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AznHisoka11/08/20242 repliesview on HN

I miss those days when you could email someone serendipitously and expect a response. Now its all filled with spam and nobody responds to anything


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jgrahamc11/08/2024

Maybe. I emailed this guy and it went well: https://blog.jgc.org/2024/09/cracking-old-zip-file-to-help-o...

dotancohen11/08/2024

RMS would reply to most on topic emails, I think I emailed him just a few years ago and got a reply. And in place of email, some people have had similar success with Twitter. Tim Dodd comes to mind, his Twitter communications with Elon Musk, always on topic and well researched, helped propel his career.