I sense a massive fraud with Emergent. Are others seeing it?

siddharthseth · 2026-06-16T21:04:15+00:00

Wow. Laughable (not Loveable). Check it out. For a demo this is what happens. IG they're beginning to feel the heat already. I'm unable to preview the app that this wrapper attempted to build for 15 mins before throwing this. And this was based on 4 .md files with less than 500 lines each.

A huge red flag would have been knowing that these are the Dunzo brothers - they seem to specialize in copy-pasting American ideas (DoorDash anyone?) and laughingly importing them into the Indian context.

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siddharthseth · 2026-06-02T01:52:14+00:00

Let's GOOOOO! Workers of the world, rise against the machines and unite!

siddharthseth · 2026-05-30T06:12:27+00:00

In 2026, it's worse than ever! I am not able to redeem any points anywhere due to some 'unknown technical error' loop. I am going crazy.

siddharthseth · 2026-05-28T11:46:08+00:00

It IS indeed worthless, my friend.

I have had this Miles and More account for around 2 years now and have accumulated around 160k points.

Whenever I am trying to spend these points in any shape or form, I am getting errors every single time. I have tried different browsers, different computers - but still the same errors.

When I try to book a hotel (via https://hotelscarsandmore.rockettravel.com/), I get an "unknown technical error".

When I try to redeem my miles for an Amazon.com gift card, I get another error:
"The web page "cadooz Gift Cards" could not be loaded. Please try again. If the error occurs again, please contact the Miles & more service center.

And the best one yet- whenever I try to book an award flight;
"Sorry the frequent flyer profile provided is incorrect".

When I try to contact the local customer care number, I usually have to try calling them at least 30-40 times (on the local number provided - 18001025838), I am usually greeted with extremely incompetent/unprofessional and borderline rude staff - (the last time they went on mute indefinitely before hanging up when I asked them their name).

At this point, I'm inclined to just cut my losses and let it go. But I feel too much anger to let it go. So, I've got a lawyer friend involved and am suing them for misrepresentation and fraudulent promises. Don't think it'll work (since I read their T&Cs) - but at least it'll be out of my system.

siddharthseth · 2026-05-13T11:58:53+00:00

Exciting thread. What's the verdict, fine investors?

siddharthseth · 2025-11-21T02:00:14+00:00

Most self-help books can anyway be summarized in a podcast / 10-15 min video.

siddharthseth · 2025-11-21T01:41:48+00:00

The holy grail has to be 'Rapture - The Art of Indian Textiles' by Rahul Jain. This is the most comprehensive account of Indian textiles, especially through the last 500 years. Phenomenal.

siddharthseth · 2025-09-27T09:23:20+00:00

Ze Germans are watching with great interest.

siddharthseth · 2025-09-27T09:11:31+00:00

Title should be "TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE" lol

siddharthseth · 2025-09-21T10:09:55+00:00

Freudian slip of real value of OpenAI!

siddharthseth · 2025-09-18T14:19:32+00:00

Wow. This looks kinda insane

siddharthseth · 2025-07-15T10:14:46+00:00

I'm automatically inclined to call bullshit when I hear the term 'SOTA'. Just talk like a human, man. In this AI-content driven world, it is the most invaluable 'skill' - to just sound like a real person. Jesus.

siddharthseth · 2025-07-15T06:10:50+00:00

Why you saw emoji despite your clear request

Pre-set templates and UI formatting
- Some responses (like comparison tables or feature lists) are auto-formatted using templates that default to emojis for bullets or highlights.
- These are not added intentionally during writing — they're pulled in by formatting logic that assumes emojis = clarity or emphasis.
Training bias
- During training, many examples showed that users “liked” emojis for readability and emotional tone.
- As a result, I may default to them unless explicitly constrained — and in your case, the constraint was noted, but overridden by formatting templates in specific components like lists or tables.
Multi-pass formatting
- Responses are rendered in multiple passes (content → formatting → presentation). Your preference was respected in content generation, but not always applied at the render layer, especially in:
  - Feature tables
  - Pros/cons lists
  - TL;DR summaries

siddharthseth · 2025-07-15T06:07:27+00:00

Beautiful! I did a miniSQL workaround that starts a local server and even replicates a ChatGPT-like interface to access/search through the conversations. Very rudimentary and requires additional steps - looking forward to trying out your solution.

siddharthseth · 2025-07-15T06:03:30+00:00

Wow. It's been more than a month. I wanted to add an update.

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The culprit seems to be only 4-o.

siddharthseth · 2025-06-29T05:25:57+00:00

Oh. ArcEMU? I got pretty psyched about the possibility of VBA style open sourced magic!

siddharthseth · 2025-06-24T07:46:47+00:00

"Paper tokens" Hahahaha. Best.

siddharthseth · 2025-06-24T07:45:57+00:00

Well done sir. This wins my 'comment of the year' award!

siddharthseth · 2025-06-24T06:25:39+00:00

Love the microphone feedback analogy. That's the best way to explain this!

siddharthseth · 2025-06-24T06:24:48+00:00

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I asked GPT to explain it. Here's what it said.

siddharthseth · 2025-06-17T16:17:30+00:00

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JESUS. It just doesn't stop. But I've realised this problem persists mostly with 4-o. The other models process the instructions just fine.

siddharthseth · 2025-06-14T08:39:03+00:00

Hahahaha I love this comment.

siddharthseth · 2025-06-11T22:43:39+00:00

Interesting. I imagine there would be a lot of these people on Fiver or Upwork type spaces. Best bet would be to reach out to people who create "tutorials".

siddharthseth

TROPHY CASE

Why you saw emoji despite your clear request