Is it ironic that retailers offer us "loyalty points" that expire? They demand our loyalty and at the same time make it clear that this is not a reciprocal agreement. Wow! #retail #greed #opentable #starbucks #mcdonalds

Subscribe to my Flipboard Magazine with stories of how #GenAI is being used in #Retail:
https://flipboard.com/@shishs/generative-ai-in-retail-2l0qlu5lz?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=share

Includes stories from #Walmart, #Carrefour, #Instacart, #CocaCola, #Opentable, #Mondelez, #Uber, #Wayfair, #Shopify, #Carmax, #StitchFix and more

In the good news/bad news category: for the first time since the pandemic began, today a restaurant called me to confirm a reservation I booked on #OpenTable. Good news because it suggests the restaurant has enough staffing to make the calls. Bad news because I book on OpenTable precisely because I want to avoid having a phone call with the restaurant.

And to make it worse, they often call to confirm when I’m on the road for work, sometimes in a very different time zone!

Speaking of open table/troupe style games, I did run one back at the UCI Rpg Club. I called it Planescape Mercenaries, so not only did the cast rotate, but the worlds did too.

The very first job I gave the initial recruits was the hazing task of trimming the Ivy around the mercenary compound. Which had a tendency to fight back with its razor vines.

#TTRPG #DnD #Planescape #Mercenary #UCI #RazorIvy #OpenTable #RpgTroupe

They're going for the jugular to get as much #SearchEngine marketshare from #Google. That's megatons of #Azure resources being thrown into the fray.
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"Microsoft also says it’s working with #OpenTable for its Bing Actions reservations feature, #WolframAlpha for visualizations, and #OpenAI to let developers plug into Bing Chat."

#Microsoft’s #BingChat bot gets smarter with restaurant bookings, image results, and more | #GenerativeAI #BingAI | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23710022/microsoft-bing-chatbot-ai-image-video-chat-history-features

Highly amused that #OpenTable's login process for "logging in from a new location" is more stringent than my bank's. 3FA, no joke.

Thanks #OpenTable for allowing people to opt out of potentially painful #Mother'sDay promotions. Not everyone celebrates this day with joy.
#MothersDay

Well, it’s a start. Thanks, #OpenTable for making #Mother'sDay a little easier for those who find it a day of sorrow.
#mothersday #NotEveryoneCelebrates

still looking to make gaming plans for Sunday.
#ttrpg #opentable
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RT @thoughtpunks
Anyone wanna play a game or two this coming Sunday? Not recorded or anything. My gaming day was cancelled but I'm still up for running games.

Thinking about running my Dead Space-ish game.
#TTRPG #tabletopgaming
https://twitter.com/ThoughtPunks/status/1646432103947485184

Oh, no!

The ruination of ChatGPT Plus is already upon us!

OpenTable reservations? THAT'S what people need AI to do for them?

Ugghh-gaahh!

#AI #ChatGPTPlus #OpenTable

eicker.news #technews »#ChatGPT #plugins: The first plugins have been created by #Expedia, #FiscalNote, #Instacart, #KAYAK, #Klarna, #Milo, #OpenTable, #Shopify, #Slack, #Speak, #Wolfram, and #Zapier.« https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins

#OpenAI added plugins support to #ChatGPT -- upgrade massively expands #chatbot's capabilities and gives it access to live data from the web, there are 11 plug-ins for external sites, including #Expedia, #OpenTable, #InstaCart #Kayak, #Klarna, and #Zapier https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/23/23653591/openai-chatgpt-plugins-launch-web-browsing-third-party

Heute geht’s los! Erste Runde des #OSE #OpenTable . Mal sehen, ob wir es wirklich schaffen, zwei Mal im Monat in wechselnder Besetzung zu spielen… Ich schicke die Spieler:innen heute erst einmal in die „The Incandescent Grottoes“: https://necroticgnome.com/products/the-incandescent-grottoes

As much as an #OpenTable was really nice back in high school, it’s downright magical for scheduling a bunch of adults. https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/38643/roleplaying-games/open-table-manifesto

Logging into #OpenTable...

"We need to verify it's you, what is your phone number"

"OK Enter the number we just texted you"

"We still don't trust that it's you, what is your email"

"Enter the code we just emailed you"

"We're still not entirely sure it's you, please provide a DNA sample"

(OK I made that last one up but JFC)

Apparently, it is impossilbe to #unsubscribe from #OpenTable - when I clicked the link in their email, I got this:

I feel I would benefit from sitting down, having a deep think about what I actually want, and writing down some guidelines. Kind of like the #WestMarshes guy did (sorry, don't know his name), and Justin Alexander's #OpenTable approach.

I'm not saying what I would write would be as innovative as any of that, but nevertheless, I feel like it would be a "journey of self-discovery" in a sense. To get to know more about how to get the most enjoyment possible out of my #TTRPG campaign.

Has anyone else had a notification that their opentable credentials have been spotted on breach forums? #opentable

#EOTHO did cause people eating out...figures from #Opentable showed how people flocked to restaurants on Mon-Wed when the discount was available and likely reduced visits on days the subsidy was not available (weekends).

To establish & quantify the link btw #EOTHO & #COVID19 infections I do two exercises: I use a DID design showing that in areas with higher uptake of #EOHO #COVID infections surged differentially one week after the scheme started & declined again a week after the scheme ended.

Ich habe David auf einem #OpenTable kennengelernt. Damals hatte er zu diesem Projekt nur einige Bilder und hat uns gefragt, ob er damit was anfangen kann.
Und jetzt ist so ein großes Projekt daraus geworden. Ein Besuch auf seiner Webseite lohnt auch, dort gibt es andere interessante Projekte.

#photography #Fotografie #Hambi #Hambibleibt

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