post 51611, rev_id 62470 by
lucas (128.210.128.1)
1 day ago
i'm not in love with my problems
or is this just a difference of nomenclature?
how are you doing?
post 51610, rev_id 62469 by
bluet (195.159.75.85)
2 weeks ago
i also tend to fall in love with problems
post 51609, rev_id 62468 by
lucas (71.89.115.145)
2 weeks ago
must of my procrastination is really just elaborate tangential work (i.e., perfectionism).
--
how does the chicago manual of style reference tables and figures? it abbreviates them within parentheses but otherwise does not abbreviate them. it does not capitalize them except at the beginning of sentences. equations have numbers in parentheses, all other item types simply use the arabic numeral.
Equation (1) might be true (fig. 1) but table 2 lists the cases.
the latex cleveref package doesn't quite accommodate this behavior.
<b>compromise!</b> use option noabbrev and just avoid abbreviations everywhere. it's a bit nicer anyway, if anything.
--
my opinion is that latex hyperref should use boxes to depict links (as opposed to the color of the text itself), so that the colors are not shown when printed.
ok but we need good colors for the boxes. ok hyperref doesn't use the dvips color names with the border colors. ok let's manually convert color codes and enter them. not too much work!
--
why repeat a legend in a single figure? in my opinion, it's best to just show a legend once in a figure.
ok, but the stata package gc1leg doesn't respect sizing or aspect ratio. ok, the package gc1leg2 does! not too much work!
--
how does the chicago manual of style capitalize these terms that i use frequently?
ok i read a lot on this but was never fully convinced.
<b>compromise!</b> just go with what seems to be the prevailing opinion and call it good. luckily this opinion is that the terms in question ought to be lowercase, which is preferred by default.
--
why is biblatex-chicago not showing a citation?
ok, it seems to be because i had just cited it last. ok, apparently there's a noibid option for the package which fixes it. noibid should be default, because cmos doesn't promote ibidem. not too much work! (after debugging and posting the question on stack exchange, anyway; during this process, learn that natbib is largely unnecessary, so remove its usage.)
--
hey, i have footnotes. we better ensure they're done however described by the fucking chicago manual of style.
ok symbols go <asterisk, dagger, ...>. both symbols and arabic numerals should be superscript in the text. however, they both should not be superscript in the actual note. further, only the numeral should be followed by a period.
<b>compromise!</b> i could not get this working within thirty minutes, so they will stay all superscript with without a period after the arabic numeral in the notes.
--
why did my internet connection drop?
is it the wifi access point? is it the switch? my router seems to be working flawlessly. my router has a built-in wifi card that supports hostap, so let's enable it. we better bridge it with the ethernet because i don't want a bunch of unnecessary subnets. ok why are dhcp leases now only being offered on one of the bridged interfaces? ugh 'someone reports':https://misc.openbsd.narkive.com/Td6tPsud/dhcp-over-vr-4-on-bridge-4-through-vether-4-no-working this problem from 8 years ago.
<b>compromise!</b> now i have a bunch of stupid subnets. the external access point is now connected directly to the router on one of its ethernet interfaces, and a switch is connected to the router on a separate interface. now i hope to catch the access point being a shithead.
(this one took a lot of time)
--
is this just me?
post 51609, rev_id 62467 by
lucas (71.89.115.145)
2 weeks ago
must of my procrastination is really just elaborate tangential work (i.e., perfectionism).
--
how does the chicago manual of style reference tables and figures? it abbreviates them within parentheses but otherwise does not abbreviate them. it does not capitalize them except at the beginning of sentences. equations have numbers in parentheses, all other item types simply use the arabic numeral.
Equation (1) might be true (fig. 1) but table 2 lists the cases.
the latex cleveref package doesn't quite accommodate this behavior.
<b>compromise!</b> use option noabbrev and just avoid abbreviations everywhere. it's a bit nicer anyway, if anything.
--
my opinion is that latex hyperref should use boxes to depict links (as opposed to the color of the text itself), so that the colors are not shown when printed.
ok but we need good colors for the boxes. ok hyperref doesn't use the dvips color names with the border colors. ok let's manually convert color codes and enter them. not too much work!
--
why repeat a legend in a single figure? in my opinion, it's best to just show a legend once in a figure.
ok, but the stata package gc1leg doesn't respect sizing or aspect ratio. ok, the package gc1leg2 does! not too much work!
--
how does the chicago manual of style capitalize these terms that i use frequently?
ok i read a lot on this but was never fully convinced.
<b>compromise!</b> just go with what seems to be the prevailing opinion and call it good. luckily this opinion is that the terms in question ought to be lowercase, which is preferred by default.
--
why is biblatex-chicago not showing a citation?
ok, it seems to be because i had just cited it last. ok, apparently there's a noibid option for the package which fixes it. noibid should be default, because cmos doesn't promote ibidem. not too much work! (after debugging and posting the question on stack exchange, anyway; during this process, learn that natbib is largely unnecessary, so remove its usage.)
--
hey, i have footnotes. we better ensure they're done however described by the fucking chicago manual of style.
ok symbols go <asterisk, dagger, ...>. both symbols and arabic numerals should be superscript in the text. however, they both should not be superscript in the actual note. further, only the numeral should be followed by a period.
<b>compromise!</b> i could not get this working within thirty minutes, so they will stay all superscript with without a period after the arabic numeral in the notes.
--
why did my internet connection drop?
is it the wifi access point? is it the switch? my router seems to be working flawlessly. my router has a built-in wifi card that supports hostap, so let's enable it. we better bridge it with the ethernet because i don't want a bunch of unnecessary subnets. ok why are dhcp leases now only being offered on one of the bridged interfaces? ugh 'someone reports':https://misc.openbsd.narkive.com/Td6tPsud/dhcp-over-vr-4-on-bridge-4-through-vether-4-no-working this problem from 8 years ago.
<b>compromise!</b> now i have a bunch of stupid subnets. the external access point is now connected directly to the router on one of its ethernet interfaces, and a switch is connected to the router on a separate interface. now i hope to catch the access point being a shithead.
(this one took a lot of time)
post 51609, rev_id 62466 by
lucas (71.89.115.145)
2 weeks ago
must of my procrastination is really just elaborate tangential work (i.e., perfectionism).
--
how does the chicago manual of style reference tables and figures? it abbreviates them within parentheses but otherwise does not abbreviate them. it does not capitalize them except at the beginning of sentences. equations have numbers in parentheses, all other item types simply use the arabic numeral.
Equation (1) might be true (fig. 1) but table 2 lists the cases.
the latex cleveref package doesn't quite accommodate this behavior.
<b>compromise!</b> use option noabbrev and just avoid abbreviations everywhere. it's a bit nicer anyway, if anything.
