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Re:GitHub satanically messing with Markdown – changes 666 to... by JadeNB on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @10:06AM (#21638845)
> It's software that overdoes being helpful, and becomes annoying or dangerous.

It looks like you're trying to write a rant against Clippy. Would you like help?

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Re:GitHub satanically messing with Markdown – changes 666 to... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @10:21AM (#21638997)
Clippy was annoying, but at least it was personified enough to serve as a single point of blame. But more than that, it didn't actually do anything automatically for you. It was kind enough to ask.
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