#software email

[pseudophan]

i know it would only be an unnecessary pain in the ass for him if i did but it does bother me not to respond like THANK YOU SO MUCH to my gp's messages to me through the healthcare online portal thing. he has a tendency to sit and answer messages and prescription refill requests late as hell in the evening because that's when he finally has the time and it feels so wrong to not reply even if it's entirely unnecessary and he neither expects nor wants that

[netscapenavigator-official]

Have y’all seen the new Thunderbird logo?

Shit’s sexy as hell.

[leveragehunters]

An alternative to google docs

To paraphrase a recent post: google docs is pants as a writing tool.

I'm suggesting MS Word as an alternative. Yeah, I know, it's not perfect, but it is (IMO), better than google docs.

But I'm not just suggesting Word when I suggest Word. I'm suggesting a free Microsoft account, which gives you Word and OneDrive.

It only takes a minute or two and a free account gets you:

Word in the browser

A OneDrive with 5gb of storage - now, 5gb might not be much holistically but in terms of text based documents, it's decent. My entire 'Fic' folder is 2.11gb. That's everything I've ever written and all their drafts, wips and their multiple drafts, betaed fics, ideas, writing refs and guidance, archived drafts/fics, AND the 500+ fics I've downloaded as epubs from AO3).

Excel, Outlook, Teams, OneNote - basically the whole Microsoft365 suite - in the browser

I use Word exclusively, both for fic and for work (where I write extensively), and the online version does everything I need. It autosaves, has version control/reversion, and sharing (if that's what you're into), and you can seamlessly copy and paste from Word into AO3's rich text editor - no formatting adjustments required.

Anyway, it's something to think about. If you want to give it a try, the simplest way is to create a new OneDrive account, which will also give you everything else.

Go here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-365/onedrive/online-cloud-storage (clickable link)

Click 'Create a free account'.

Click 'get a new email address' and follow the prompts (recommended but not required) or use an existing email address. If you create a new email address, don't actually use it for email. It's just the umbrella the account sits under.

That's it; you're done.

[lurkiestvoid]

I still think Mass Effect's differentiating approach between "Artificial Intelligence" (true sentient sapient learning growing digital Intelligence) and "Virtual Intelligence" ('fake' intelligence, an Advanced Software, a glorified interactive database interface-slash-personal assistant, limited functionality) would be very useful in current AI discourse because it's correct that we do not have AI. We have VI. The problems come from pretending VI is the same as AI, insisting it's the same as AI, expecting it to perform like AI, and expecting it to understand like AI. but I'm just hollerin at walls

[galaxseacreature]

failing to unwind properly tonight because I'm seething over a tedious and imo redundant work task I really don't want to do tomorrow but really have to. and the worst part is I know that just means I'm letting it ruin my day at least twice

[ejacutastic]

I don't remember if I posted about this already but I had a client at my work who brought in their computer for it running slow (failing hdd) and I found a .txt file on their desktop from a scammer showing they'd paid $499 for a purchase of Windows 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20

[springcatalyst]

i love animating becaus i have the most dogshit workflow imaginable

[tkbrokkoli]

nnnnggghh are these ppl fuckling stupid wtffffff

[koyacyi-vode]

i get marketing emails to my work account and its always funny cause like. who do they think i am? even if it was of interest to us i work in production, not operations. i dont make those kinds of decisions.

two i got today were "i can help you grow your video production business with 25k in Q2" dude 25k WHAT? is that money? people? what the fuck are you talking about. why is the ceo emailing me. how did you get my email.

the second one is for trailers. like physical trailers. for talent and gear.

sir. we're a remote animation studio. we need literally none of that. read our profile before you spam an innocent production manager.

[clickkartdigital]

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[baketothefuture]

truly mastered the art of saying "the shit you're saying makes no goddamn sense, here's proof that you're a dumb-dumb" in corporate engineering email terms

[the-casbah-way]

extremely normal and good edit i made on my phone at work using only images i already had in my camera roll and the first audio that came up on my colleague's tiktok account

[bo-katan]

Im finally going to watch Tales of (from?) the Empire tomorrow as Skeleton Crew is now finished, and The Acolyte lost my interest entirely on the third episode.

[neighbourhoodtwo]

thus far one of the universities has spelt my name right

[hewhobreathesfire]

Ugh. maybe getting dressed will fool my brain into allowing me to get these notes done.

[zytes]

what camera do you use?

I learned on a Canon T3 and currently use a Canon T6, an inexpensive DSLR that’s several years out of date - it isn’t exactly professional gear and I usually avoid talking to self-labelled photographers about my equipment because it’s quite insufferable listening to 50 year-old hobbyists tell me that I *need* a mirrorless camera for the Nth time; they’re like $4000 tho, so even if I could afford that I’d be too scared to use it in the ways that I like to use mine.

I think the T7 or T7i is the more current model, and it runs around $500-700 brand new in a basic starter set with two lenses and a soft case. In addition to the lenses that came with the camera body, I also occasionally use a half-dozen different plastic lomography lenses that I bought in a set from a thrift store many years ago — they take sorta shit photos, and are a little inconvenient to use, but they’re really unique; plastic lenses are super underrated imo. The only other accessory I use is a $20 aftermarket battery pack that doubles the battery life and extends the body of the camera to make it fit more comfortably in my hands. Using inexpensive gear has allowed me to be much more adventurous while I’m shooting without fear for rain or snow or dirt - although I do occasionally have to digitally remove water spots and other small shadows that make it into photos whenever my lens is a little scuzzy.

^ the lomo lenses I mentioned, extremely cool vibe but literally held together with tape.