--
my opinion is that latex hyperref should use boxes to depict links (as opposed to the color of the text itself), so that the colors are not shown when printed.
ok but we need good colors for the boxes. ok hyperref doesn't use the dvips color names with the border colors. ok let's manually convert color codes and enter them. not too much work!
--
why repeat a legend in a single figure? in my opinion, it's best to just show a legend once in a figure.
ok, but the stata package gc1leg doesn't respect sizing or aspect ratio. ok, the package gc1leg2 does! not too much work!
--
how does the chicago manual of style capitalize these terms that i use frequently?
ok i read a lot on this but was never fully convinced.
<b>compromise!</b> just go with what seems to be the prevailing opinion and call it good. luckily this opinion is that the terms in question ought to be lowercase, which is preferred by default.
--
why is biblatex-chicago not showing a citation?
ok, it seems to be because i had just cited it last. ok, apparently there's a noibid option for the package which fixes it. noibid should be default, because cmos doesn't promote ibidem. not too much work! (after debugging and posting the question on stack exchange, anyway; during this process, learn that natbib is largely unnecessary, so remove its usage.)
--
hey, i have footnotes. we better ensure they're done however described by the fucking chicago manual of style.
ok symbols go <asterisk, dagger, ...>. both symbols and arabic numerals should be superscript in the text. however, they both should not be superscript in the actual note. further, only the numeral should be followed by a period.
<b>compromise!</b> i could not get this working within thirty minutes, so they will stay all superscript with without a period after the arabic numeral in the notes.
--
why did my internet connection drop?
is it the wifi access point? is it the switch? my router seems to be working flawlessly. my router has a built-in wifi card that supports hostap, so let's enable it. we better bridge it with the ethernet because i don't want a bunch of unnecessary subnets. ok why are dhcp leases now only being offered on one of the bridged interfaces? ugh 'someone reports':https://misc.openbsd.narkive.com/Td6tPsud/dhcp-over-vr-4-on-bridge-4-through-vether-4-no-working this problem from 8 years ago.
<b>compromise!</b> now i have a bunch of stupid subnets. the external access point is now connected directly to the router on one of its ethernet interfaces, and a switch is connected to the router on a separate interface. now i hope to catch the access point being a shithead.
post 51609, rev_id 62465 by
lucas (71.89.115.145)
2 weeks ago
must of my procrastination is really just elaborate tangential work (i.e., perfectionism).
--
how does the chicago manual of style reference tables and figures? it abbreviates them within parentheses but otherwise does not abbreviate them. it does not capitalize them except at the beginning of sentences. equations have numbers in parentheses, all other item types simply use the arabic numeral.
Equation (1) might be true (fig. 1) but table 2 lists the cases.
the latex cleveref package doesn't quite accommodate this behavior.
<b>compromise!</b> use option noabbrev and just avoid abbreviations everywhere. it's a bit nicer anyway, if anything.
--
my opinion is that latex hyperref should use boxes to depict links (as opposed to the color of the text itself), so that the colors are not shown when printed.
ok but we need good colors for the boxes. ok hyperref doesn't use the dvips color names with the border colors. ok let's manually convert color codes and enter them. not too much work!
--
why repeat a legend in a single figure? in my opinion, it's best to just show a legend once in a figure.
ok, but the stata package gc1leg doesn't respect sizing or aspect ratio. ok, the package gc1leg2 does! not too much work!
--
how does the chicago manual of style capitalize these terms that i use frequently?
ok i read a lot on this but was never fully convinced.
<b>compromise!</b> just go with what seems to be the prevailing opinion and call it good. luckily this opinion is that the terms in question ought to be lowercase, which is preferred by default.
--
why is biblatex-chicago not showing a citation?
ok, it seems to be because i had just cited it last. ok, apparently there's a noibid option for the package which fixes it. noibid should be default, because cmos doesn't promote ibidem. not too much work! (after debugging and posting the question on stack exchange, anyway; during this process, learn that natbib is largely unnecessary, so remove its usage.)
--
hey, i have footnotes. we better ensure they're done however described by the fucking chicago manual of style.
ok symbols go <asterisk, dagger, ...>. both symbols and arabic numerals should be superscript in the text. however, they both should not be superscript in the actual note. further, only the numeral should be followed by a period.
<b>compromise!</b> i could not get this working within thirty minutes, so they will stay all superscript with without a period after the arabic numeral in the notes.
--
why did my internet connection drop?
is it the wifi access point? is it the switch? my router seems to be working flawlessly. my router has a built-in wifi card that supports hostap, so let's enable it. we better bridge it with the ethernet because i don't want a bunch of unnecessary subnets. ok why are dhcp leases now only being offered on one of the bridged interfaces? ugh 'someone reports':https://misc.openbsd.narkive.com/Td6tPsud/dhcp-over-vr-4-on-bridge-4-through-vether-4-no-working) this problem from 8 years ago.
<b>compromise!</b> now i have a bunch of stupid subnets. the external access point is now connected directly to the router on one of its ethernet interfaces, and a switch is connected to the router on a separate interface. now i hope to catch the access point being a shithead.
, rev_id 62463 by
lucas (71.89.115.145)
2 weeks ago
this procrastinator's web log
post 51609, rev_id 62464 by
lucas (71.89.115.145)
2 weeks ago
must of my procrastination is really just elaborate tangential work (i.e., perfectionism).
--
how does the chicago manual of style reference tables and figures? it abbreviates them within parentheses but otherwise does not abbreviate them. it does not capitalize them except at the beginning of sentences. equations have numbers in parentheses, all other item types simply use the arabic numeral.
Equation (1) might be true (fig. 1) but table 2 lists the cases.
the latex cleveref package doesn't quite accommodate this behavior.
<b>compromise!</b> use option noabbrev and just avoid abbreviations everywhere. it's a bit nicer anyway, if anything.
--
my opinion is that latex hyperref should use boxes to depict links (as opposed to the color of the text itself), so that the colors are not shown when printed.
ok but we need good colors for the boxes. ok hyperref doesn't use the dvips color names with the border colors. ok let's manually convert color codes and enter them. not too much work!
--
why repeat a legend in a single figure? in my opinion, it's best to just show a legend once in a figure.
ok, but the stata package gc1leg doesn't respect sizing or aspect ratio. ok, the package gc1leg2 does! not too much work!
--
how does the chicago manual of style capitalize these terms that i use frequently?
ok i read a lot on this but was never fully convinced.
<b>compromise!</b> just go with what seems to be the prevailing opinion and call it good. luckily this opinion is that the terms in question ought to be lowercase, which is preferred by default.
--
why is biblatex-chicago not showing a citation?
ok, it seems to be because i had just cited it last. ok, apparently there's a noibid option for the package which fixes it. noibid should be default, because cmos doesn't promote ibidem. not too much work! (after debugging and posting the question on stack exchange, anyway; during this process, learn that natbib is largely unnecessary, so remove its usage.)
