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BonziBuddy

13 points by 0des 5y ago

jimmaswell 5y ago
BonziBuddy with modern AI would be interesting.
- snek_case 5y ago
  Isn't that basically the Google assistant or Siri?
1cvmask 5y ago
I remember being asked by way too many friends to help remove BonziBuddy spyware from their computers. Nowadays this would be a great coin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy
azhenley 5y ago
What is in the zip file when you click the download button??
david_acm 5y ago
LGR did a Tech Tales on Bonzi Buddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L958sMz1kWs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L958sMz1kWs
dang 5y ago
Since there was a thread a few months ago, I think we have to mark this one a dupe. (Reposts are ok after a year or so: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html) Bonzi Buddy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27399065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27399065 - June 2021 (114 comments) Previously: BonziBuddy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20234911 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20234911 - June 2019 (80 comments) Bonzi-Buddy Reborn as a Terminal Program - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3916957 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3916957 - May 2012 (2 comments)
- 0des 5y ago
  Noted
least 5y ago
I remember "Catz"[1] and "Dogz" [2] fondly. They, of course, only served to behave like cats and dogs sitting on your desktop rather than BonziBuddy's supposed purpose to assist you in computing. It's interesting that we seem to have "grown" out of these sort of silly applications running on our desktop. I suppose Bonzi Buddy and Clippy traumatized a generation and our computer assistants no longer have a virtual avatar (except Cortana, in some sense, I suppose). I feel like there's a serious lack of whimsy in software these days, but perhaps I'm not looking hard enough. [1]https://petz.fandom.com/wiki/Catz https://petz.fandom.com/wiki/Catz [2] https://petz.fandom.com/wiki/Dogz https://petz.fandom.com/wiki/Dogz
PaulHoule 5y ago
When I saw this posted I asked my son if he'd created an account on Hacker News to troll me.

BonziBuddy

13 points by 0des 5y ago

jimmaswell 5y ago

BonziBuddy with modern AI would be interesting.

snek_case 5y ago
Isn't that basically the Google assistant or Siri?

1cvmask 5y ago

I remember being asked by way too many friends to help remove BonziBuddy spyware from their computers. Nowadays this would be a great coin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy

azhenley 5y ago

What is in the zip file when you click the download button??

david_acm 5y ago

LGR did a Tech Tales on Bonzi Buddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L958sMz1kWs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L958sMz1kWs

dang 5y ago

Since there was a thread a few months ago, I think we have to mark this one a dupe. (Reposts are ok after a year or so: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html) Bonzi Buddy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27399065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27399065 - June 2021 (114 comments) Previously: BonziBuddy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20234911 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20234911 - June 2019 (80 comments) Bonzi-Buddy Reborn as a Terminal Program - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3916957 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3916957 - May 2012 (2 comments)

0des 5y ago
Noted

least 5y ago

I remember "Catz"[1] and "Dogz" [2] fondly. They, of course, only served to behave like cats and dogs sitting on your desktop rather than BonziBuddy's supposed purpose to assist you in computing. It's interesting that we seem to have "grown" out of these sort of silly applications running on our desktop. I suppose Bonzi Buddy and Clippy traumatized a generation and our computer assistants no longer have a virtual avatar (except Cortana, in some sense, I suppose). I feel like there's a serious lack of whimsy in software these days, but perhaps I'm not looking hard enough. [1]https://petz.fandom.com/wiki/Catz https://petz.fandom.com/wiki/Catz [2] https://petz.fandom.com/wiki/Dogz https://petz.fandom.com/wiki/Dogz

PaulHoule 5y ago

When I saw this posted I asked my son if he'd created an account on Hacker News to troll me.