How I Ruined Office Productivity with a Face-Replacing Slack Bot

Re:How I Ruined Office Productivity with a Face-Replacing Sl... by jamiepenney on Sunday February 19, 2017 @07:27PM (#13683211)

Smart phones kinda ruined chitchat a little bit for me. Someone states a fact and I have a strong urge to pull out my phone and check it out. Takes me out of the flow of conversation, so I have to make a major effort not to do it.

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Re:How I Ruined Office Productivity with a Face-Replacing Sl... by jon-wood on Monday February 20, 2017 @09:54AM (#13687715)

Some friends and I have a standing rule that Wikipedia, IMDB, and other such resources are banned while chatting at the pub. It used to be you could get a good 30-40 minutes of good natured argument out of two people disagreeing about a fact at the pub, whereas now there'll be a disagreement, then someone will pull out Wikipedia and immediately settle the matter. What are you meant to do for the next 35 minutes?

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Re:How I Ruined Office Productivity with a Face-Replacing Sl... by grkvlt on Monday February 20, 2017 @10:39AM (#13688124)

Berate whoever was wrong mercilessly, of course

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