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		MR4D on Feb 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM's Lost Decade Watson has become IBM's Clippy....it never came close to living up to expectations.

mark-r on Feb 3, 2020 [–]

That's being unfair to Clippy. I expected Clippy to be an annoying joke that wouldn't last long, and my expectations were met perfectly.

machinecoffee on Feb 5, 2020 | [–]

Well, clippy didn't last long (although I miss the cat a bit), but the clippy jokes seem to have lasted forever.

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