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mastodon 4.7.2Working in IT (often highly numerical projects, consulting) for 20+ years - PhD in particle #physics in 2001 [Durham, UK], MPhys [Merton, #Oxford] 1994-8, Eton [MTP] 1989-94. Member of #IOP
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@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk Retired: everydaycation (am getting envious of people of basically my age early retiring)
I do not appreciate a deluge of notifications and emails from Trainline reminding me I have queried your ticket prices and not completed my purchase… because I decided to buy them on a cheaper app. Wish there was a quick button to press which said “I aborted the sale because a competitor was slightly cheaper.”
I suppose it’s part of the degradation of email (and notifications) that automatic systems absolutely blast emails at you with the slightest justification. I got a random pretend headhunter email yesterday and follow ups twice in two days when I ignored it. I’d like to think that proves no human was involved but perhaps humans now email relentlessly. So rude.
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@BartoszMilewski@mathstodon.xyz I invoked the HH briefly, only last weekend when on a hotel booking site which said, in red as a warning as if it was solemn news, “there are a limited number of rooms available”
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@keefeglise@mastodonapp.uk I think it envisages using a separate PC rather than all on the same phone, but not sure.
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@isleofeigg@mastodon.scot We had a lovely family holiday on the island one very sunny May when our kids were small, maybe 2014. Everyone was so friendly and helpful, and the island is gorgeous. I would recommend the trip to anyone.