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Written by April King on 2024-11-08 at 19:41

one thing i love about being in a long tech career is seeing how far things have come over the years.

when i started it was all “ugh clippy is so obnoxious” and decades of progress have gotten us all the way to “ugh this ai assistant is so obnoxious.”

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Written by Jay Nakrani on 2024-11-08 at 19:44

@april The obnoxiousness is probably related to or caused by executive pressure from products with dominant distribution channels

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Written by Viss on 2024-11-08 at 19:49

@april do you watch lower decks?

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Written by April King on 2024-11-08 at 22:42

@Viss no but i’ve heard it’s great

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Written by Viss on 2024-11-08 at 23:02

@april if you watch it (and i recommend you do!) the character 'badgey' immediately comes to mind :D

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Written by Eric G. on 2024-11-08 at 21:19

@april I think this can be summarized into what we were claiming back around '85: "Ugh, Microsoft is so obnoxious"

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Written by Stefan Eissing on 2024-11-09 at 08:26

@april For the success of such things, It is critical that NONE of the promoters USE IT! Or the Greatness Wavefunction will collapse!

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Written by Billy O'Neal on 2024-11-12 at 09:53

@april the difference is, clippy didn't have an army of loyalists believing that he would become God

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