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@Dame__Jane A classic example of the Ricki Gervais guitar lessons joke
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@FurkanGozukara @nzpoliticsgroup That's George Galloway. There's more geo political expertise in his hat!
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@nazreddin @DannyDrinksWine it told us alcoholism and homosexuality is funny
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The first preview screening of Bruce Robinson's "Withnail & I" (1987) appeared to be a total disaster- the audience sat there stony-faced, never laughing once.
It was only after the screening had concluded that a distraught Bruce Robinson discovered that the audience was comprised entirely of non-English speaking German tourists who were all staying at a hotel nearby.
(Source: IMDb)
P.S: On this day, 39 years ago, "Withnail & I" (1987) premiered in New York New Directors and New Films Festival, USA.
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RCR Co-founder @AliaVFF responds to today’s news.
They said they didn’t know.
But their own documents say otherwise.
Nine months of warnings.
Their own advisors raising the risk.
And still… they pushed ahead.
Watch this.
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@liz_churchill10 If you zoom in on the board, it says "Vote: Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations"- which is Eurocrat speak for "nothing will happen."
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@aakashgupta Copilot can't even do simple formatting jobs on Word docs!
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Microsoft has now renamed this product four times in four years and each name is worse than the last.
Microsoft Office (1990-2022). Thirty-two years of brand equity. Everyone on Earth knew what it meant. Your grandmother knew what it meant. “I need to open Office” required zero explanation in any language.
Then: Microsoft 365. Then: Microsoft 365 (Office), because even Microsoft couldn’t stop using the old name. Then: Microsoft 365 Copilot. The app icon is now identical to the Copilot chatbot icon with a tiny “M365” badge in the corner. Users are opening the AI chatbot when they want Excel.
“Office 365” still has double the search traffic of “Microsoft 365.” “Microsoft 365 Copilot” has virtually none.
The reason this keeps happening is the same reason it will keep getting worse. Microsoft sells Copilot to Wall Street, not to the person trying to open a spreadsheet. Satya Nadella told investors 70% of Fortune 500 companies “adopted” Copilot. The actual conversion rate, the share of employees with access who choose to use it, is 35.8%. ChatGPT’s is 83.1%. When workers have access to multiple AI tools and can pick freely, 8% choose Copilot. 70% choose ChatGPT.
Copilot’s paid subscriber market share dropped from 18.8% to 11.5% in six months. Gemini passed it in November 2025.
So Microsoft did the only thing left: rebrand the world’s most recognized productivity suite after the AI product nobody is voluntarily using, and raise the subscription price to pay for it.
This is the same company that rebranded MSN to “Microsoft Start” in 2021 and quietly reverted to MSN three years later after everyone ignored the new name. The same company that renamed Microsoft Remote Desktop to “Windows App.”
400 million paid seats. The switching cost is so high that Microsoft could name it Microsoft Copilot Clippy 365 AI Turbo and most companies would renew anyway.
P.G. Chodehouse@mynnoj
super funny that microsoft had a strong brand like 'office' and some mbas decided that 'microsoft 365' and 'copilot' should replace it
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Does this silly little man not understand that Islam is a very aggressive belief system, threatening death to anyone who does not convert to Islam
The Buddhists, the Taoists, the Scottish Presbyterians,
the Hindus and the Sikhs and the Confucians and the
Catholics don't go around shouting about beheading
people they disagree with
Is this too much for your tiny little brain to take in ?
Oh. The doorbell rang. The police I assume...
Gad Saad@GadSaad
Indeed. Whenever Jews are attacked (typically by Muslims), it is important to redouble our efforts to fight against Islamophobia.
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@BretWeinstein Yeah, but it will still show up late, tell you it's got to go back to the depot for a part, then sit in the van for two hours.
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Think the trades are safe from AI? Think again.
Sovey@SoveyX
AI is gonna take your job and your girl.
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@BretWeinstein @TimothySawyerMD The more I think it through, the scarier it gets. Imagine you're a high school kid, thinking about what to do at college. By the time that kid graduates, their qualifications will be obsolete, if the trajectory continues.
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@TimothySawyerMD Sure, but it's like a 75 meter high tsunami approaching. It's true you can't predict anything with precision. But the devastation is a different matter.
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@ThomasSowell Chuck Norris went into a feminist convention, and came out with an ironed shirt and a ham sandwich.
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