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       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)
        
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       | 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.
        
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