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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch @dbeato
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      @dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

      https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

      Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.

      YOu can still use Google Music. You can store up to 50,000 songs. I have Amazon Prime so streaming won't stop.
      https://play.google.com/store/music?hl=en

      I never want to use Google services like this again because they seem to just randomly cancel shit all the time.

      That’s what has been in the back of my mind when they have removed Google Reader, Picasa, Chrome Apps and pther products. Good food for thought.

      Also Google Voice is as good as dead because it was integrated into hangouts and then that was abandoned. Not canceled and still works, but not worth a shit.

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      • dbeatoD
        dbeato @JaredBusch
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        @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

        https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

        Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.

        YOu can still use Google Music. You can store up to 50,000 songs. I have Amazon Prime so streaming won't stop.
        https://play.google.com/store/music?hl=en

        I never want to use Google services like this again because they seem to just randomly cancel shit all the time.

        That’s what has been in the back of my mind when they have removed Google Reader, Picasa, Chrome Apps and pther products. Good food for thought.

        Also Google Voice is as good as dead because it was integrated into hangouts and then that was abandoned. Not canceled and still works, but not worth a shit.

        That’s why I went with VOIP.ms as per our conversation yesterday.

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch
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          @dbeato made a thread to continue this conversation.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            • black3dynamiteB
              black3dynamite
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              https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/21/16805674/apple-loot-box-app-store-games-odds-probability-disclosure

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              • momurdaM
                momurda @JaredBusch
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                @jaredbusch Prime does include ability to stream and rip all music you have bought on Amazon. And Prime(not unlimited) does include lots of good streaming options for stuff you havent bought.

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch @momurda
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                  @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @jaredbusch Prime does include ability to stream and rip all music you have bought on Amazon. And Prime(not unlimited) does include lots of good streaming options for stuff you havent bought.

                  I have never argued that the music available to me because of my Prime subscription is useless. In fact, I have stated many times that I generally use the Amazon Music app on my iPhone when I want to listen to U.S. Music.

                  You do not rip music you have purchased in Amazon. You simply download it.
                  I think you have a misunderstanding of the term rip. I have CDs. Lots of them, in a plastic bin that has not witnessed the light of day in years.

                  Fully a quarter of this music is not on any U.S. streaming service.

                  I ripped this all of the music to mp3 format and dropped it into iTunes many years ago.

                  This music cannot be streamed with a service unless you pay for their upload service.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender
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                    Is streaming that big of deal for you? I assume you don't just want it on the music device you have?

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                    • dbeatoD
                      dbeato @Dashrender
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                      @dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      Is streaming that big of deal for you? I assume you don't just want it on the music device you have?

                      Just continue on this thread:

                      https://mangolassi.it/topic/15957/what-do-you-use-for-a-home-media-server/20

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                      • black3dynamiteB
                        black3dynamite
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                        http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/12/how-popular-was-ubuntu-in-2017

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          • momurdaM
                            momurda @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller Just unbelievable, that. Cant understand the motivation to do something like that.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @momurda
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                              @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @scottalanmiller Just unbelievable, that. Cant understand the motivation to do something like that.

                              It's crazy.

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                              • ObsolesceO
                                Obsolesce
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                                It's not the callers fault someone died. It's the ill-trained police jumping in throwing bullets around.

                                Why didn't the police just shoot everyone and anyone around him and just say... "well that kid shouldn't have pranked us, it's his fault"... same thing.

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                                • ObsolesceO
                                  Obsolesce
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                                  https://qz.com/1166356/nobel-prize-winning-economist-angus-deaton-thinks-were-asking-all-the-wrong-questions-about-inequality/

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                                  • ObsolesceO
                                    Obsolesce @Obsolesce
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                                    @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    It's not the callers fault someone died. It's the ill-trained police jumping in throwing bullets around.

                                    Why didn't the police just shoot everyone and anyone around him and just say... "well that kid shouldn't have pranked us, it's his fault"... same thing.

                                    Both were wrong, don't take it the wrong way.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                                      @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      It's not the callers fault someone died. It's the ill-trained police jumping in throwing bullets around.

                                      Why didn't the police just shoot everyone and anyone around him and just say... "well that kid shouldn't have pranked us, it's his fault"... same thing.

                                      And what if it wasn't a prank, but they just got the address wrong - even when these things are real they require way more verification than an anonymous phone tip. Or the shooter sent out a hostage instead of coming out himself? Bottom line, the cop murdered a completely innocent guy based on nothing. Imagine if any other job operated like that.

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                                      • coliverC
                                        coliver @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        It's not the callers fault someone died. It's the ill-trained police jumping in throwing bullets around.

                                        Why didn't the police just shoot everyone and anyone around him and just say... "well that kid shouldn't have pranked us, it's his fault"... same thing.

                                        And what if it wasn't a prank, but they just got the address wrong - even when these things are real they require way more verification than an anonymous phone tip. Or the shooter sent out a hostage instead of coming out himself? Bottom line, the cop murdered a completely innocent guy based on nothing. Imagine if any other job operated like that.

                                        Sadly nothing will come of this. The officer will go on paid leave until the press dies down and the PR will be spun to place the blame on the caller and not the cop that pulled the trigger.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          It's not the callers fault someone died. It's the ill-trained police jumping in throwing bullets around.

                                          Why didn't the police just shoot everyone and anyone around him and just say... "well that kid shouldn't have pranked us, it's his fault"... same thing.

                                          And what if it wasn't a prank, but they just got the address wrong - even when these things are real they require way more verification than an anonymous phone tip. Or the shooter sent out a hostage instead of coming out himself? Bottom line, the cop murdered a completely innocent guy based on nothing. Imagine if any other job operated like that.

                                          Sadly nothing will come of this. The officer will go on paid leave until the press dies down and the PR will be spun to place the blame on the caller and not the cop that pulled the trigger.

                                          Yup, and the poor family will be left without justice.

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                                          • ObsolesceO
                                            Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            It's not the callers fault someone died. It's the ill-trained police jumping in throwing bullets around.

                                            Why didn't the police just shoot everyone and anyone around him and just say... "well that kid shouldn't have pranked us, it's his fault"... same thing.

                                            And what if it wasn't a prank, but they just got the address wrong - even when these things are real they require way more verification than an anonymous phone tip. Or the shooter sent out a hostage instead of coming out himself? Bottom line, the cop murdered a completely innocent guy based on nothing. Imagine if any other job operated like that.

                                            Sadly nothing will come of this. The officer will go on paid leave until the press dies down and the PR will be spun to place the blame on the caller and not the cop that pulled the trigger.

                                            Yup, and the poor family will be left without justice.

                                            The kid should be charged with whatever it would be for pranking the police. Not anything to do with murder or causing death. The police should be.

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