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by masnick 13y ago
Yeah, it looks like this doesn't appear by default. To make it show up, select a message in your inbox and go to Message > Archive. That should make this folder appear: http://tmp.m-n.us/m/20130718_k83emkvnc4.pn
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by masnick 13y ago
If you're tired of the gmail interface (like I was), I'd highly recommend http://fastmail.fm . I made the switch (moved 55k+ messages with http://protips.maxmasnick.com/export-gmail-to-fastmail-or-an...
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by masnick 13y ago
The bios for their "characters" are super, super weird: http://www.nsa.gov/kids/bios/bios00001.shtml
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by masnick 13y ago
The sad reality is that as a contractor, you have to operate under the assumption that you will sometimes have trouble getting paid. If I was starting contract work for a new client, I would ask them to pay up front by the day. It is trivia
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by masnick 13y ago
I used gitolite on a VPS previously and it worked well, but when Bitbucket introduced free unlimited private repositories I switched. IMO there is no reason to use gitolite now for unless you have (a) sensitive repos (with your own server,
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by masnick 13y ago
No worries, we're all that guy sometimes. +1 for emoji support in HN comments. (Also ironic...mostly.)
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by masnick 13y ago
That was tongue-in-cheek (mostly...you never know with WWDC). This video reminds me a bit of A New Kind of Science ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_New_Kind_of_Science ): some of the phenomena Wolfram discusses gave me t
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by masnick 13y ago
Bold title for WWDC day.
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by masnick 13y ago
One of their replacement service suggestions is https://fiesta.cc . It looks nice but it's totally free -- I get nervous when there is not a clear business model. (It was almost shut down a year ago according to their blog: http://blog.fi
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by masnick 13y ago
I think some people actually do think like this, but I'm with you: I can't imagine how this is more helpful than a linear list.
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by masnick 13y ago
> I don't think your first point is relevant to mine. I don't exactly stay up at night worrying if Coca-Cola is making enough money with their Dasani business model. Likewise, as a consumer I don't care about the viability of Google's b
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by masnick 13y ago
You shouldn't, assuming you're happy with the service Google provides. If you're on Google Apps and like it, then you're set!
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by masnick 13y ago
YES! And Mail.app on OS X actually works better with FastMail's Archive than it ever did with Gmail's (in my experience). Here's a screenshot from Mail.app: https://files.app.net/1/79773/aTOWGMJ-rQ2Js_Edg-CWLi5FsLEVYq... I either never kn
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by masnick 13y ago
It's about paying for services you use so the businesses that provide those services can have a sustainable business model. I'm not a crazy person who hates ads in gmail (see http://www.maxmasnick.com/2012/02/12/gmail_paranoia/ ), but I do
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by masnick 13y ago
The article is incorrect: there is no free tier but there is a 2 month free trial. https://www.fastmail.fm/action/signup/?type=personal&acc... In terms of additional features: - Support for Sieve scripts - LOVE this http://en.wikiped
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by masnick 13y ago
For those interested in replacing the Gmail's built-in voice calling feature, I wrote up instructions for setting up a SIP endpoint: http://www.maxmasnick.com/2013/05/18/replacing-skype/ It's by no means a complete Google Voice replacemen
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by masnick 13y ago
I also recently did the Gmail -> Fastmail switch. I had some trouble with the automated import, but I found a Perl script that did the trick: https://gist.github.com/masnick/5239278#file-gmail_to_fastma... So far I've loved Fastmail.
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by masnick 13y ago
The $40/year account gives you 10gb of storage. It's comparable with Google Apps, and really $40/year is a totally fair price for something as important as email.
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by masnick 13y ago
Thank you. I've been putting off upgrading for fear that it is a huge rabbit hole. It sounds like this is not the case, so I'm planning on giving it a shot this weekend.
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by masnick 13y ago
Looks like you're right. I found this by searching Google+ (of all places): > in case you're wondering how to enable Hangouts for your Google Apps account, found this: "Admins can enable the new Hangouts experience in the Talk settings
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by masnick 13y ago
You're saying you'd like SMS integration? So if you add your friend with a dumb phone to your Hangout, they can participate via SMS? That would be awesome. I have a few friends with dumb phones that are constantly left out of iMessage conve
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by masnick 13y ago
I understand this; that's what I meant by "I understand that Google Apps is a different beast". Regardless, to the average end user this distinction doesn't matter. I think users will gravitate to what works well and what their friends use.
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by masnick 13y ago
Like most new Google things, it doesn't seem to be enabled for my Google Apps account. There's no clear indication of how to do this (if it's possible at this point). Say what you want about Apple, but onboarding for iMessages and Facetime
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by masnick 13y ago
+1 for Trovebox. I love that I can use my own domain name ( http://photos.masnick.org/ ) and have Trovebox use my own S3 account for storage. I haven't had a chance to hack on the source code myself yet, but you actually can contribute to t
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by masnick 13y ago
Yeah, I want to know what they're doing internally with these insane URLs. It's just ugly -- poor craftsmanship IMHO.
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by masnick 13y ago
Haha thanks for the explanation.
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by masnick 13y ago
Oh so the *2s have some sort of meaning beyond random URL garbage? Please explain! I've always been curious.
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by masnick 13y ago
LinkedIn URLs are by far the worst. For example, the first profile that came up when I searched for Paul Graham: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=23081590&authTyp...
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by masnick 13y ago
I've used rsync.net in the past. Highly recommended if you need reliable rsync/sftp hosting.
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by masnick 14y ago
You could also think about freelancing with a business partner who does the majority of the face-to-face or phone work with clients. I ran across this interesting freelance/consulting contract yesterday: https://github.com/ashedryden/freel

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