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I had an extra Linode instance (Nanode 1GB: 1 CPU, 25GB Storage, 1GB RAM) laying around that I'd previously tried to manually set up a mailserver on. So I just reset it to the OS/version Mailinabox specifies, ran the install script and followed the rest of the instructions (https://mailinabox.email/guide.html)

It really doesn't need much, and the guide is very complete. Took me a Thursday evening plus some waiting for DNS propagation.

Emails were deleted August 23rd, across a wide variety of folders, all at the same millisecond (when I later pointed this out and how difficult it would be for me to do this accidentally, they did not comment).

Noticed on October 4th. I'd noticed some emails weren't turning up in searches but I chalked it up to my bad memory until there was one I knew for a fact should have been there. It was Oct 22nd by the time we got to any sort of conclusion, which was basically "there's nothing we can do for stuff that far back but I'll try to restore any recently deleted emails we can find". Getting details/logs/info from their support, even after they escalated to a higher level, was like pulling teeth.

They restored a bunch of things I'd actually deleted but they were all stuck in Draft mode, took till Oct 31st for them to sort-of fix that mess.

I set up the Mailinabox somewhere in that period. I still have my fastmail account because I wanted some overlap to test the MIAB before committing, and I'm getting ready to fully pull the plug before my next billing cycle.

It was a good lesson in setting up regular backups and not trusting any provider. I found Fastmail great to use until that experience, and I could see them being useful as a relay to send through trusted servers, but not worth my money to deal with the terrible support.

I used Fastmail until they randomly deleted a large chunk of my emails and the support followup was abysmal (one email a day around 4am EST) with no ability to recover, explanation or apology on their part.

It was the push I needed to set up a Mailinabox instance. It was a breeze to install and has been working great since I spun it up four months ago.

I've used my laser cutter to cut a mask for acid etching when the laser itself couldn't etch the material needed.

How thick is the rubber you use for sandblasting? Could it be laser cut to reduce the pain of making the mask? It sounds like you've exhausted all workable options but my curiosity is piqued.

I can see it being occasionally difficult but I touch type anyway and keep a mental model of what I'm writing. The tradeoff would be worth it for me.

I really hope e-ink laptops become a thing. I want a text-focused computer with crazy good battery life and a full keyboard.

It's not beneficial, it's just how it is. I worked a job in Japan where one employee was late delivering a project, so his manager spent literally his entire day standing over his shoulder and berating him loudly for not getting it done sooner and being a failure. As you might imagine, this did not help get the project done sooner.

I'm not interested in paying for the online video course - does this article http://highexistence.com/the-wim-hof-method-revealed-how-to-... capture the gist of it? Does the book include anything else that's significant?

Personally I think the deeper reason they don't kick Breitbart off is because they can't be seen to be vulnerable to pressure from activist campaigns. If they kick off Breitbart, it sets a precedent for the next time an internet shitstorm gets whipped up over a controversial organization.

You have a really weird idea of what an 11 year old is capable of.

Good points. Though I think the inflation from foreign rental/investment property ownership is semi-temporary - you can bet Montreal is going to pass similar laws soon just as Vancouver and then Toronto did.

You're right about compensation, but cost of living in our major cities is nothing like NYC. I live in the capital and pay under $1000 for two bedrooms very close to downtown. You can get a swanky condo penthouse here for less than a one bedroom in Manhattan. Or split a nice house with two other people for $400-600 each.

Friends in Toronto pay around $2000 for two bedrooms in the middle of downtown. Haven't checked in a while but fairly certain Montreal is somewhere in between. Those same friends were paying more than $3000 for less space in the far end of Brooklyn.

Vancouver is crazy but sort of a special case especially when compared to nearby Seattle, but it's the only major city that is so close to an American metropolis.

And that's leaving out the free healthcare and abundant green space which is a huge boost to my QoL.

There's never going to be one factor that gets you out. It's a combination of tools working together that makes it livable. For me it's meds, exercise and social contact.

Meds might help your present chemical situation but they're not going to change the mental ruts & habits your brain has formed (eg. I'm stressed, I want a cookie/beer/etc. I made a mistake, I'm so stupid).

Therapy can help you understand and notice those patterns, why they formed, and what you can do to gradually correct them, but you'll have a hard time if you're going uphill against your brain chemistry.