--
hey, i have footnotes. we better ensure they're done however described by the fucking chicago manual of style.
ok symbols go <asterisk, dagger, ...>. both symbols and arabic numerals should be superscript in the text. however, they both should not be superscript in the actual note. further, only the numeral should be followed by a period.
<b>compromise!</b> i could not get this working within thirty minutes, so they will stay all superscript with without a period after the arabic numeral in the notes.
--
why did my internet connection drop?
is it the wifi access point? is it the switch? my router seems to be working flawlessly. my router has a built-in wifi card that supports hostap, so let's enable it. we better bridge it with the ethernet because i don't want a bunch of unnecessary subnets. ok why are dhcp leases now only being offered on one of the bridged interfaces? ugh [someone reports](https://misc.openbsd.narkive.com/Td6tPsud/dhcp-over-vr-4-on-bridge-4-through-vether-4-no-working) this problem from 8 years ago.
<b>compromise!</b> now i have a bunch of stupid subnets. the external access point is now connected directly to the router on one of its ethernet interfaces, and a switch is connected to the router on a separate interface. now i hope to catch the access point being a shithead.
post 51608, rev_id 62462 by
lucas (71.89.115.145)
1 month ago
cool, but a little pricey maybe? or not for a piston?
post 51607, rev_id 62461 by
bluet (81.191.26.76)
2 months ago
it's dissimilar to the 2000, but kaweco has a new piston-filled pen:
https://www.tegne.no/produkt/kaweco-piston-filler-sport-fyllepen-sett-f-0-7mm-black/
i wonder if it's any good. i've avoided their cartridge pocket pens, but this one tempts me
post 51606, rev_id 62460 by
lucas (128.210.128.1)
2 months ago
<blockquote>In early 2002, the web site Heartless Bitches International (HBI) published several "rants" on the concept of the nice guy. The central theme was that a genuinely nice male is desirable, but that many nice guys are insecure men unwilling to articulate their romantic or sexual feelings directly.
According to journalist Paris Martineau, the incel and red pill movements (part of the anti-feminist manosphere) recruit depressed, frustrated men – who may suffer from "nice guy syndrome" – into the alt-right.
</blockquote>
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_guy )
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartless_Bitches_International
, rev_id 62458 by
lucas (128.210.128.1)
2 months ago
nice guys
post 51606, rev_id 62459 by
lucas (128.210.128.1)
2 months ago
<blockquote>
In early 2002, the web site Heartless Bitches International (HBI) published several "rants" on the concept of the nice guy. The central theme was that a genuinely nice male is desirable, but that many nice guys are insecure men unwilling to articulate their romantic or sexual feelings directly.
According to journalist Paris Martineau, the incel and red pill movements (part of the anti-feminist manosphere) recruit depressed, frustrated men – who may suffer from "nice guy syndrome" – into the alt-right.
</blockquote>
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_guy )
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartless_Bitches_International
post 51605, rev_id 62457 by
lucas (128.210.128.1)
2 months ago
yeah Mitsubishi makes nice writing instruments
I just want a nice piston-filled pen similar to the Lamy 2000 (at a lower price-point)
post 51604, rev_id 62456 by
bluet (195.159.200.110)
3 months ago
mitsubishi bought lamy!
"The reasons that prompted the sale included the need to find a strong partner to develop the growth area of digital writing and expand international sales." i hope they don't sink too much money into this stuff: https://www.lamy.com/en/digital-writing/classic-meets-smartness/ seems like the worst of both worlds :(
i adore mitsubishi's pencils though
post 51603, rev_id 62455 by
lucas (131.93.200.179)
3 months ago
in the meantime, i let a girl borrow the pen, and she misplaced the cap.
i think my journey with the lamy 2000 has come to an end until i make more money.
but i wonder what lamy's acquisition will do to the brand!
post 51602, rev_id 62454 by
bluet (213.239.67.34)
6 months ago
what a sad story, lucas
in the beginning my 2000 felt dry. it made very thin lines, and sometimes required coercing to start. i pressed down on the nib a few times, uncomfortably hard, and that made it wetter. now it lives up to the reputation of being broader than usual at every grade
nowadays i alternate between my 2000 and a promotional medium safari that i got from my employer, with cartridges
post 51601, rev_id 62453 by
lucas (128.210.128.1)
7 months ago
> my big update is that I'm at 21,425 unread emails
haha
> ttf eating emojis strikes again.
bwahaha
> I put a surfing person emoji
aw
> and also said that I'd like to read your update, lucas.
i wonder what my idea of an update was at that time.
it might be related to this:
---
so i bought a huge box of window envelopes on amazon. i made a latex template for letters, with everything being positioned properly for the windows.
<pre>
\documentclass[
paper=letter,parskip=full,fromalign=left,fromrule=afteraddress,
fromphone=false,fromemail=false,fromurl=false,backaddress=false,
foldmarks=BTp,firstfoot=false,addrfield=topaligned
]{scrlttr2}
\usepackage{fourier}
\makeatletter
\setplength{firstheadhpos}{0.625in}
\setplength{firstheadvpos}{0.625in}
\setplength{backaddrheight}{0pt}
\setplength{toaddrhpos}{0.5in}
\setplength{toaddrvpos}{2.25in}
\setplength{toaddrheight}{0.75in}
\setplength{toaddrwidth}{3in}
\setplength{toaddrindent}{0.125in}
\@setplength{sigbeforevskip}{4\baselineskip}
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{\raggedright}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{Addr 1\\Addr 2}
\setkomavar{fromname}{sig}
\date{}
\begin{letter}{Line one\\Line two\\Line three}
\opening{}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
</pre>
with the window envelopes and the template, i can send a letter nearly as quickly as i can send an email.
so i now fire off hardcopy letters because i think emails are easier for people or companies to ignore.
sometimes my letters go to businesses because i keep unsubscribing from their emails to only be resubscribed again.
<blockquote>
30 \date{22 November 2022}
31
32 \setkomavar{subject}{Please stop re-subscribing me to your newsletters}
33
34 \begin{letter}{Spire Climbing and Fitness\\13 Enterprise Blvd\\Bozeman MT 59718-6912}
35
36 \opening{Hello,}
37
38 I have repeatedly unsubscribed from your newsletters. Yet somehow I keep getting email newsletters from your company. You probably keep a list of email addresses that you manually re-subscribe on occasion. Please stop!
39
40 Please do not ever email me again. The email adress you have been contacting is [email].
41
42 Please confirm in writing via post that you have received my request and will honor it. Thank you.
43
44 \closing{Best,}
45
46 \encl{Example email}
47
48 \end{letter}
49
50 \end{document}
</blockquote>
this was sent to a small business in bozeman, montana. they actually did write back! :)
most other companies do not write back.
