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throwaway5292··on Ask HN: Why doesn't Microsoft bring Clippy back instead of Copilot?
Because you could turn Clippy off.

You can 'agree' to Copilot not offering help. But that doesn't 'turn it off', just agree with it to turn to another use mode while it 'sits there'.

Copilot does not crash, copilot crashes you.

throwaway5292··on Camille Rullán
Great.

Needs snake.

throwaway5292··on Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s
What's the point in voting? My district boundaries were redrawn to ensure my vote isn't heard.
throwaway5292··on California went a record 98 days with 10 hours of electricity from renewables
That sounds incredibly efficient.
throwaway5292··on The £58B company that doesn't exist
Fascinating.