Subj : Re: Microsoft retiring Sk
To   : SEAN DENNIS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Mar 07 2025 09:19:00

> T> I left most "chat" things behind.  I can't find one where some moron
> T> doesn't turn a simple programming question into an argument about the war.

> What war?

I am guessing Ukraine?

25+ years ago, I remember being on a chat about cars.  IIRC, it was over
yahoo messenger or the like.  There was always one user who would start a
private chat about someting quasi-related before diverting the chat onto
how the US was "bad" for wanting to go after Osama after 9/11.

I quickly learned to ignore their requests.  Later, after hearing of
Americans who went overseas and volunteered to become Al Quaida, I wondered
if this person wasn't some recruiter or if he was (as I had always thought)
just some weirdo who always had to steer conversations into politics.

I would guess that kind of thing still happens on chats.


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