<blockquote>
29 \date{29 December 2022}
30
31 \setkomavar{subject}{Request to unsubscribe from commercial emails}
32
33 \begin{letter}{Blue Bottle Coffee Inc.\\476 9th Street\\Oakland, CA 94607}
34
35 \opening{Hello,}
36
37 I am a returning Blue Bottle customer.
38
39 In July, I added some items to my cart but did not complete the purchase, as I was going to be out-of-town for awhile. I then received an email notifying me that I should complete my checkout. I detest these obnoxious emails. I logged in to my Blue Bottle account to check my email notification settings. I appeared to be unsubscribed from all emails. So I contacted your support team. This email thread is attached, labeled as ``Email thread with customer support.''
40
41 According to your team, I am unable to opt-out of these ``transactional emails.'' Note that the content of these emails is commercial---not transactional---per guidance from the Federal Trade Commission.\footnote{See https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business.}
42
43 On December 10th, 2022, I received your email (also enclosed) with subject line ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya.'' After receiving this email, I again logged into my Blue Bottle account and verified that I was \emph{already} unsubscribed from all marketing emails (attached as ``Blue Bottle account settings''). So then I clicked the unsubscribe link in this marketing email. I was shown the webpage depicted as ``Blue Bottle unsubscribe link result on 2022-12-10 at 22:38:52 CT.'' Notice that this webpage says I was successfully unsubscribed from ``dedicated transactional messages.'' Your email notice of a new product release is \emph{not} a transactional message. I doubt I was truly and reliably unsubscribed from all commercial messages.
44
45 You must give me a way to opt-out from your emails with commercial content.\footnote{Ibid.} I no longer wish to receive these emails. Please confirm via postal mail that you will cease sending commercial emails to my email address \texttt{[email]}.
46
47 Thank you for your cooperation.
48
49 \closing{Best,}
50
51 \encl{Email thread with customer support\\
52 Email with subject ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya''\\
53 Blue Bottle account settings as of 2022-12-10 at 22:30:46 CT\\
54 Blue Bottle unsubscribe link result on 2022-12-10 at 22:38:52 CT}
55
56 \end{letter}
57
58 \clearpage
59
60 \thispagestyle{empty}
61
62 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=1,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email thread with customer support (1 of 4)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--0}
63
64 \clearpage
65
66 \thispagestyle{empty}
67
68 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=2,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email thread with customer support (2 of 4)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--0}
69
70 \clearpage
71
72 \thispagestyle{empty}
73
74 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=3,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email thread with customer support (3 of 4)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--0}
75
76 \clearpage
77
78 \thispagestyle{plain}
79
80 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=4,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email thread with customer support (4 of 4)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--0}
81
82 \clearpage
83
84 \thispagestyle{empty}
85
86 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=1,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email with subject ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya'' (1 of 3)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--1}
87
88 \clearpage
89
90 \thispagestyle{empty}
91
92 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=2,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email with subject ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya'' (2 of 3)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--1}
93
94 \clearpage
95
96 \thispagestyle{plain}
97
98 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=3,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email with subject ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya'' (3 of 3)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--1}
99
100 \clearpage
101
102 \pagestyle{plain}
103
104 {2022-12-29 encl: Blue Bottle account settings as of 2022-12-10 at 22:30:46 CT}
105
106 \fbox{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--2}}
107
108 \clearpage
109
110 \pagestyle{plain}
111
112 {2022-12-29 encl: Blue Bottle unsubscribe link result on 2022-12-10 at 22:38:52 CT}
113
114 \fbox{\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--3}}
</blockquote>
no response. fwiw, i don't get blue bottle emails anymore. i quit buying coffee from them regardless. verve coffee roasters became my go-to.
<blockquote>
30 %\date{}
31
32 \setkomavar{subject}{Your acquisition of my full name and postal address}
33
34 \begin{letter}{Thuma\\1169 Gorgas Ave Suite A\\San Francisco, CA 94129}
35
36 \opening{Hello,}
37
38 On May 24, 2023, on Google.com, I searched for ``japanese joinery bed.'' I clicked on a sponsored link to
39 https://www.thuma.co/pages/about.
40
41 On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, I received direct mail marketing from Thuma (or agent thereof, henceforth
42 ``Thuma''), 1169 Gorgas Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94129.
43
44 The address provided to Thuma may have been either (a) [my old address] or (b) [my new address].
46
47 The mail-piece I received was addressed to the latter address (depicted on the next page). If Thuma was given the former address,
48 Thuma may have obtained the latter address from the USPS National Change of Address database using
49 the former address.
50
51 Did Thuma acquire my full name and address from Google or Google Ad Services? If not, from which party did Thuma obtain my contact information?
52
53 Thank you for your assistance.
54
55 \closing{Sincerely,}
56
57
58 \vfill
59
60 {\emph{Below:} The addressed page of the actual direct mail as received.}
61
62 \fbox{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{../images/encl/2023-06-16--Thuma--Direct_mail}}
63
64 \vfill
65
66 \end{letter}
67 \end{document}
</blockquote>
no response. fwiw, i haven't received direct mail from them since.
<blockquote>
34 %\date{}
35
36 %\setkomavar{subject}{}
37
38 \begin{letter}{Oil Perfumery\\Attn: Marketing\\304 S Jones Blvd\\Las Vegas NV 89107}
39
40 \opening{Hello,}
41
42 I have received three spam emails from you. I never signed up for anything on your website. I never completed a purchase. I was \emph{considering} purchasing something from you. I added two items to my cart. I began filling out the order form. I entered my email address. I never submitted the form.
43
44 But your company is a master harasser! No matter that I didn't submit the form! You captured my email and have emailed me \emph{every day} since then. This is disgusting.
45
46 I won't ever purchase anything from you.
47
48 I'll recommend others avoid your company.
49
50 \closing{Sincerely,}
51
52 \encl{Most recent email received}
53
54 \end{letter}
55
56 \clearpage
57
58 \thispagestyle{empty}
59
60 \fbox{\includegraphics[width=1\textwidth]{../images/encl/2023-08-29--Oil-Perfumery}}
61
62 \end{document}
</blockquote>
i'm mean. :(
but you gotta fight for your inbox zero.
<blockquote>
32 %\date{}
33
34 \setkomavar{yourref}{Accounts ending: ****, ****\\SSN ending: ****}
35
36 \setkomavar{subject}{Confirm my email}
37
38 \begin{letter}{[FINANCIAL INSTITUTION]}
39
40 \opening{Hello,}
41
42 On May 3, 2023, and again today, you emailed me to confirm my email address. You claim that I have not opened recent emails from you. (Just because I do not load beacon/tracking images in your emails does not mean that I do not open your emails.) I had already attempted to confirm my email address on May 3.
43
44 Today I clicked the link to confirm my email. Your website prompts me to log-in at \footnote{\url{[URL]}}. After log-in, the webpage takes me directly to \footnote{\url{[URL]}}, as one would anticipate from the referring URL. This page \emph{does not} indicate that I have successfully confirmed my email address, and I have no reason to think that it had.
