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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by dotancohen on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:07PM (#47548993) 

  > takes 30 seconds.
No, it takes an hour of perusing HN every day to stumble upon this. That's 20 hours per month, 240 hours per year, shall I bill it to GitHub or to Microsoft directly?

Corrupting Steinmetz' quip to Ford: it's 30 seconds to flip the switch, 240 hours to know that a switch needs to be flipped.

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Re:If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your ... by collinmanderson on Sunday March 29, 2026 @09:32AM (#47563006)
I think they emailed everyone about this, but I might be wrong. Maybe they only emailed people who actually use copilot.
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