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Clippy is now reborn as an AI chat interface. Don't tell me this is not Just Plain Wrong.


"Clippy let's you run a variety of large language models (LLMs) locally on your computer while sticking with a user interface of the 1990s."
Felix Rieseberg, CLippy @ Github


Back in the day, I was writing the outline for a new training course in the then-new version of M$ Office 97 (I think!) and kept getting interrupted by the damned "assistant" chipping in with what Microsoft clearly believed were helpful suggestions. As it was a big distraction, I looked for ways of disabling it. Finally I used the assistant itself for help, typing "Fuck off, paper clip" into its prompt. Thankfully it dutifully outlined how to disable it, and I was thereafter untroubled by it. Seriously, I never heard of anyone who found it even remotely useful otherwise, just like the ill-

1. What is your name?

I'm gail!

I've always been pretty guarded about my personal info ever since the beginning. Anonymity means something to me, for a lot of reasons. It's not personal. Although I guess that's the point isn't it.

The man behind the gail force might or might not have written and published things on e2 under another name or names but will not confirm nor deny this speculation.

"Stop self harming!" - a friend in another board when I mentioned I was going to do this again

It's a fitness race. If you're tough enough to thunder down the A12 like a REFORGER convoy and get off at Brentwood you'll start to see see signs for the Secret Nuclear Bunker. This is on some farmland but during the summer, on some of the side fields on this farmland, three times a year, the proprietors host Nuclear Fit. Which I, despite still being on

News for Noders

April 1: By popular demand, March has been redacted.

April 10: Happy birthday, nuggets!

April 12: Yuri's Night

April 22: Happy Earth Day, fellow earthlings!

April 23: Saint George's Day.

April 24: Happy birthday, Rancid_Pickle!

April 30: Walpurgis Night.

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February 1: Brevity Quest 2025 begins!

February 2: Happy birthday Auspice!

February 2: Happy birthday npecom!

February 5: Happy birthday wertperch!

February 8: Happy birthday to panamaus

February 15: Happy birthday Admin to the goo!

February 23: Happy birthday Samuel Pepys!

February 29: Happy birthday Browncoat!


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January 1: Gregorian New Year.

January 16: National Nothing Day.

January 24: Happy Birthday Silverai_me!

January 26: Happy Birthday Segnbora-t!

January 30: Happy Birthday O-Swirl!


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December 1: Iron Noder ends

December 9: Smallpox eradication day.

December 9: Grace Hopper's birthday.

December 12: Happy birthday to horacetheclown!

December 21: Winter solstice arrives 10:27 PM, EST.

December 23: Happy birthday to Nemosyn!

December 25: Hanukkah begins.

December 25: Merry Christmas!

December 29: HairQuest 2024 ends.


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November 1: The IRON NODER CHALLENGE starts today and runs through December 1. It's never too late to sign up, and all writeups get rewards.

November 1: Happy Birthday Zephronias!

November 5: Bonfire Night in the UK.

November 11: Veterans Day in the US.

November 13: Everything2's Birthday.

November 27: Happy Birthday Estelore!

November 28: Thanksgiving in the US.

November 28: HairQuest 2024 begins!

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