are changing and advancing rapidly, so it's current state is not the resting state.