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PIP: a desktop penguin that loves you but hates it when you stay on the desktop for too long

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This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What I Built Pip is a small, chronically online penguin who lives on your Windows desktop. His life mission is to get you off the screen. He tracks how long you've really been at the computer: 30 minutes: he rai…

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  1. 2026-10-11 10:46 · DEV Community — AI
    PIP: a desktop penguin that loves you but hates it when you stay on the desktop for too long

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