Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️

since my new initials are "AT", I'm thinking I might make an LLC called like "AT Software" so I can get the email address [email protected] for maximum confusing.

or instead of an LLC, I'll get a GmbH in Austria.

[email protected]

Mar 1 at 10:02pmWeb
Show threadlina isidora | HOLY FUCK ARTEMIS IIMar 1

@foone in ukrainian a company that has shares is called an акціонерне товариство (АТ)

АТ AT Software

[email protected]

Show threadlina isidora | HOLY FUCK ARTEMIS IIMar 1
@foone private-owned АТ would be ПрАТ so pratatsoft / atpratsoft / atsoftprat
Show threadheyda!Mar 1
@foone as a fellow AT and number 81 liker, I had a company called AT1PC and thought it was clever.
Show threadMinka ミンカMar 1
@foone AT and T
Show threadSignalElevenMar 1
@foone you should also get a company vehicle
Show threadHenryk PlötzMar 1
@foone at this point you might go full Artist Formerly Known As, make @ your official name and confuse people by having the absolutely correct, and spam-proof, email address of "@"@atsoft.at
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Mar 1
@henryk honestly, my "change your name to something weird in rebellion to everything that came before" moment was back in 2012 when I changed my name to "Foone", so I don't think I really need to do that again
Show threadCharlie StrossMar 1

@foone How about naming your company "DT"? So you can be ATDT …

I'll just get my coat now.

Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Mar 1
@cstross that'd go well with the BBS I keep threatening to set up!
Show threadApprentice Bodega Cat 🐈‍⬛Mar 1

This post has me laughing so hard I

NO CARRIER

Show threadConsensus TullyalityMar 1
@cstross @foone
+++
Show threadJernej Simončič �Mar 1
@cstross @foone When I started using the Internet, I had to use ATDP.
Show threadUnixorn - 90% Snark by weightMar 1

@cstross @foone

Email is supposed to ignore + characters so you could use +++ATDT...

Show threadRussell DavisMar 1

@cstross @foone Don't take that tone with us you just phoned that joke in. You really have your finger on the pulse of the situation

:)

Show threadgadgetoidMar 1
@foone obligatory nerdcore drop https://youtu.be/ACIoUXoeaYA
Dude, Where's My at-at at? (feat. the Garthim Master)

YouTube
Show threadBeckyMar 1

@foone you could have a side sharing mysic of a certain genre.

As atat’s are heavy metal

Show threadColinMar 1
@foone Making yourself as difficult to communicate with as possible is really the only rational response to email, which is awful.
Show threadleyrerMar 1
@foone
unfortunately already delegated. :(
Show threadgunstickMar 1
@leyrer @foone
atatatatatatatatatat.at is still available. 🤣
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Mar 1
@gunstick @leyrer I'd need to come up with a lot more names to use that one
Show threadJonty WareingMar 1
@foone @fanf has the famous email address [email protected]
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Mar 1
@jonty @fanf nice!
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialMar 1
@jonty @foone @fanf gotta applaud that one, that is an extremely good email address
Show threadEmpterdoseMar 1
@gsuberland @jonty @foone @fanf Time to pull out the Fatboy Slim again, eh?
Show threadJos DingjanMar 2
@gsuberland @fanf @foone @jonty In short form: .@.@.@
Show threadWill ScottMar 2
@mako can be reached at at dot dot cc (@atdot.cc)
Show threadBenjamin Mako HillMar 2
@willscott Indeed! I have friends with the initials AT and CC with corresponding email addresses at atdot.cc.
Show threadKewlio: gideo vames?!Mar 1
@foone The most confusing domain since http colon slash slash slash dot dot org.
Show threadRyan Steele Mar 1
@foone Will your software run on the 8080, or will I need an AT?
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Mar 1

@rgsteele nice.

you know I don't think I've ever targeted any (DOS) software for the AT. It's either "will run on an original IBM 5150" or "will run on any 386 and up, even if very slowly"

targeting a 286 just seems weird

Show threadLP🔸Light up the nightMar 1
@foone this is http colon slash slash slash dot dot org all over again
Show threadfraggleMar 1
@LionsPhil @foone write in here for @fanf 's email address
Show threadveeteeMar 1
@foone [email protected]
Show threadK.C. BuddMar 1
@foone +++ATH0\n
Show threadrevenge of the boltzmann brainMar 2
@foone there is also a dot @ dotat.at
Tony Finch

Show threadDavid WillanskiMar 2

@foone that can make it tricky. I have a client who bought his name as a domain name and 90% of the time when he reads his email adress as "fred at fred smith dot com" they send it to fred @ smith.com and complain that it bounced back

(name changed, obviously)

Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Mar 2
@dwillanski ouch.
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Mar 2
@dwillanski honestly the way it goes these days, I bet some of them are emailing fredsmith @ gmail.com just on autopilot
Show threadDavid WillanskiMar 2
@foone on that topic, my wife's gmail is in her unmarried name and she sometimes gets emails about and apartment for rent in San Fransisco from people who miss the 2 at the end of the username. That took a few months to figure out!
Show threadPxl PhileMar 2

@foone Austrian GmbH are refreshingly inexpensive (up to 1000 €) to get, compared to to 50,000 € in Germany.

TIL!

Show threadTattieMar 2
@foone congrats on the new initials! (And, presumably, name).
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Mar 2
@Tattie thanks!
Show threadmuniatu endormiscatMar 2
This reminds me of a post I saw recently of someone owning the atdot.horse domain or something like that, to have the most confusing address. I think it was [email protected]
Show threaddakkarMar 2
@foone echoes of CmdrTaco 😁