The Useful Thread
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How many of you know that you can add a '+' at the end of your gmail address (before the @ obviously) and then anything after it and still receive it?
Handy for signing up for specific things. For example you can use and redirect them, keeping them out of your main inbox. You can also add a very specific word to each thing you sign up for, so when you get spam you can see who's selling your details.
- wtf... we can't post email addresses?
**for example you can use name+newsletters @ gmail.com******** - I did not know thissinjun
- https://www.youtube.…Fax_Benson
- You can do the same with period marks too, anywhere before the domain.detritus
- Yeah, I use it to separate out my different accounts - Squarespace etc. Incredibly handy.face_melter
- Interesting -- I'm surprise Gmail doesn't advertise this more.yuekit
- You do this when signing up, essentially (or after, obviously)?monospaced
- *insert mind-blown gifGnash
- damn. that's handyGnash
- Been doing this for years with my @mac.com (icloud) account. Although as of late haven't bothered so much.HAYZ1LLLA
- Not sure I understand the question mono my darling********
- fuck, it works with @mac, too?! damnGnash
- yeah those are aliases, useful to sign up on websites and stuff like that to later create rules based on the email address to archiveernexbcn
- I think mono is asking if one needs to register the 'alias' before using itGnash
- Ah... nein... anything after the + goes to you********
- I'm trying to ask if you enter this + version into an email field form from a 3rd party site, not if you have to register it. I'm not asking this right ...monospaced
- For example, if I decide to shop at a new online retailer today, would I give them the + version of the email when I sign up with them and place the order?monospaced
- I guess you explained it. Happy 4/20.monospaced
- Mono. No. It's a free for all. So when starbucks asks for your email address give them address+starbucks@gm... . com.HAYZ1LLLA
- So when you get Viagra spam months later to that address you know who is leaking/sharing your data.HAYZ1LLLA
- And you can do absolutely nothing about it except write a strongly worded complaint. hahaHAYZ1LLLA
- Also, if you add in "lovesthecock", Google ignores it, so "monospaced.lovesthe... is the same as "mo.++nosp.ace.d@". Go on, try it.detritus
- that's pretty radmonospaced
- the plus signs or cock loving?drgs
- wouldn't you like to know ...monospaced
- you guise are geniussureshot
- wow the more you know...
this is awesome, many thanks!sted - Guys... welcome to the internet in 2017... its a wild place. Stand in amazement.Al_dizzle
- i'm in constant amazement since 1996sted
- I did know this.MrT
- knew thatpango
- wtf... we can't post email addresses?
- detritus0
"Find out how much it costs for someone to use your site on mobile networks around the world."
https://whatdoesmysitecost.com/
I'm quite horrified to read this:
"According to the Oct 1, 2016 run of HTTP Archive, the average site now weighs 2552kb. Here's the approximate cost around the world". I don't want to believe that, at all.
- Duolingo founder said their use in India skyrocketed when they took 4mb off their app size.scruffics
- face_melter3
Was going to put this in the C4D thread. Looking for a 3D model of the human body to use in my GitS scene, I found this decent program - designed purely for making posable human figures with a fair amount of customisation.
It exports in a few different formats, complete with rigged skeletons and UV-mapped materials. Seems to be pretty solid so far - dumped out an .fbx file and opened it in Cinema with the skin texture and skeleton intact.
- I'm going to check this out later. Does it create BRAINZZZZ??????CyBrainX
- MrT1
Only a small one but it's niggled me for a while.
If your InDesign character style includes an unwanted colour, CMD/CTRL click the colour in the style palette. The fill or stroke then turns to the ???s.
- bklyndroobeki0
There are FREE shredding events in every city/area, as a public service. I used to pay an absurd amount for it at staples & kinkos
Brought my hefty box to the local park today.
- CyBrainX0
After Effects Set Matte issues: Here are some release notes from Adobe which address the woefully inadequate but potentially very useful set matte filter. Other issues covered too.
- i_monk0
Creative Commons Zero photos, free to use in any way you want.
