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crftr··on Dots don't matter in Gmail addresses
I'm in a similar situation. I was lucky enough to claim my Gmail address during the beta.

For the first few years I tried to be kind and alert the sender, but it just became impractical to do so.

It breaks my heart when I see my name twin receiving state benefit notifications or HR notices at the wrong address. He's currently applying for quite a few electrician openings. Good luck, my man.

crftr··on Steve Wozniak's floating point routines for the 6502
If you have a free afternoon I would recommend booking a "discovery flight" at a flight school. You go up, with a certified instructor, and learn the fundamental controls in a relatively safe environment.

It can be an interesting experience, even if you have no desire to become a licensed pilot.

crftr··on Elon Musk Deletes Own, SpaceX and Tesla Facebook Pages After #deletefacebook
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Accounts/Tutorial-How-to-Di...

You will need to contact Spotify support if you deactivated Facebook prior to disconnecting from Spotify.

crftr··on Sharp's $77,000 camcorder shows that 8K is coming soon
> By unexpectedly introducing a camera like this, Sharp is pushing the 8K agenda ahead for broadcasters, particularly in Japan. Sharp happens to make 8K televisions as well, so once we all get bored of 4K, it wants to have the next thing to sell us.

For the foreseeable future, the value of shooting 8K will continue to be post-production reframing.

Seems risky to double-down on the broadcasting market.

crftr··on White House proposes steep budget cut to NOAA
NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration[1] provides scientific support for oil spills, chemical accidents, and other emergencies in coastal areas.

Though if we want to talk numbers, here's one: $18.7 billion. NOAA legal assisted DoJ (and others) with BP's Deepwater Horizon civil settlement.[2]

[1] http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about [2] http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/agreement-p...

crftr··on My Favorite Books of 2016
Somewhat related, Twenty Thousand Hertz. Stories behind interesting sounds.

https://www.20k.org/

crftr··on DDoS Attack Against Dyn Managed DNS
> I've been singing the praise of AWS Route53 for a long time, they up and running.

I'm a fan of Route53, too.

But can we say that it weathered the attack? Or was it just lucky that its systems weren't targeted?

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