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Here’s how Travis Kalanick’s inbox looked like back in 2013:

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@caitlin Thank you. I’ve checked that I can download a nightly from that link. I’ll stick with 210308 for now; it’s been OK. Perhaps I’ll select a new one every release - the one that’s moved to beta if I can work out when that happens.

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