[HN Gopher] Show HN: Marvin - A grumpy Slackbot who doesn't like... ___________________________________________________________________ Show HN: Marvin - A grumpy Slackbot who doesn't like your ideas Author : krycroft Score : 79 points Date : 2021-11-13 14:52 UTC (8 hours ago) (HTM) web link (github.com) (TXT) w3m dump (github.com) | 1123581321 wrote: | Thanks, but I already have this coworker. | | (Neat project!) | ithkuil wrote: | We should all strive to automate our jobs | geocrasher wrote: | My post from a while back seems relevant: | https://meetryanflowers.com/that-wont-work/ | | Also, I _love_ the automation of nay saying. Gets it right out in | the open and steals the thunder of negative people. | yjftsjthsd-h wrote: | You're _very_ optimistic about getting value out of ideas that | don 't actually work. Is there any reason you think ideas are | immune to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law ? | Hamuko wrote: | I'm too grumpy to want any Slack bots. | jstx1 wrote: | This is neat. And for the first time I feel that my job can be | easily automated. | [deleted] | agilob wrote: | >The list has been slightly modified to make it more generic and | a little less hostile. | | Less hostile? I think... err... I think ... I think I'll go home | 0xFreebie wrote: | Was Marvin named after Marvin Minsky? | caslon wrote: | This is obviously a Hitchhiker's reference. Minsky was cool, | but no match for the Paranoid Android. | 8bitsrule wrote: | I'd bet that Adams got that from Radiohead when he was | tripping in the future | sitkack wrote: | I am not sure Minksy was cool if cool was hanging out with | Jeffrey Epstein. | 0xFreebie wrote: | Ah, Marvin the Paranoid Android, thank you. | black_13 wrote: | ,,Your stupid why would you use sudo for that command ..." | STRiDEX wrote: | I think slack can now pick a random response without a node | server somewhere https://slack.com/resources/using-slack/a-guide- | to-slackbot-... see the Funny and delightful responses section. | | I'm not sure you can name it marvin though. | NaughtyShiba wrote: | I might be wrong, but I think that feature has been there for | atleast 4 years now. We would use it decide where to go for | lunch. | ytjohn wrote: | Our team used it to provide instant excuses/root cause. We | also had a list of just about every Rebecaa Black "Friday" | parody. | | The "downside" is that these custom responses were global, | while a slackbot can be channel specific. | [deleted] ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-11-13 23:00 UTC)