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andyexeter··on Ask HN: How do I stop someone thinking my email is theirs
I go with the “wrong email address” replies when I can too, but for bigger orgs sending automated emails like Apple in this case that doesn’t work.

I’m wondering whether to look through all the attachments I’ve received over the years for a phone number and maybe try to call them but I’m not sure how that would go down.

andyexeter··on Ask HN: How do I stop someone thinking my email is theirs
There is unfortunately a risk of false positives with this approach - I might want to use the <surname><forename> variation myself for certain things and I should be able to do that.
andyexeter··on Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?
Both.
andyexeter··on Tell HN: Siri provides Apple Music link when sharing current song on Spotify
Doesn’t seem to be standard behaviour, on iOS 16 at least.

I tried multiple phrases to share a song and Siri shared a Spotify link every single time:

https://i.imgur.com/6kKxhW4.jpg

andyexeter··on Ask HN: Advice that changed your life?
You’ve misinterpreted the advice :) It’s not about being compelled to say yes all the time to make others happy, it’s about saying yes _more_ to make yourself happy.

As an example, a work friend of mine invited me to a house party once at their shared house, there were a lot of people going but I didn’t know any of them except her. My instinctive reaction was to say “thanks, but no thanks”, but I decided to take a gamble and say yes.

I ended up having a really good evening, and I met some really great people who I now consider to be friends of my own. All because I took a gamble and said yes to something I’d typically say no to.

andyexeter··on Ask HN: Advice that changed your life?
“Say Yes more. The people without passion are the ones who always say no. But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.”

From the brilliant book “Yes Man”, by Danny Wallace.

andyexeter··on Ask HN: Is DDG Becoming Unusable?
Still a great shot stopper, but there are much better goalkeepers than him around now. Goalkeeping isn’t all about stopping shots, the top teams want to build from the back and a goalkeeper who can actually play football with their feet is paramount to that. Keepers like Allison and Ederson are miles ahead of DDG in that regard.
andyexeter··on I finally tricked myself into waking up at 5:30am
Assuming you mean 12am here? Or do you really sleep for 18.5 hours per day?
andyexeter··on Ask HN: What music do you play, while programming?
Lo-fi mostly, with the occasional sprinkle of Synthwave and Retrowave
andyexeter··on Return to Monkey Island trailer [video]
I would definitely recommend giving MI3 a go if you haven’t played that.

I played the first two games on my Amiga 500 many moons ago and they’ll always be special to me for igniting my love of the genre, but hearing the characters talking for the first time in 3 blew me away :)

andyexeter··on Return to Monkey Island trailer [video]
Are you aware that the voice actor for Guybrush is Dominic Armato - the same voice actor from every other MI game?
andyexeter··on Ask HN: What is the best book you have read with the greatest impact on you?
Yes Man by Danny Wallace.

Not only was it a terrific read, it changed my life for the better and I believe it has made be a better, happier person.

andyexeter··on Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
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