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WEDNESDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2014
Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress".
It said the same when you opened it by accident. It'll keep saying it after you've gone, if nobody cancels the subscription.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- You started saying "oof" when you sit down. That's the countdown, out loud.
- You've been "about to start the gym" since January. It's October. The gym has…
- He vanished for five months, then texted "haha so true" like he'd just popped…
- Monday is a core collaboration day. As, it turns out, is every day ending…
- The consultation runs for twelve weeks. The decision was made in week zero.
- They posted an apology in the Notes app. It was addressed to the fans.…
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