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When Microsoft retired Clippy
I didn't find Clippy helpful but maybe I'm just cranky
When I was trying to write a book chapter, the last thing I needed was a paper clip in the corner of my screen twisting itself into shapes and trying to be cute. This meme, once widely circulated, summed up everyone’s feelings about Clippy at the bottom of the dialog box.I didn’t want Microsoft Office to annoy me with that obnoxious paper clip constantly or when I least expected it. And that 486 wasn’t up to the task of checking your spelling and grammar in realtime and drawing squiggly red lines under your mistakes while Clippy celebrated your efforts by twisting itself into odd shapes in the lower right corner of the screen.
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