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Re: Write Emails Faster with Smart Compose in Gmail

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Bucephalus355 wrote: post #162
scrollaway wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't have to be "enterprise". Anyone can pay $5/mo for GSuite ( https://gsuite.google.com ), which includes gmail and a ton of other tools. Furthermore, it's on your own domain rather than @gmail.com, which is not only better (you truly own the email address), it's also a hell of a lot more professional and makes it easier to migrate to other services if you wish to. To put it bluntly, if anyone here is complainin…

Why can’t I buy gmail and just use regular @gmail? Would love all the features of GSuite, but a custom domain name I would pay even more to avoid. Unless you’re running a business, it looks bizarre. For some in the development industry / those who write technical blogs I can imagine that being useful at times, but still......

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Re: Write Emails Faster with Smart Compose in Gmail

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Post by dannyw »

Bucephalus355 wrote: post #162
scrollaway wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't have to be "enterprise". Anyone can pay $5/mo for GSuite ( https://gsuite.google.com ), which includes gmail and a ton of other tools. Furthermore, it's on your own domain rather than @gmail.com, which is not only better (you truly own the email address), it's also a hell of a lot more professional and makes it easier to migrate to other services if you wish to. To put it bluntly, if anyone here is complainin…

Why can’t I buy gmail and just use regular @gmail? Would love all the features of GSuite, but a custom domain name I would pay even more to avoid. Unless you’re running a business, it looks bizarre. For some in the development industry / those who write technical blogs I can imagine that being useful at times, but still......

Get a personal domain name, e.g. "taylor@bushinka.me" if your name is Taylor Bushinka.

With @gmail.com, you have lock in. With @yourdomain.com, you don't.

Re: Write Emails Faster with Smart Compose in Gmail

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Post by firmgently »

mike_ivanov wrote: post #145
wahern wrote: post #134

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

No, it's on a different scale. I'm talking about things like an anthill or a tuna shoal kind of emergence -- a collective animal.

It's funny that you use those examples. In 'The Selfish Gene' where the term 'meme' originated, it's used to describe any 'things' that Darwinian forces act on. So things that persist and spread in the way that genes do, but aren't genes.

One of the examples used to illustrate the point was beavers' dams. So 'meme' always did exactly mean persistent phenomena like anthills and tuna shoals (although 'collective animals' would be a subcategory, it referred to more than just those). The word has recently been semantically narrowed into meaning 'a picture on the internet with some words on it'; sadly, in my opinion. The original meaning was much more interesting and useful as it ties in with Darwinism, or the theory of evolution applied more broadly and to things which aren't necessarily biological organisms.

Apparently Dawkins isn't bothered by it himself though and likes the current usage (or so I read somewhere).

Re: Write Emails Faster with Smart Compose in Gmail

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Post by scrollaway »

Bucephalus355 wrote: post #162
scrollaway wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't have to be "enterprise". Anyone can pay $5/mo for GSuite ( https://gsuite.google.com ), which includes gmail and a ton of other tools. Furthermore, it's on your own domain rather than @gmail.com, which is not only better (you truly own the email address), it's also a hell of a lot more professional and makes it easier to migrate to other services if you wish to. To put it bluntly, if anyone here is complainin…

Why can’t I buy gmail and just use regular @gmail? Would love all the features of GSuite, but a custom domain name I would pay even more to avoid. Unless you’re running a business, it looks bizarre. For some in the development industry / those who write technical blogs I can imagine that being useful at times, but still......

Go to https://gandi.net and buy a domain name you like with your name in it. I recommend something with your last name. .me is a good one, or something more clever if you like.

It doesn't look bizarre, trust me. It looks extremely professional. Even on CVs, this alone will get you past some filters. And the domain name is $5-10 USD / year, it's nothing.

Re: Write Emails Faster with Smart Compose in Gmail

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Post by fabatka »

scrollaway wrote: post #21

So why exactly are people suddenly up in arms about this? How's it different from opening up your android phone and using google's spellcheck, with algorithms that predict your next word when you're typing? Never seen such atrociously negative comments to what's essentially a cool feature you can disable. PS: How many of the outraged people here are actually voting with their wallet and paying for something like Fast…

I never understood the need for autocorrect or even spellchecking if I'm not writing a report or anything official. Am I a luddite for thinking that there are a lot of technologies that provide very superficial improvements to our lives while opening the possibility for serious problems (see other comment on parent about incremental changes that may be not harmful by themselves)?

Re: Write Emails Faster with Smart Compose in Gmail

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Post by scrollaway »

fabatka wrote: post #187
scrollaway wrote: post #21

So why exactly are people suddenly up in arms about this? How's it different from opening up your android phone and using google's spellcheck, with algorithms that predict your next word when you're typing? Never seen such atrociously negative comments to what's essentially a cool feature you can disable. PS: How many of the outraged people here are actually voting with their wallet and paying for something like Fast…

I never understood the need for autocorrect or even spellchecking if I'm not writing a report or anything official. Am I a luddite for thinking that there are a lot of technologies that provide very superficial improvements to our lives while opening the possibility for serious problems (see other comment on parent about incremental changes that may be not harmful by themselves)?

A report, anything official, anything professional, or really anywhere you don't want to appear to make typos left and right.

Furthermore, if you're dyslexic, autocorrect is essentially assistive technology.

Now, do I need autocorrect when I'm texting my mom? No, I don't, but that doesn't mean I want to be turning it on/off every time I switch context. What harm does it do by staying on? Hide my true nature as a poor speller?

I'll let you in on a secret: My handwriting looks like shit. Digital text has allowed me, for the past two decades, to hide my true nature as a shitty handwriter.

Re: Write Emails Faster with Smart Compose in Gmail

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Post by scrollaway »

CamelCaseName wrote: post #171
scrollaway wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't have to be "enterprise". Anyone can pay $5/mo for GSuite ( https://gsuite.google.com ), which includes gmail and a ton of other tools. Furthermore, it's on your own domain rather than @gmail.com, which is not only better (you truly own the email address), it's also a hell of a lot more professional and makes it easier to migrate to other services if you wish to. To put it bluntly, if anyone here is complainin…

I've been meaning to do this for ages. Thanks to you, I just did. https://i.imgur.com/wXkPYXs.png Let me know if you have any tips for getting the most out of my new subscription!

Congrats!

Go to https://admin.google.com - there's a lot of cool stuff you can do there that isn't usually possible in a regular Gmail account, including for example recovering emails and drive files up to 3-4 weeks after they've been deleted.

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