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I go with the “wrong email address” replies when I can too, but for bigger orgs sending automated emails like Apple in this case that doesn’t work.

I’m wondering whether to look through all the attachments I’ve received over the years for a phone number and maybe try to call them but I’m not sure how that would go down.

There is unfortunately a risk of false positives with this approach - I might want to use the <surname><forename> variation myself for certain things and I should be able to do that.

Ask HN: How do I stop someone thinking my email is theirs

My email is &lt;surname&gt;.&lt;forename&gt;@&lt;provider.tld&gt;, but the provider also routes any part before the @ missing certain punctuation to me.For a few years now, someone with the same name as me has been signing up for online services using &lt;surname&gt;&lt;forename&gt;@&lt;provider.tld&gt;. It’s always been a minor annoyance but over the years I have typically gone with an...

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Re:Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds? on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:14AM (#34858804)
Both.
Doesn’t seem to be standard behaviour, on iOS 16 at least.

I tried multiple phrases to share a song and Siri shared a Spotify link every single time:

https://i.imgur.com/6kKxhW4.jpg

Re:Ask HN: An advice that changed your life? on Saturday October 29, 2022 @12:15PM (#33385400)
You’ve misinterpreted the advice :) It’s not about being compelled to say yes all the time to make others happy, it’s about saying yes _more_ to make yourself happy.

As an example, a work friend of mine invited me to a house party once at their shared house, there were a lot of people going but I didn’t know any of them except her. My instinctive reaction was to say “thanks, but no thanks”, but I decided to take a gamble and say yes.

I ended up having a really good evening, and I met some really great people who I now consider to be friends of my own. All because I took a gamble and said yes to something I’d typically say no to.

Re:Ask HN: An advice that changed your life? on Saturday October 29, 2022 @07:45AM (#33383178)
“Say Yes more. The people without passion are the ones who always say no. But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.”

From the brilliant book “Yes Man”, by Danny Wallace.

Re:Ask HN: Is DDG Becoming Unusable? on Sunday October 23, 2022 @07:12AM (#33306078)
Still a great shot stopper, but there are much better goalkeepers than him around now. Goalkeeping isn’t all about stopping shots, the top teams want to build from the back and a goalkeeper who can actually play football with their feet is paramount to that. Keepers like Allison and Ederson are miles ahead of DDG in that regard.
Re:I finally tricked myself into waking up at 5:30am on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @06:00PM (#32502267)
Assuming you mean 12am here? Or do you really sleep for 18.5 hours per day?
Re:Ask HN: What music do you play, while programming? on Sunday August 14, 2022 @06:04PM (#32463419)
Lo-fi mostly, with the occasional sprinkle of Synthwave and Retrowave
Re:Return to Monkey Island trailer [video] on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:32PM (#31914471)
I would definitely recommend giving MI3 a go if you haven’t played that.

I played the first two games on my Amiga 500 many moons ago and they’ll always be special to me for igniting my love of the genre, but hearing the characters talking for the first time in 3 blew me away :)

Re:Return to Monkey Island trailer [video] on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:15PM (#31914337)
Are you aware that the voice actor for Guybrush is Dominic Armato - the same voice actor from every other MI game?
Yes Man by Danny Wallace.

Not only was it a terrific read, it changed my life for the better and I believe it has made be a better, happier person.

Re:Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes on Monday March 14, 2022 @09:09AM (#30671976)
Hello