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  • Torstein K. Johansen https://twitter.com/torsteinkrause
    What a good question!

    I don't know if I *need* anything as old as 10 years, but I nevertheless keep backups of all old accounts. My preferred tool these days is "offlineimap" which makes it easy to keep email on file.
    Portland, Oregon • 42°F
    Tue, Oct 19, 2021 6:37am +00:00 (liked on Tue, Oct 19, 2021 7:11am -07:00)
  • Torstein K. Johansen https://twitter.com/torsteinkrause   •   Oct 19
    What a good question!

    I don't know if I *need* anything as old as 10 years, but I nevertheless keep backups of all old accounts. My preferred tool these days is "offlineimap" which makes it easy to keep email on file.
    Aaron Parecki
    That's a good idea, I'm going to give that a try
    Portland, Oregon • 42°F
    1 like
    Tue, Oct 19, 2021 7:11am -07:00
  • 9:50pm
    Asleep
    6:12am
    Awake
    8h 22m
    Slept
    16m
    Awake for
    Portland, Oregon
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 11:12pm -07:00
  • Ken Shirriff https://twitter.com/kenshirriff   •   Oct 18
    how it started: how it’s going:
    Aaron Parecki
    The real trick is overlaying a rainbow gradient
    Portland, Oregon • 47°F
    18 likes
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 9:36pm -07:00
  • Ken Shirriff https://twitter.com/kenshirriff
    The number of transistors in the original ARM1 chip is small enough that you can simulate the chip in your browser and see the individual transistors operating as it executes instructions. Try it out! http://www.visual6502.org/sim/varm/armgl.html
    (Simulator built by Visual 6502.)
    Portland, Oregon • 47°F
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 6:43pm +00:00 (liked on Mon, Oct 18, 2021 9:34pm -07:00)
  • Ken Shirriff https://twitter.com/kenshirriff
    how it started: how it’s going:
    Portland, Oregon • 47°F
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 5:58pm +00:00 (liked on Mon, Oct 18, 2021 9:31pm -07:00)
  • Mark Drummond https://twitter.com/IAMAtWork   •   Oct 19
    This probably isn't for everyone but I purge everything older than 7 years, and I've stopped using labels altogether. It's either in my inbox, or archived and I search for it. Actually I do still have one label, for @idpro_org.
    Aaron Parecki
    At this point my main use of labels is the auto labeling rules I set up so that my inbox is color coded based on the project
    Portland, Oregon • 47°F
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 9:15pm -07:00
  • Mark Drummond https://twitter.com/IAMAtWork
    This probably isn't for everyone but I purge everything older than 7 years, and I've stopped using labels altogether. It's either in my inbox, or archived and I search for it. Actually I do still have one label, for @idpro_org.
    Portland, Oregon • 47°F
    Tue, Oct 19, 2021 3:36am +00:00 (liked on Mon, Oct 18, 2021 9:14pm -07:00)
  • amit https://micro.blog/amit   •   Oct 19

    @aaronpk right now is the right time 😁

    Aaron Parecki
    You're probably right
    Portland, Oregon • 47°F
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 9:14pm -07:00
  • D. Schmudde https://mastodon.social/@schmudde

    @aaronpk ah yes, before the Year of the Linux Desktop and the broadly liberating force of Bitcoin took hold. I’m just glad we now live in the distributed digital utopia we were promised.

    Portland, Oregon • 48°F
    Tue, Oct 19, 2021 3:17am +00:00 (liked on Mon, Oct 18, 2021 8:18pm -07:00)
  • D. Schmudde https://mastodon.social/@schmudde   •   Oct 19

    @aaronpk I have carefully downloaded folders and removed them from my SMTP server at this age. Turns out I have never searched such backups. Not even once. So deletion sounds like the way to go.

    Aaron Parecki
    yeah exactly, my reason for keeping them is that I might want to be able to search them later. I'd say I've found value in some ~5 year old search results, but stuff from before 2010 is from a whole different world at this point.
    Portland, Oregon • 49°F
    1 reply
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 8:01pm -07:00
  • Mitch https://mastodon.xyz/@mitchkiah   •   Oct 19

    @aaronpk when the anxiety of having them outweighs the anxiety of deleting them

    Aaron Parecki
    πŸ‘ well said πŸ‘
    Portland, Oregon • 49°F
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 7:59pm -07:00
  • Mitch https://mastodon.xyz/@mitchkiah

    @aaronpk when the anxiety of having them outweighs the anxiety of deleting them

    Portland, Oregon • 49°F
    Tue, Oct 19, 2021 2:59am +00:00 (liked on Mon, Oct 18, 2021 7:59pm -07:00)
  • Sam Greenwood https://twitter.com/SamGreenwoodTNS   •   Oct 19
    Hypothetically, if you wanted to keep them but didn’t want them cluttering your primary Gmail you could dump them into a new Gmail account.
    Aaron Parecki
    That's something I hadn't considered... like forwarding them all? Or is there some way to move them between accounts that I don't know.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 49°F
    1 reply
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 7:47pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    at what point do the emails and gmail labels from jobs and projects 10+ years ago stop being relevant and should I delete them?
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 49°F
    4 likes 1 repost 11 replies
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 7:41pm -07:00 #gmail #email
  • M. Brandon Lee | THIS IS TECH TODAY https://twitter.com/thisistechtoday
    Rule of cat ownership, whenever they yawn you must say "ohhh, big yawn!" πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

    HOW DO WE ALL KNOW TO DO THIS?!🀣🀣🀣
    Portland, Oregon • 51°F
    Tue, Oct 19, 2021 1:44am +00:00 (liked on Mon, Oct 18, 2021 6:58pm -07:00)
  • PhotoJoseph https://twitter.com/photojoseph   •   Oct 19
    No live show this week, sorry… too much going on. Hopefully I’ll do one next week and the plan (fingers crossed) is to do it with the @YoloLivTech YoloBox Pro
    Aaron Parecki
    oh darn I was looking forward to that one!
    Portland, Oregon • 51°F
    2 likes
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 6:32pm -07:00
  • Gary https://twitter.com/every_daydad
    Honestly, its probably short for whatever gets someone to buy it.
    Portland, Oregon • 52°F
    Tue, Oct 19, 2021 1:25am +00:00 (liked on Mon, Oct 18, 2021 6:25pm -07:00)
  • Gary https://twitter.com/every_daydad   •   Oct 19
    I mean I assume pro stands for "Getting paid to use this" 🀣
    Aaron Parecki
    I thought "pro" was short for "prosumer" -- a professional consumer
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 52°F
    4 likes 1 reply
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 6:24pm -07:00
  • Gary https://twitter.com/every_daydad   •   Oct 19
    I'm seeing a lot of weird push back on folks buying the new MacBooks.

    Businesses need tools right?

    I assume you dont run up to your mechanic and berate them for buying an expensive lift when you take your car in for service?
    Aaron Parecki
    Apple sells them as lifestyle purchases, so I think what people are actually upset about is that someone else gets to buy that lifestyle that isn't them.
    Portland, Oregon • 52°F
    13 likes 5 replies
    Mon, Oct 18, 2021 6:21pm -07:00
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

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