45
46 I attempted again by clicking the confirmation link in the email. It was the same process, even asking me to log-in, although I was already logged-in successfully.
47
48 Please (1) confirm my email, (2) remedy your technological errors on this matter. Please write me via post to confirm that you received this letter and indicate the actions you have taken.
49
50 \closing{Sincerely,}
51
52 \encl{Example email}
53
54 \end{letter}
55
56 \end{document}
</blockquote>
no response. fuckers. i'm their _active customer_. they really should respond. maybe i'll start trolling them hard. because i am entertained with the lamest shit and love wasting time.
<blockquote>
36 \begin{letter}{Comfort Inn Lafayette I-65\\
37 4701 Meijer Ct\\
38 Lafayette IN 47905}
39
40 \opening{Dear Manager,}
41
42 I write about my stay at your hotel (check-in on August 15, check-out on August 16). I avoid posting negative reviews online because constructive feedback can help you with your business, and it also gives you the ability to reconcile the matter with me. I wasn't able to easily locate your email address online, which is why I simply print and mail this to you; please feel free to reply to me via email at \textbf{[email]}.
43
44 I had driven into town very late at night and was expecting only a few hours of sleep before I had important meetings at Purdue, where I work in the School of Business (I live out of town). I checked-in at about 5:40 a.m., which was a quick process (and much appreciated). My first meeting was at 9 a.m. I asked for a wake-up call at 8:20 a.m., to which the receptionist agreed.
45
46 I hoped for a glass of ice water before bed---I searched the entire length of the hallway with the ice bucket in hand, but could not locate an ice maker. I returned to the front desk, but no one came to the desk to help me. I gave up and went to bed.
47
48 The wall between the bed and the bathroom clicked loudly. It seemed like a mechanical clicking. It was not coming from an adjacent room, so I didn't try to complain to the desk, even if I could have found someone there. It kept me awake for over 30 minutes despite me being exhausted. I typically fall asleep within a few minutes.
49
50 I finally fell asleep sometime after 6:20 a.m.
51
52 At 6:50 a.m., the phone rang loudly. Jarred awake, I picked up the receiver, and a recording said ``please stay on the line.'' After waiting a minute, I wondered why I bothered, so I hung up, hoping to return to sleep. The wall continued to click loudly. Returning to sleep took at least 20 minutes.
53
54 I didn't receive a wake-up call.
55
56 I chose your hotel because of the Comfort Inn brand. I usually try to stay at Choice Hotels. I thought that the \$200 cost would be worthwhile, because those few hours of sleep were much needed for my meetings.
57
58 I would have gotten more sleep in my car. The hotel room actually made me worse off. It was a bad deal for \$200.
59
60 I hope you agree and are willing to settle this. I also hope you fix the loud mechanical clicking in the wall for the next guest!
61
62 \closing{Best regards,}
63
64 \end{letter}
65
66 \end{document}
</blockquote>
on this one, i used my business school address, hoping to curry favor. they called, left a voicemail saying that they'd give me an inconsequential amount of "reward points." i want the $200 back. i need to fire off a follow-up to the district manager. but who has the time?
post 51601, rev_id 62452 by
lucas (128.210.128.1)
7 months ago
> my big update is that I'm at 21,425 unread emails
haha
> ttf eating emojis strikes again.
bwahaha
> I put a surfing person emoji
aw
> and also said that I'd like to read your update, lucas.
i wonder what my idea of an update was at that time.
it might be related to this:
---
so i bought a huge box of window envelopes on amazon. i made a latex template for letters, with everything being positioned properly for the windows.
<pre>
\documentclass[
paper=letter,parskip=full,fromalign=left,fromrule=afteraddress,
fromphone=false,fromemail=false,fromurl=false,backaddress=false,
foldmarks=BTp,firstfoot=false,addrfield=topaligned
]{scrlttr2}
\usepackage{fourier}
\makeatletter
\setplength{firstheadhpos}{0.625in}
\setplength{firstheadvpos}{0.625in}
\setplength{backaddrheight}{0pt}
\setplength{toaddrhpos}{0.5in}
\setplength{toaddrvpos}{2.25in}
\setplength{toaddrheight}{0.75in}
\setplength{toaddrwidth}{3in}
\setplength{toaddrindent}{0.125in}
\@setplength{sigbeforevskip}{4\baselineskip}
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{\raggedright}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{Addr 1\\Addr 2}
\setkomavar{fromname}{sig}
\date{}
\begin{letter}{Line one\\Line two\\Line three}
\opening{}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
</pre>
with the window envelopes and the template, i can send a letter nearly as quickly as i can send an email.
so i now fire off hardcopy letters because i think emails are easier for people or companies to ignore.
sometimes my letters go to businesses because i keep unsubscribing from their emails to only be resubscribed again.
<blockquote>
30 \date{22 November 2022}
31
32 \setkomavar{subject}{Please stop re-subscribing me to your newsletters}
33
34 \begin{letter}{Spire Climbing and Fitness\\13 Enterprise Blvd\\Bozeman MT 59718-6912}
35
36 \opening{Hello,}
37
38 I have repeatedly unsubscribed from your newsletters. Yet somehow I keep getting email newsletters from your company. You probably keep a list of email addresses that you manually re-subscribe on occasion. Please stop!
39
40 Please do not ever email me again. The email adress you have been contacting is [email].
41
42 Please confirm in writing via post that you have received my request and will honor it. Thank you.
43
44 \closing{Best,}
45
46 \encl{Example email}
47
48 \end{letter}
49
50 \end{document}
</blockquote>
this was sent to a small business in bozeman, montana. they actually did write back! :)
most other companies do not write back.
<blockquote>
29 \date{29 December 2022}
30
31 \setkomavar{subject}{Request to unsubscribe from commercial emails}
32
33 \begin{letter}{Blue Bottle Coffee Inc.\\476 9th Street\\Oakland, CA 94607}
34
35 \opening{Hello,}
36
37 I am a returning Blue Bottle customer.
38
39 In July, I added some items to my cart but did not complete the purchase, as I was going to be out-of-town for awhile. I then received an email notifying me that I should complete my checkout. I detest these obnoxious emails. I logged in to my Blue Bottle account to check my email notification settings. I appeared to be unsubscribed from all emails. So I contacted your support team. This email thread is attached, labeled as ``Email thread with customer support.''
40
41 According to your team, I am unable to opt-out of these ``transactional emails.'' Note that the content of these emails is commercial---not transactional---per guidance from the Federal Trade Commission.\footnote{See https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business.}
42
43 On December 10th, 2022, I received your email (also enclosed) with subject line ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya.'' After receiving this email, I again logged into my Blue Bottle account and verified that I was \emph{already} unsubscribed from all marketing emails (attached as ``Blue Bottle account settings''). So then I clicked the unsubscribe link in this marketing email. I was shown the webpage depicted as ``Blue Bottle unsubscribe link result on 2022-12-10 at 22:38:52 CT.'' Notice that this webpage says I was successfully unsubscribed from ``dedicated transactional messages.'' Your email notice of a new product release is \emph{not} a transactional message. I doubt I was truly and reliably unsubscribed from all commercial messages.
