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		pbiggar on March 31, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stackoverflow rolls out "Chat with an expert" Oh FFS! This looked like a great product that seemed a natural monetization of their platform, that I would actually use and pay for. But its a fucking april fools joke connected to an eliza bot. See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5470437

wting on April 1, 2013 [–]

Flask started out as an April Fool's joke that eventually became a real product, there's no reason why the same can't happen with this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flask_(programming)#History

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