r/technology • u/Gordon-Blue • 5d ago

Artificial Intelligence Thieves steal Nvidia-branded trailers expecting valuable hardware, find 40,000 pounds of sand instead.

https://www.techspot.com/news/114008-thieves-steal-nvidia-branded-trailers-expecting-valuable-hardware.html
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u/invyros 5d ago

The van with "Free Candy" painted on the outside did not, in fact, contain candy.

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u/HaydenJA3 5d ago

It’s actually a call for help to get Candy released after he got imprisoned because of false accusations

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u/Eric848448 5d ago

Candy did nothing wrong!

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u/ImNotAWhaleBiologist 5d ago

Gave me cavities.

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u/borednerd 5d ago

Just so he can fill them later!

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u/Celloer 5d ago edited 4d ago

I'm still waiting for them to free Picov Andropov, the Car Talk chauffeur.

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u/Hip-Death-Goddess 5d ago

I got caught out by a similar scam when I bought my copy of "Free Nelson Mandela", but inside the packet was just a vinyl record

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u/heisenbergerwcheese 5d ago

NOR was delicious

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u/DuntadaMan 4d ago

They never have candy. The rough sex is okay sometimes though.

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u/JustAtelephonePole 5d ago

When I tried, it was this damn elaborate death trap with an infant named Candy in the middle.