44
45 You must give me a way to opt-out from your emails with commercial content.\footnote{Ibid.} I no longer wish to receive these emails. Please confirm via postal mail that you will cease sending commercial emails to my email address \texttt{[email]}.
46
47 Thank you for your cooperation.
48
49 \closing{Best,}
50
51 \encl{Email thread with customer support\\
52 Email with subject ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya''\\
53 Blue Bottle account settings as of 2022-12-10 at 22:30:46 CT\\
54 Blue Bottle unsubscribe link result on 2022-12-10 at 22:38:52 CT}
55
56 \end{letter}
57
58 \clearpage
59
60 \thispagestyle{empty}
61
62 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=1,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email thread with customer support (1 of 4)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--0}
63
64 \clearpage
65
66 \thispagestyle{empty}
67
68 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=2,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email thread with customer support (2 of 4)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--0}
69
70 \clearpage
71
72 \thispagestyle{empty}
73
74 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=3,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email thread with customer support (3 of 4)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--0}
75
76 \clearpage
77
78 \thispagestyle{plain}
79
80 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=4,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email thread with customer support (4 of 4)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--0}
81
82 \clearpage
83
84 \thispagestyle{empty}
85
86 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=1,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email with subject ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya'' (1 of 3)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--1}
87
88 \clearpage
89
90 \thispagestyle{empty}
91
92 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=2,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email with subject ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya'' (2 of 3)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--1}
93
94 \clearpage
95
96 \thispagestyle{plain}
97
98 \includepdf[scale=0.85,offset=0cm -0.5cm,pages=3,pagecommand={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay, below right]\node[xshift=2cm,yshift=-1.5cm] at (current page.north west) {2022-12-29 encl: Email with subject ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya'' (3 of 3)};\end{tikzpicture}}]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--1}
99
100 \clearpage
101
102 \pagestyle{plain}
103
104 {2022-12-29 encl: Blue Bottle account settings as of 2022-12-10 at 22:30:46 CT}
105
106 \fbox{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--2}}
107
108 \clearpage
109
110 \pagestyle{plain}
111
112 {2022-12-29 encl: Blue Bottle unsubscribe link result on 2022-12-10 at 22:38:52 CT}
113
114 \fbox{\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{../images/encl/2022-12-29--Blue Bottle--Enclosure--3}}
</blockquote>
no response. fwiw, i don't get blue bottle emails anymore. i quit buying coffee from them regardless. verve coffee roasters became my go-to.
<blockquote>
30 %\date{}
31
32 \setkomavar{subject}{Your acquisition of my full name and postal address}
33
34 \begin{letter}{Thuma\\1169 Gorgas Ave Suite A\\San Francisco, CA 94129}
35
36 \opening{Hello,}
37
38 On May 24, 2023, on Google.com, I searched for ``japanese joinery bed.'' I clicked on a sponsored link to
39 https://www.thuma.co/pages/about.
40
41 On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, I received direct mail marketing from Thuma (or agent thereof, henceforth
42 ``Thuma''), 1169 Gorgas Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94129.
43
44 The address provided to Thuma may have been either (a) [my old address] or (b) [my new address].
46
47 The mail-piece I received was addressed to the latter address (depicted on the next page). If Thuma was given the former address,
48 Thuma may have obtained the latter address from the USPS National Change of Address database using
49 the former address.
50
51 Did Thuma acquire my full name and address from Google or Google Ad Services? If not, from which party did Thuma obtain my contact information?
52
53 Thank you for your assistance.
54
55 \closing{Sincerely,}
56
57
58 \vfill
59
60 {\emph{Below:} The addressed page of the actual direct mail as received.}
61
62 \fbox{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{../images/encl/2023-06-16--Thuma--Direct_mail}}
63
64 \vfill
65
66 \end{letter}
67 \end{document}
</blockquote>
no response. fwiw, i haven't received direct mail from them since.
<blockquote>
34 %\date{}
35
36 %\setkomavar{subject}{}
37
38 \begin{letter}{Oil Perfumery\\Attn: Marketing\\304 S Jones Blvd\\Las Vegas NV 89107}
39
40 \opening{Hello,}
41
42 I have received three spam emails from you. I never signed up for anything on your website. I never completed a purchase. I was \emph{considering} purchasing something from you. I added two items to my cart. I began filling out the order form. I entered my email address. I never submitted the form.
43
44 But your company is a master harasser! No matter that I didn't submit the form! You captured my email and have emailed me \emph{every day} since then. This is disgusting.
45
46 I won't ever purchase anything from you.
47
48 I'll recommend others avoid your company.
49
50 \closing{Sincerely,}
51
52 \encl{Most recent email received}
53
54 \end{letter}
55
56 \clearpage
57
58 \thispagestyle{empty}
59
60 \fbox{\includegraphics[width=1\textwidth]{../images/encl/2023-08-29--Oil-Perfumery}}
61
62 \end{document}
</blockquote>
i'm mean. :(
but you gotta fight for your inbox zero.
<blockquote>
32 %\date{}
33
34 \setkomavar{yourref}{Accounts ending: ****, ****\\SSN ending: ****}
35
36 \setkomavar{subject}{Confirm my email}
37
38 \begin{letter}{[FINANCIAL INSTITUTION]}
39
40 \opening{Hello,}
41
42 On May 3, 2023, and again today, you emailed me to confirm my email address. You claim that I have not opened recent emails from you. (Just because I do not load beacon/tracking images in your emails does not mean that I do not open your emails.) I had already attempted to confirm my email address on May 3.
43
44 Today I clicked the link to confirm my email. Your website prompts me to log-in at \footnote{\url{[URL]}}. After log-in, the webpage takes me directly to \footnote{\url{[URL]}}, as one would anticipate from the referring URL. This page \emph{does not} indicate that I have successfully confirmed my email address, and I have no reason to think that it had.
45
46 I attempted again by clicking the confirmation link in the email. It was the same process, even asking me to log-in, although I was already logged-in successfully.
47
48 Please (1) confirm my email, (2) remedy your technological errors on this matter. Please write me via post to confirm that you received this letter and indicate the actions you have taken.
49
50 \closing{Sincerely,}
51
52 \encl{Example email}
53
54 \end{letter}
55
56 \end{document}
</blockquote>
no response. fuckers. i'm their _active customer_. they really should respond. maybe i'll start trolling them hard. because i am entertained with the lamest shit and love wasting time.
