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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Dec 2020

      When GMail went down I was trying to send an email asking about a particular tar file. My God are they paranoid about security, I thought, if they won't even let me send an email containing the *name* of a tar file.

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Dec 2020

      There's a lesson here: the better you are, the more preposterous the theories people will invent to explain your (real or apparent) lapses. If GMail were run by a less competent organization, my initial guess would have been the correct one: that it was down.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Dec 2020

      "Paul, did you do something to cause GMail to be shut down? Because it wasn't working earlier." — Jessica just now

      5:59 AM - 14 Dec 2020
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        1. Akihito‏ @4kihito 14 Dec 2020
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          So when I don’t want to work I just contact you? Gotcha, cheers 🙌

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        1. Silvano | Side Biz Master 💸‏ @bizontheside 14 Dec 2020
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          It's your fault Paul? ;-) Probably I was very lucky, I was in lunch break ;-)

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        1. Kirtimaan Lodha‏ @kirtimaanlodha 14 Dec 2020
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          did you :?

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        1. Ashwin‏ @omnishwin 14 Dec 2020
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          Maybe the feminists hacked it because it wasn't G-female. 🤷🏼‍♂️ #dadjokes #alsoacrazytheory #atleastonefeministouttherewhomight

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        1. Rudo  😷‏ @AG_Rudo 14 Dec 2020
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          So you're insinuating you're good (as per your previous tweet).

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        1. Lakshay Chauhan‏ @Lakshaychauhan0 14 Dec 2020
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          hahaha Don Paul!

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        1. Sammy Jelin‏ @sjelin 14 Dec 2020
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          They had to shut the whole thing down because you named that tar file—very suspicious.

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        1. Alastair Houghton‏ @al45tair 14 Dec 2020
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          I’m glad it’s not just me that gets questions like that 😂

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        1. BannerView.com‏ @BannerView 14 Dec 2020
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          That's okay. IT professionals are taught to check the power cord first because many stubborn problems have been solved only after doing intensive troubleshooting!

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        1. Rachid A.B‏ @rachid_a_b 18 Dec 2020
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          It's admirable how infallible they have become, so much so that one would suspect their own spouse before suspecting them.

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