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by hfsh 243 days ago
This clippy white-washing is annoying as hell. Just like clipppy was.
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1970-01-01 243 days ago
100% this. Clippy was killed by Microsoft for a reason: it was a UI gimmick. The team that made it just wanted to show actions were in-progress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YObNc2jbD0k

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brabel 242 days ago
Wait is whitewashing now synonymous with “washing something bad to make it look good”?? Seems pretty racist to me to use it that way.
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willio58 242 days ago
Whitewashing isn’t limited to the context you think it is: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whitewash
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