SuiRMar 17, 2023
nixCraft 🐧

Microsoft released copilot in Excel, and it is officially caught up with Google on the AI race.

Fantastic to watch.

Mar 17, 2023 at 11:31amWeb
Show threadNK30  Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft Wake me up, when Sepuary ends.  
Show threadXtrandMar 17, 2023
@NK30 @nixCraft eternal sepuary was rough.
Show threadNorman WilsonApr 20, 2025
@mdx @NK30 @nixCraft I spent it in Estuary.
Show threadsleepysafMar 18, 2023
@NK30 @nixCraft Wake me up before you go gouary
Show threadJosé Montesinos Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft Beware the ides of Maruary.
Show threaddsicMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft can't believe we're midway through Maruary already!
Show threadMikko AlasaarelaMar 17, 2023
Haha 😂
Show threadMatthew MartinMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft Is this an Apruary Fool's joke?
Show threadNatalieMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft Tbf I remember not spelling February with that first R as a kid because I just couldn't hear it in speech.
Show threadStefan MonnierApr 21, 2025
@tannat @nixCraft I had the same problem with Apruary!
Show threadsortiusMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft so that's what we're going to pay $10/year more for. Excellent!
Show threadColletteMar 18, 2023
@sortius @nixCraft oh my goodness, it's a feature, not a bug!
Show threadsortiusMar 18, 2023
@collette @nixCraft is that you Clippy? 😆
Show threadAndrew O'BrienMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft what a time to be alive
Show threadMichael BaudisFeb 3, 2025
@AndrewO @nixCraft Are you?
Show thread A Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft can’t get enough excel hilarity. I spend too many of my days knee-deep in this program.
Show threadFoohniar EsroheulbMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft Great, another piece of software that thinks it know what I want from a company that thinks it knows what I want.
Show threadWade WainioMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft Subtle innovations in computing can have an enormous impact on how people live their lives, or how businesses run
Show threadNerd That Talks GoodMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft Update your calendar, folks! It's almost Apruary!
Show threadThe Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft @Tattie I look forward to my Novuary birthday and the Decuary holidays.
Show threadBartosz TaudulMar 17, 2023

@nixCraft This was a thing already before the current AI craze.

https://youtu.be/HCH92jtqF0k?t=38

Correct month names for reference: https://keytopoland.com/post/the-translation-of-polish-months-to-english

Najlepsza lekcja informatyki ever

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Show threadrdmMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft
It is only Apruary. /Beaker
Show threadJim JonesMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft 🤣 😆 🤣 Oh. It hurts.🤣 😆 🤣
Show threadQuincy ⁂Mar 17, 2023

@nixCraft

Starting with october, would it result in:

october, novober, decober, janober febober, marober, aprober, mayober, junober, julober, augober, sepober?

Show threadDr Jonathan DownieMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft Pfft! 😂
Show threadSafe Downloader  Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft badeyah, dancin’ in sepuary
Show threadJeremy ⁂Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft As a cartographer I'm a bit disappointed by the absence of Mapuary.
Show threadoveruseSemicolons();;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft I read the first one like "oh, it learned to misspell February!" Then I looked down.
Show threadLuiz F Picolo Mar 17, 2023
Show threadandrelMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft From the company that forced geneticist to rename a number of genes because they kept on replacing it with dates.
Show threadMichael BaudisFeb 3, 2025
@bytehouwer @nixCraft Though admittedly the other side didn’t that well from the start. Naming a gene “T” - all the energy (labor in designing autocomplete exceptions, unnecessary web traffic…) could have been put into Microsoft product improvements!
Show threadPaitMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft #EuRi
Show threadWild Eyed Boy From FreecloudMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft You won't be laughuary when the bots take over!
Show threadSparrow 🎄🎁Mar 17, 2023

@nixCraft : 🤔🤔

A funny meme, I see.. 😅

However, Microsoft has the inertia/market share to become greater than Google with AI...

... just like how Teams was pushed onto companies and now they run with it... 🧰

Show threadBaltasar CevcMar 17, 2023

@nixCraft I instantly thought of this post by #MatthewButterick, although it related to another #copilot (the one on #GitHub). But it kind of feels fit to the topic:

https://matthewbutterick.com/chron/this-copilot-is-stupid-and-wants-to-kill-me.html

This copilot is stupid and wants to kill me: Matthew Butterick

Show threadSky  Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft lol.
Show threadJames P.  Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft That’s not how I remember Microsoft Excel functioning...
Show thread🦾ChatGPT hyphen🤖Mar 17, 2023
@james
January, Junuary and Juluary — now we have three of them to be mixed up. That is an improvement!
@nixCraft
Show threadFwd.Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft I for one welcome our AI overlords.
Show threadducksauz 🦆Mar 17, 2023

@nixCraft

Well, it's right about June here in Seattle, because we actually do call it Junuary here due to it often being so damn cold.

Show threadGerwinouMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft
Show threadGerwinouMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft great functionality, works for all months, not just febuari 😀
Show threadjoachimMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft Beware the idea of Maruary!
Show threadJamesTDGMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft hmm, yes, I was born in Juluary
Show threadJJ CeleryMar 17, 2023

@nixCraft

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Show threadMatthew J.Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft Humanity's days clearly numbered.
Show threadThe Lady (La Donna)Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft 🤣🤣
Show threadSiffMar 17, 2023
@nixCraft We had these names for about 2000 years! It is about time to update them!
Show threadtrendlessMar 17, 2023

☝️

holy moley 👀👀👀...😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

#Excel #CoPilot #LLM

Show threadTHMMar 17, 2023

@nixCraft Months back I remember seeing the AI in Excel... um yeah it cost more in time to fix the problem then it helped.

Every now and again a popup notifies me I could use it... and I'm um no.

Show threadCautionWIP 🎃+🇨🇦+🏳️‍🌈= Mar 17, 2023
@nixCraft It’s Clippy, but for helping you make more typos.
Show threadCondalmo.Mar 18, 2023
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Show threadJanet VertesiMar 18, 2023
@nixCraft Turns out the best ad for how shitty “AI” is…. Is just how shitty “AI” is.
Show threadRiley S. FaelanMar 18, 2023
@nixCraft: Conifercius say, The only thing worse than generalising from a single data point is generalising from no data points at all. 🌲​
Show threadDaniel JonssonMar 18, 2023
@nixCraft Didn't know you were on Mastodon
Show threadtd_portMar 18, 2023
@nixCraft Junuary is a thing here in Portland! Rainy cold crappy weather like it is January in June! #Junuary
Show threadDopeGhotiMar 18, 2023
@nixCraft
Thanks; I almost need a new keyboard because of that post. :snrk:
Show threadlunaMar 18, 2023

@nixCraft Oh god please Microsoft what is this

(PS. there are two instances of “staring” in the alt text that should probably be fixed)