<blockquote>
36 \begin{letter}{Comfort Inn Lafayette I-65\\
37 4701 Meijer Ct\\
38 Lafayette IN 47905}
39
40 \opening{Dear Manager,}
41
42 I write about my stay at your hotel (check-in on August 15, check-out on August 16). I avoid posting negative reviews online because constructive feedback can help you with your business, and it also gives you the ability to reconcile the matter with me. I wasn't able to easily locate your email address online, which is why I simply print and mail this to you; please feel free to reply to me via email at \textbf{[email]}.
43
44 I had driven into town very late at night and was expecting only a few hours of sleep before I had important meetings at Purdue, where I work in the School of Business (I live out of town). I checked-in at about 5:40 a.m., which was a quick process (and much appreciated). My first meeting was at 9 a.m. I asked for a wake-up call at 8:20 a.m., to which the receptionist agreed.
45
46 I hoped for a glass of ice water before bed---I searched the entire length of the hallway with the ice bucket in hand, but could not locate an ice maker. I returned to the front desk, but no one came to the desk to help me. I gave up and went to bed.
47
48 The wall between the bed and the bathroom clicked loudly. It seemed like a mechanical clicking. It was not coming from an adjacent room, so I didn't try to complain to the desk, even if I could have found someone there. It kept me awake for over 30 minutes despite me being exhausted. I typically fall asleep within a few minutes.
49
50 I finally fell asleep sometime after 6:20 a.m.
51
52 At 6:50 a.m., the phone rang loudly. Jarred awake, I picked up the receiver, and a recording said ``please stay on the line.'' After waiting a minute, I wondered why I bothered, so I hung up, hoping to return to sleep. The wall continued to click loudly. Returning to sleep took at least 20 minutes.
53
54 I didn't receive a wake-up call.
55
56 I chose your hotel because of the Comfort Inn brand. I usually try to stay at Choice Hotels. I thought that the \$200 cost would be worthwhile, because those few hours of sleep were much needed for my meetings.
57
58 I would have gotten more sleep in my car. The hotel room actually made me worse off. It was a bad deal for \$200.
59
60 I hope you agree and are willing to settle this. I also hope you fix the loud mechanical clicking in the wall for the next guest!
61
62 \closing{Best regards,}
63
64 \end{letter}
65
66 \end{document}
</blockquote>
on this one, i used my business school address, hoping to curry favor. they called, left a voicemail saying that they'd give me an inconsequential amount of "reward points." i need to fire off a follow-up to the district manager. i want the $200 back. but who has the time?
post 51601, rev_id 62451 by
lucas (128.210.128.1)
7 months ago
> my big update is that I'm at 21,425 unread emails
haha
> ttf eating emojis strikes again.
bwahaha
> I put a surfing person emoji
aw
> and also said that I'd like to read your update, lucas.
i wonder what my idea of an update was at that time.
it might be related to this:
---
so i bought a huge box of window envelopes on amazon. i made a latex template for letters, with everything being positioned properly for the windows.
<pre>
\documentclass[
paper=letter,parskip=full,fromalign=left,fromrule=afteraddress,
fromphone=false,fromemail=false,fromurl=false,backaddress=false,
foldmarks=BTp,firstfoot=false,addrfield=topaligned
]{scrlttr2}
\usepackage{fourier}
\makeatletter
\setplength{firstheadhpos}{0.625in}
\setplength{firstheadvpos}{0.625in}
\setplength{backaddrheight}{0pt}
\setplength{toaddrhpos}{0.5in}
\setplength{toaddrvpos}{2.25in}
\setplength{toaddrheight}{0.75in}
\setplength{toaddrwidth}{3in}
\setplength{toaddrindent}{0.125in}
\@setplength{sigbeforevskip}{4\baselineskip}
\renewcommand*{\raggedsignature}{\raggedright}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\setkomavar{fromaddress}{Addr 1\\Addr 2}
\setkomavar{fromname}{sig}
\date{}
\begin{letter}{Line one\\Line two\\Line three}
\opening{}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
</pre>
with the window envelopes and the template, i can send a letter nearly as quickly as i can send an email.
so i now fire off hardcopy letters because i think emails are easier for people or companies to ignore.
sometimes my letters go to businesses because i keep unsubscribing from their emails to only be resubscribed again.
<blockquote>
30 \date{22 November 2022}
31
32 \setkomavar{subject}{Please stop re-subscribing me to your newsletters}
33
34 \begin{letter}{Spire Climbing and Fitness\\13 Enterprise Blvd\\Bozeman MT 59718-6912}
35
36 \opening{Hello,}
37
38 I have repeatedly unsubscribed from your newsletters. Yet somehow I keep getting email newsletters from your company. You probably keep a list of email addresses that you manually re-subscribe on occasion. Please stop!
39
40 Please do not ever email me again. The email adress you have been contacting is [email].
41
42 Please confirm in writing via post that you have received my request and will honor it. Thank you.
43
44 \closing{Best,}
45
46 \encl{Example email}
47
48 \end{letter}
49
50 \end{document}
</blockquote>
this was sent to a small business in bozeman, montana. they actually did write back! :)
most other companies do not write back.
<blockquote>
29 \date{29 December 2022}
30
31 \setkomavar{subject}{Request to unsubscribe from commercial emails}
32
33 \begin{letter}{Blue Bottle Coffee Inc.\\476 9th Street\\Oakland, CA 94607}
34
35 \opening{Hello,}
36
37 I am a returning Blue Bottle customer.
38
39 In July, I added some items to my cart but did not complete the purchase, as I was going to be out-of-town for awhile. I then received an email notifying me that I should complete my checkout. I detest these obnoxious emails. I logged in to my Blue Bottle account to check my email notification settings. I appeared to be unsubscribed from all emails. So I contacted your support team. This email thread is attached, labeled as ``Email thread with customer support.''
40
41 According to your team, I am unable to opt-out of these ``transactional emails.'' Note that the content of these emails is commercial---not transactional---per guidance from the Federal Trade Commission.\footnote{See https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business.}
42
43 On December 10th, 2022, I received your email (also enclosed) with subject line ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya.'' After receiving this email, I again logged into my Blue Bottle account and verified that I was \emph{already} unsubscribed from all marketing emails (attached as ``Blue Bottle account settings''). So then I clicked the unsubscribe link in this marketing email. I was shown the webpage depicted as ``Blue Bottle unsubscribe link result on 2022-12-10 at 22:38:52 CT.'' Notice that this webpage says I was successfully unsubscribed from ``dedicated transactional messages.'' Your email notice of a new product release is \emph{not} a transactional message. I doubt I was truly and reliably unsubscribed from all commercial messages.
44
45 You must give me a way to opt-out from your emails with commercial content.\footnote{Ibid.} I no longer wish to receive these emails. Please confirm via postal mail that you will cease sending commercial emails to my email address \texttt{[email]}.