- this is better https://stocksnap.io…Salarrue
- ^ yupnbq
- Is it a contest? I found better shots of what I needed at Unsplash and Pexels.i_monk
- Crazy quality, so jelly the photo skillrobotron3k
- thanks for stocksnap link, thats new to mesausages
- i_monk13
- nicesinjun
- cheersGnash
- DopeHijoDMaite
- yooooobklyndroobeki
- Does he live in one of these?
http://www.imposemag…******** - cheers********
- I need to spend more time Just Dicking Around with Illy, like I did in the old days..detritus
- Thats an interesting way to use it. I've used it in other ways, but definitely one of the most used tools in AIsofakingback
- i can giggle at this right? corel was doing this a decade agoimbecile
- ^ so has illy. i imagine most people are only commenting because they haven't used it this way. like me.Gnash
- Dope AF_niko
- I use this tool often like this...but it WILL own your resources quickly depending on how many duplicates you assign the blend tool...great for quick 3D lettersPonyBoy
- Krassy0
Instantly see a list of all your subscription emails. Unsubscribe easily from whatever you don’t want.
https://unroll.me/has anyone used this?
- has anyone used this?Krassy
- wouldn't dive in immediately, need more feedback, thx for the link ^********
- yep. I've used it for a while...works greatdbloc
- There was a bunch of shit that came out recently about this company copying your emails and shit....google it.ArmandoEstrada
- they scoop and sell your data. don't use it.lvl_13
- they scoop and sell your data. It's finefuturefood
- Don't.garbage
- https://www.nytimes.…imbecile
- Continuity0
Don't know if it's ever been mentioned here, but I've been defeating paywalls/anti-Ad-blocker messages by using 'Inspect Element' in the right-click menu on Firefox.
As long as the content is still behind the 'disable your adblocker' shit, then it can be eliminated by changing CSS values (visibility, filter, blur, etc) for that session.
- Well, of course it also works in Chrome.Continuity
- haxorzGnash
- I'm fucking l33t, br0.Continuity
- robotron3k0
Zeroheight pligin seems to be a solid way to share styles, symbols, assets, colors in Sketch.
- utopian0
Domain Name Generator
https://www.namemesh.com
- detritus1
add a teaspoon or so of bicarbonate of soda to your toothpaste for the best-feeling teeth ever.
I tried this with Euthymol this morning and my mouth's been orgasming ever since.
I've been using Arm and Hammer for years now as it's the only mint toothpaste that doesn't make me gag. I wish I'd bothered years ago - could've added that sublime salty cleanliness to any paste.
Next stop - kids fruit toothpaste!
- 'sublime salty cleanliness to any paste', detritus? Jesus.detritus
- use an electric toothbrush for the best-feeling teeth ever.imbecile
- fuck christ, the bristles on that brushfuturefood
- Christ I hope that's natural bristle, or somethingdetritus
- badger bristleimbecile
- thought it was yours detritusbklyndroobeki
- that's a lot of paste btw.bklyndroobeki
- ********-8
Over twenty years ago some friends of mine teach me this:
Divide a gram of coke in four amounts next to each other.
Add one part of baking soda as much as one part of coke next to the four amounts of coke.
Now place the entire gram of coke in a soup spoon.
Cover the coke totally with the full amount of baking soda.
Add six drops of water.
Mix everything with a match.
Warm up the spoon from under with a lighter.
Keep mixing it until the mix releases a white smoke.
Stop warming up the spoon.
Let the mix solidify a bit.
Drop the total amount of the mix over a inside page of a phone book (like the yellow pages).
The mix is ready to smoke.
Enjoy!- I don't do coke, just for the record...********
- crack killsmoldero
- what's a phone book?scarabin
- lol @ scar********
- better than snorting, I can tell you that. snorting is wasting. shooting is the best.********
- next line should be suck dick for another hit.dbloc
- lemon powder, also an option.renderedred
- I don't do coke, just for the record...
- dbloc0
The Difference Between OTF and TTF Files, Illustrated with a Kitten Analogy
- Beeswax1
gramblr.com
Free plugin to upload and schedule instagram posts from your computer. I fucking love it. It gives you followers and likes if you want as well.
The makers don't know how to monetize this tool yet.
If I had money I'd partner with them and commercialize it.- used it for a year working on instagram for a client. neat little app.renderedred
- buying follows and likes though? that not dodgy?microkorg
- didn't use it for that only for posting and scheduling.renderedred