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1. dkurth · 1790282920 · focus · HN ↗

   In 2009, Google Street View had only been gathering images in Austin for about a year, I think. I pulled up right behind the Street View car at a red light, and I waved out the window, hoping that would get captured. I sent an email to my friends with a link to the location and said, "check this out in a couple of months!"

   When I checked later that year, there was no image of me, so I thought the camera had not been active, and I forgot all about it.

   Then, while looking through old emails a couple of weeks ago, I found that one and clicked the link. I clicked to see images from 2009, and sure enough, there was my little white Honda. And when I moved around the map, I found an image where my hand was out the window, waving! It was like I was waving to myself from the past. Pretty neat!

   1. cube00 · 1790333564 · focus · HN ↗

      > I sent an email to my friends with a link to the location and said, "check this out in a couple of months!"

      This is an example of behaviour I personally find frustrating.

      My internal thought process: There's nothing I can do with this email when I first get it, will I remember to check months later? Probably not.

      1. spiderfarmer · 1790334044 · focus · HN ↗

         Be a better friend.

         1. xeyownt · 1790334174 · focus · HN ↗

            Need to have one first I guess.

            1. CyberDildonics · 1790380277 · focus · HN ↗

               Someone doesn't like an email that asks them to do something months from now and so you're insulting them and implying they have no friends, do I have this right?

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