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The text above represents a response below. I apologise if this seems rude - I'm taking this approach to make sure I get back to everyone quickly (http://patbrown.org/pointmail.html).
1 - I’ll get back to you within 1 day.
2 - I’ll get back to you within 2 days.
[Higher numbers mean the same as above…]
t - thanks, I’ll look into it but I’m not sure how long it'll take.
n - No / No thank you - I appreciate your message though.
y - Yes / Yes please, that would be great.
s - Sorry, I’ve read your email, but it’s highly unlikely that I’ll be able to fit this in.
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The drawback of this approach is that it comes across as douchey to a high percentage of people. Is the approach irredeemably weird / off-putting? Any ideas on how to dial down the douche factor while maintaining the benefits?
If it’s viable:
- Would two character responses for finer grained meaning work better? For instance, “c1” could mean “It’ll be complete in 1 day” and “w1” would mean “Will get back to you on the below within one day”; and
- What other codes / messages do you think would be important to include?
Despite what you might think of him, these calculations are interesting: obviously Dotcom's got a lot of experience in the data storage space. If he's right, it's incredibly cheap - little wonder it's tempting for the authorities. Anyone got views on these figures?
/// Tweet 1 "Pay attention to my next two #NSA tweets! They will blow your mind. This is based on my own research & analyzing public data."
/// Tweet 2 #NSA spy cloud has 40+M hard drives & 150 exabyte of capacity. Enough to store all (US networked) emails, sms, calls & chats for 38000 days.
/// Tweet 3 The #NSA stores daily: 10B emails 500TB + 3B sms 500GB + 5B chatmsgs 1TB + 1.8B calls 2PB + misc 1PB at a daily cost of USD 550,000. CHEAP!
/// Tweet 4 The cost of a single F-35 U.S. fighter jet is equivalent to 278 days of total #NSA surveillance storage cost, capturing EVERYTHING.