Why did they call if they don’t want to spend money fixing it?

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Bird populations in US and Canada down 3bn in 50 years

Bird populations in Asia and the US are "in crisis", according to two major studies.
The first concludes there are three billion fewer birds in the US and Canada today compared to 1970 - a loss of 29% of North America's birds. The second outlines a tipping point in "the Asian songbird crisis": on the island of Java, Indonesia, more birds may now live in cages than in the wild. Scientists hope the findings will serve as a wake-up call. The two studies are published in the journals Science and Biological Conservation.

Wow - that's kinda scary...

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@mlnews seems just incredibly obvious, really. Many of us have felt MS was on this path for a very long time.

Only since maybe Balmer left.

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@bnrstnr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco How long does this gallon usually last you? How long would guess that it stays good in the fridge?

Between my gf and I, a gallon goes a week and a half, maybe 2. You want to go 4 to 6oz servings, btw.

So you mean no coffee stein sized cups?

Forget that - I need my coffee in huge gallon sized cups...

@scottalanmiller said in Wi-Fi calling?:

@Obsolesce said in Wi-Fi calling?:

I didn't realize that was a carrier-controlled thing. I thought it was 100% device.

Essentially all compute devices can do wifi calling. Anything with a wifi connection. But only .01% of them are connected to a carrier that will allow it.

I can wifi call from my cell phone, but not from my tablet or laptop, but they have all of the technology to do so.

You can WiFi call if you install a VOIP client on those devices :p

@Obsolesce said in Art applications:

Never heard of any of those except gimp.

Me either - that's why I posted them.

use the list or don't. - @JaredBusch - me no care.

@VoIP_n00b said in Exploring VitalPBX:

Anyone using VitalPBX in production yet?

I think Scott is.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

so I get an email from a well known clothing company to look at their stuff online.
I go and look at the stuff.
45 minutes later I receive an email from said clothing company thanking me for dropping in and taking a look.
don't know how I feel about that?

Really?

That is the point of tracking links. Why is this a surprise?

That was my point.

No, none of this is a surprise, it's easy to understand why & how it's done. The thing that unsettled me (not quite the term I'm looking for) was how quickly the follow up email arrived.
Gave me a real feeling of "we're watching you".

this should be even less surprising - it's 100% automated.

@Obsolesce said in Wi-Fi calling?:

I didn't realize that was a carrier-controlled thing. I thought it was 100% device.

it's both. the device has to support it, AND the carrier has to support it.

@JasGot said in Wi-Fi calling?:

@notverypunny is right. I leave it turned on all the time. I find that I am talking on WiFi quite often. It works great when were are in old churches with 36 inch thick stone walls, and there is no chance of cellular connectivity, or three or four flights underground.

Or just one underground... my office basement is a black whole for signals.