[Autosave is for Wimps]

[Autosave is for Wimps]

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Oh no! AI curiosity elicits the return of the Turtle-Necked Tw*t

Oh no! AI curiosity elicits the return of the Turtle-Necked Tw*t

They’re scammers, not innovators – and I've been here before

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Sep 22, 2023
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“We’re moving everything to XML!”

I stare blankly at my boss. If he was expecting a reply, he would be disappointed. I’d heard of XML, of course – we’d just clicked over into a new century after all and even survived that pesky Y2K business! – but I had not expected those particular three letters, sp…

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