This book really helped give me a framework for understanding the exercise part of it: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Full-Engagement-Managing-Perfor...

And of course, like physical pain, in some situations mental illness is a signal the body is sending that something in life isn't right. I've had some serious depressive episodes evaporate as soon as I broke off a toxic relationship (personal or professional).

Happy to chat more in private if you want.

Run a broad-spectrum blocker like uBlock Origin? Access your fastmail from an interface other than their web interface?

I think the fact that he was on his own on the street at age 9 or thereabouts and had to find work to survive would probably play a big part. Even if he hated it to start, by the time he had the freedom of making the choice to do something else he was probably truly into it.

The full list was never mentioned in the show, but I believe one of the writers (Ira Behr?) subsequently published a full list as a separate book. So probably not official canon but about as close as it gets.

I just got a Surface and it's unsettling how nice it feels and works. Like it shouldn't be a MS product.

Judging by the "millennials" (I guess I am one as well) I interact with, at work and through friends, they don't really know how to use computers. I regularly encounter people who finger-peck type very slowly and don't know how to take a screenshot or do simple Excel operations.

People often seem to make this false correlation between "using smartphone apps/watching netflix" and "can use a computer productively". Pressing play on the VCR does not qualify me to repair one.

They'd also have to somehow remove all the old how-to content from the internet and somehow find a way to stop scabs. Any up and coming developer anywhere in the world could find the basic specs and references needed to become a "strikebreaker" expert on a given topic.

The nature of our industry and the widely disseminated information makes me really skeptical that could ever happen, even if there was a strong will to do so amongst developers and technical writers.

I prepare files for my laser cutter, I used to use Illustrator but the subscription fees were just ridiculous. When Affinity Designer came out I bought it and started using that instead.

It definitely doesn't have feature parity with Illustrator and while quite polished feels like a beta to me because of some interface issues. The one that always bugs me is that it's really painful to delete a segment between two points (ie. for vector A-B-C-D I want to remove B-C and end up with two vectors A-B and C-D).

I have an illustrator friend who uses Affinity and he loves it because he doesn't have the same precision requirements I do (every extra line in a laser design is wasted time on the cutter). So it depends what you're doing with it.

Affinity is committed to continuing development on it and those updates are free, and adoption has been quite good so I expect issues like this to be fixed eventually.

I went into programming because I saw how well paid a profession it would be. I could have done art or linguistics or something else. I enjoy it too, but I don't expect to be paid well for making videogames so I also do work I enjoy less that pays better.

I agree with you that writers of valuable content should be compensated better, but I don't understand this attitude that one should be able to go into any job you want and expect to make a living. If you write something that people want, don't give it to them until they pay for it.

Did the publisher in Amelia's case just screw her in negotiations, or do they always underpay their writers and backload it to royalties?

They also get paid really well because Hollywood makes a lot of money and the national labour board ruled that most of the production companies in Hollywood HAVE to use that guild.

It's not clear to me who this technical writers union would be negotiating with, or why they'd have leverage over that entity. O'Reilly obviously has a limited pool of people it can find to write a book about SVG, but that also implies those people should have leverage to command more than a $4000 advance without needing to unionize.

Amazing, thank you! How have I not heard of this?

Yes, though I opted not to get one because of the form factor and all the sacrifices they made in service of their goal (which was great but not for me).

My dream is an e-paper laptop

Because for some reason you keep paying the subscription, buying the games and playing them?

It depends hugely on where they end up landing on home growing. Right now they're considering 4 plants per residence for personal use. If people can grow their own the retail proposition is very different.

In Ontario the profiteering is not by the province for the Beer Store. That's a monopoly owned by the beer companies themselves. So it's not a de facto tax.

Socialising doesn't have to mean conversation. I almost never see movies in theatres but when I do I love going with friends, just for the little moments, hearing each other laugh or react at particular parts, when we turn to each other and go "WOAAAH!" or "Did you see that?" and then we go back to watching.

We bring our own food and drinks.

And sure I could do that at home but then I'd have to buy a screen or a projector, make sure my place is tidy, etc.

I started caring a lot more when I started selling things. It's a substantial amount of money that I'm not getting because people don't want to take out cash. But I have to accept it because I'd make even less money if I was cash-only.