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The twisted life of Clippy

Posted by asteroid
Tags: microsoft.office, usa, software, characters, clippy, history, 1990s, virtual assistants, author.benjamin cassidy, source.seattlemet, long read
https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2022/08/origin-story-of-clippy-the-microsoft-office-assistant

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  1. Grendel
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    I once found a fan made plug in for Visual Studio (Microsoft's software for writing code) that added cliooy in. It made bad recommendations and I think it even criticized your code as you wrote...

    I once found a fan made plug in for Visual Studio (Microsoft's software for writing code) that added cliooy in. It made bad recommendations and I think it even criticized your code as you wrote it.

    It was fun for a few weeks :)

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