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Aaron Parecki

  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • amit https://micro.blog/amit   •   Oct 19

    @aaronpk right now is the right time 😁

    Aaron Parecki
    You're probably right
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  • 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
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  • Mitch https://mastodon.xyz/@mitchkiah   •   Oct 19

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

    Aaron Parecki
    👏 well said 👏
    Portland, Oregon • 49°F
  • 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.
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  • 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!
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • Dave - Post. Color. Gear. https://twitter.com/PostColorGear   •   Oct 19
    Yeah, I hear you. And to be clear, if someone has the money to spend and wants one of them, more power to them. That's awesome. It just ZERO sense for ME to put that money down on a computer, right now.

    and like you said, when I think $4000, I think more lenses.
    Aaron Parecki
    Yeah for sure, I have no issue with people buying them! If I hadn't bought this M1 Air in June I probably would be buying one right now.
    Portland, Oregon • 54°F
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  • Dave - Post. Color. Gear. https://twitter.com/PostColorGear   •   Oct 19
    With the amount of creators purchasing the new $4000 Macs, I need to either:

    1. limit my expenses per month.
    2. up my YouTube game.
    3. Call my credit card company and up my limit.
    4. Ponder how much lucrative illegality is worth it 😂
    Aaron Parecki
    That's the same config I was looking at, and could not bring myself to do it. I just keep thinking about all the other things I could buy with $4000, like a 32x32 SDI matrix, or 10 Lumix G7 cameras, or...
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  • danj https://micro.blog/danj   •   Oct 19

    @jessekelber Oof, that sounds good. I've had a weird Linux laptop for the last few years, but I just can't seem to love it. I had a 2011 Air for six years and it basically ruined me for any lesser computer. 😍

    Aaron Parecki
    The 2010-2011 11" was so good! I used that thing for years!
    Portland, Oregon • 55°F
  • danj https://micro.blog/danj   •   Oct 19

    @aaronpk Good to know! I don't do much video editing—most of my work is prose or code—but there have been times where 256GB storage feels tight.

    In Canada, the 8/256 Air is $1,299 and the 16/512 is $1,899... The Pro would be a ridiculous indulgence for me, as hot as the new form factor is. 🤓

    Hey, maybe in another year or two we'll get a redesigned Air with MagSafe and an M2, and that'll be your huckleberry. (I'm tempted to hold out for that machine, in fact!)

    Aaron Parecki
    I still want the old 12" size back! That was my favorite form factor by far. A 12" Air with magsafe and the SD card slot would be amaaaazing
    Portland, Oregon • 56°F
  • danj https://micro.blog/danj   •   Oct 19

    @aaronpk Been thinking of swapping my 21.5" iMac for that M1 MacBook Air. I keep getting lured by upgrading to 16 GB RAM and/or the 512 GB storage, but I probably don't even need those! Does the 8 GB Air ever feel RAM-constrained?

    Aaron Parecki
    Yeah I'm definitely maxing out the RAM and it always is using swap, and I do have to use external drives to work on any video projects because those are way too big for the internal drive. But at the time I bought it, it was clear there was going to be a new launch in the fall, so I didn't want to spend any more on the computer than I had to. But now, looking at the specs, the $1449 Air with 16/512 is a lot more appealing than the $4000 config I'd get on the Pro.
    Portland, Oregon • 56°F
  • hawaiiboy https://micro.blog/hawaiiboy   •   Oct 18

    @aaronpk thanks for that. I’m going to pick up the Air at Costco

    Aaron Parecki
    It is surprisingly good, especially for $999. I'm not sure I would spend more than that, because once you start getting closer to $2000 it probably makes more sense to go with the new M1 Pro processor.
    Portland, Oregon • 56°F
  • MaAAARRGHco Hengstenberg https://twitter.com/nice2meatu   •   Oct 18
    See my last tweet Aaron. It's cool for what it is but that price tag got me sweating. 😅

    On a completely different note: nice to see you at @btconf in Düsseldorf soon-ish. 🤟
    Aaron Parecki
    haha yeah exactly, it's super great! I'm just not thrilled about spending $4000 on a computer.

    I'm excited for @btconf too! 🤞
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  • Sigmund Judge https://twitter.com/sigjudge   •   Oct 18
    I went with the M1 Max for the multiple display out capability without the need for lots of Display Link adapters. Currently looking to see if theres a device out there that simplfys Zoom scraping. Any ideas?
    Aaron Parecki
    Yeah that's definitely a limitation of this M1, but as my main day-to-day computer I don't actually need more than one external display anyway.

    I'd definitely take a look at ZoomISO and DeckLink cards or an UltraStudio, which is far better than multiple displays anyway.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 55°F
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  • ZAKtalks TECH 🇨🇦 #CES2022 https://twitter.com/ZAKtalksTECH   •   Oct 18
    HUGE THANKS to @nomadgoods for the care package! 💚
    I LOVE the pen! 🖋️❤️👍
    Aaron Parecki
    that's quite the care package! looks great!
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  • an absurd parody of womanhood https://twitter.com/beka_valentine   •   Oct 18
    i think it'd be good to use something as a bearer token which isn't an alternative to an email address but which instead acts as a way to say to an email server "hi, you know me, please let me talk"
    Aaron Parecki
    I keep thinking about the very real gesture of giving someone my business card. What I'm actually doing is giving them explicit permission to send me a message later. It would be amazing if this gesture had some tech behind it so that I wasn't just giving them a public identifier
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