46
47 Thank you for your cooperation.
48
49 \closing{Best,}
50
51 \encl{Email thread with customer support\\
52 Email with subject ``A Limited Release Coffee from Kenya''\\
53 Blue Bottle account settings as of 2022-12-10 at 22:30:46 CT\\
54 Blue Bottle unsubscribe link result on 2022-12-10 at 22:38:52 CT}
55
56 \end{letter}
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</blockquote>
no response. fwiw, i don't get blue bottle emails anymore. i quit buying coffee from them regardless. verve coffee roasters became my go-to.
<blockquote>
30 %\date{}
31
32 \setkomavar{subject}{Your acquisition of my full name and postal address}
33
34 \begin{letter}{Thuma\\1169 Gorgas Ave Suite A\\San Francisco, CA 94129}
35
36 \opening{Hello,}
37
38 On May 24, 2023, on Google.com, I searched for ``japanese joinery bed.'' I clicked on a sponsored link to
39 https://www.thuma.co/pages/about.
40
41 On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, I received direct mail marketing from Thuma (or agent thereof, henceforth
42 ``Thuma''), 1169 Gorgas Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94129.
43
44 The address provided to Thuma may have been either (a) [my old address] or (b) [my new address].
46
47 The mail-piece I received was addressed to the latter address (depicted on the next page). If Thuma was given the former address,
48 Thuma may have obtained the latter address from the USPS National Change of Address database using
49 the former address.
50
51 Did Thuma acquire my full name and address from Google or Google Ad Services? If not, from which party did Thuma obtain my contact information?
52
53 Thank you for your assistance.
54
55 \closing{Sincerely,}
56
57
58 \vfill
59
60 {\emph{Below:} The addressed page of the actual direct mail as received.}
61
62 \fbox{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{../images/encl/2023-06-16--Thuma--Direct_mail}}
63
64 \vfill
65
66 \end{letter}
67 \end{document}
</blockquote>
no response. fwiw, i haven't received direct mail from them since.
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34 %\date{}
35
36 %\setkomavar{subject}{}
37
38 \begin{letter}{Oil Perfumery\\Attn: Marketing\\304 S Jones Blvd\\Las Vegas NV 89107}
39
40 \opening{Hello,}
41
42 I have received three spam emails from you. I never signed up for anything on your website. I never completed a purchase. I was \emph{considering} purchasing something from you. I added two items to my cart. I began filling out the order form. I entered my email address. I never submitted the form.
43
44 But your company is a master harasser! No matter that I didn't submit the form! You captured my email and have emailed me \emph{every day} since then. This is disgusting.
45
46 I won't ever purchase anything from you.
47
48 I'll recommend others avoid your company.
49
50 \closing{Sincerely,}
51
52 \encl{Most recent email received}
53
54 \end{letter}
55
56 \clearpage
57
58 \thispagestyle{empty}
59
60 \fbox{\includegraphics[width=1\textwidth]{../images/encl/2023-08-29--Oil-Perfumery}}
61
62 \end{document}
</blockquote>
i'm mean. :(
but you gotta fight for your inbox zero.
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32 %\date{}
33
34 \setkomavar{yourref}{Accounts ending: ****, ****\\SSN ending: ****}
35
36 \setkomavar{subject}{Confirm my email}
37
38 \begin{letter}{[FINANCIAL INSTITUTION]}
39
40 \opening{Hello,}
41
42 On May 3, 2023, and again today, you emailed me to confirm my email address. You claim that I have not opened recent emails from you. (Just because I do not load beacon/tracking images in your emails does not mean that I do not open your emails.) I had already attempted to confirm my email address on May 3.
43
44 Today I clicked the link to confirm my email. Your website prompts me to log-in at \footnote{\url{[URL]}}. After log-in, the webpage takes me directly to \footnote{\url{[URL]}}, as one would anticipate from the referring URL. This page \emph{does not} indicate that I have successfully confirmed my email address, and I have no reason to think that it had.
45
46 I attempted again by clicking the confirmation link in the email. It was the same process, even asking me to log-in, although I was already logged-in successfully.
47
48 Please (1) confirm my email, (2) remedy your technological errors on this matter. Please write me via post to confirm that you received this letter and indicate the actions you have taken.
49
50 \closing{Sincerely,}
51
52 \encl{Example email}
53
54 \end{letter}
55
56 \end{document}
</blockquote>
no response. fuckers. i'm their _active customer_. they really should respond. maybe i'll start trolling them hard. because i am entertained with the lamest shit and love wasting time.
<blockquote>
36 \begin{letter}{Comfort Inn Lafayette I-65\\
37 4701 Meijer Ct\\
38 Lafayette IN 47905}
39
40 \opening{Dear Manager,}
41
42 I write about my stay at your hotel (check-in on August 15, check-out on August 16). I avoid posting negative reviews online because constructive feedback can help you with your business, and it also gives you the ability to reconcile the matter with me. I wasn't able to easily locate your email address online, which is why I simply print and mail this to you; please feel free to reply to me via email at \textbf{[email]}.
43
44 I had driven into town very late at night and was expecting only a few hours of sleep before I had important meetings at Purdue, where I work in the School of Business (I live out of town). I checked-in at about 5:40 a.m., which was a quick process (and much appreciated). My first meeting was at 9 a.m. I asked for a wake-up call at 8:20 a.m., to which the receptionist agreed.
45
46 I hoped for a glass of ice water before bed---I searched the entire length of the hallway with the ice bucket in hand, but could not locate an ice maker. I returned to the front desk, but no one came to the desk to help me. I gave up and went to bed.
47
48 The wall between the bed and the bathroom clicked loudly. It seemed like a mechanical clicking. It was not coming from an adjacent room, so I didn't try to complain to the desk, even if I could have found someone there. It kept me awake for over 30 minutes despite me being exhausted. I typically fall asleep within a few minutes.
49
50 I finally fell asleep sometime after 6:20 a.m.
51
52 At 6:50 a.m., the phone rang loudly. Jarred awake, I picked up the receiver, and a recording said ``please stay on the line.'' After waiting a minute, I wondered why I bothered, so I hung up, hoping to return to sleep. The wall continued to click loudly. Returning to sleep took at least 20 minutes.
53
54 I didn't receive a wake-up call.
55
56 I chose your hotel because of the Comfort Inn brand. I usually try to stay at Choice Hotels. I thought that the \$200 cost would be worthwhile, because those few hours of sleep were much needed for my meetings.
57
58 I would have gotten more sleep in my car. The hotel room actually made me worse off. It was a bad deal for \$200.
59
60 I hope you agree and are willing to settle this. I also hope you fix the loud mechanical clicking in the wall for the next guest!
61
62 \closing{Best regards,}
63
64 \end{letter}
65
66 \end{document}
</blockquote>
on this one, i used my business school address, hoping to curry favor. they called, left a voicemail saying that they'd give me an inconsequential amount of "reward points." i need to fire off a follow-up to the district manager. but who has the time?