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  1. Re:Less than a buck a user? on BitTorrent is Selling For $140M To Justin Sun and Tron (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I posted from a desktop computer. I can only guess I got as far as "ho" and started thinking ahead to the word useful and got the "u" in there and then filled in the only word that came to mind that started with hou.

  2. Re:What a ridiculous premise. on McDonald's To Test Plastic-Straw Alternatives in US Later This Year (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Depending on the restaurant, the lids are #6 too, so you can just leave the straw inserted.

  3. Re:Less than a buck a user? on BitTorrent is Selling For $140M To Justin Sun and Tron (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Users don't even mean anything other than a gauge for house useful the tech is. You can use the protocol without ever touching any software or network this company owns or operates.

  4. Re:Why in US dollars on BitTorrent is Selling For $140M To Justin Sun and Tron (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Because they're not the currency of the present.

  5. Re:text email Gateways on Android Messages Will Now Let You Send Texts From Your Computer (www.blog.google) · · Score: 1

    And replies don't come back to your number. While that's useful in some cases, it's not helpful for maintaining continuity.

  6. Re:Does it really send sms/txt from your computer? on Android Messages Will Now Let You Send Texts From Your Computer (www.blog.google) · · Score: 1

    Why do I need to scan a QR with my phone? Why is my phone even involved? Because I'm not sending texts from my computer; I'm sending them from my phone.

    That's right. I don't think it's possible (or at least reliable) to spoof SMS - it has to originate from the carrier network. If you leave your phone at home with signal, it would probably work just fine.

  7. Re:Google voice already does this on Android Messages Will Now Let You Send Texts From Your Computer (www.blog.google) · · Score: 1

    And no, this does NOT include police/911.

    Emergency calls use your carrier number anyway, I'm fairly certain.

  8. It's just SMS. It might have hidden support for RCS baked in, but I don't think any carriers offer that yet.

    the summary makes it sounds as though you need an Android device to begin with

    And because it's just SMS, how else would Google get access to your messages to show them on your PC? It has to use your phone as the SMS gateway.

  9. VZ messages stay in the VZ app.

    In vanilla android, carrier SMS messages default to being routed to the Messages app. Given how terrible most carrier apps are, I'm surprised you haven't tried it at least temporarily.

    GV messages can be read in the GV app, but the Hangouts app offers a much better UI for GV messages and voicemail.

  10. Re:Been doing this for 10 years with my Mac+iPhone on Android Messages Will Now Let You Send Texts From Your Computer (www.blog.google) · · Score: 2

    And I could send texts to one of my children when he had an iPhone. Then he switched to an Android phone – same number – and sending SMS texts to him no longer works.

    And did he de-register the phone number number from iMessage? If not, Apple is trying to route the text to a device that's not picking up the message. A severe lacking on Apple's part, but extremely fixable.

  11. Re: How exciting on Android Messages Will Now Let You Send Texts From Your Computer (www.blog.google) · · Score: 1

    That text messages sent to you Google Voice number can be received in Hangouts which is already cross-platform. But a while back, they stopped letting Hangouts receive carrier SMS messages to force you to use their new messaging app. Now you can once again read and respond to SMS with your carrier number on your computer. Whatever is old is new again.

  12. Nalgene is a company that does not make glass bottles. Stop using it as a generic term for glass bottles or stop being obtuse.

  13. Nalgene isn't made of glass. I'm not sure what your point is.

  14. Re:What a ridiculous premise. on McDonald's To Test Plastic-Straw Alternatives in US Later This Year (usatoday.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Almost everywhere. Straws are typically made of polystyrene (#6 plastic if you go by the numbers). Very few places will accept PS for recycling.

  15. Those don't fit the cup holder. Also, they taste really bad.

  16. I think their point was since there's no use of "Force," let's not call it an armed Force.

  17. Re:Where do they find these people? on The 'World's Worst' Smart Padlock Is Even Worse Than Previously Thought (sophos.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Then they're just as dumb at being criminals. You still want to be in control of the data you're selling.

  18. Where do they find these people? on The 'World's Worst' Smart Padlock Is Even Worse Than Previously Thought (sophos.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's almost like hiring people straight out of college for pennies (or getting free interns) for your startup is a bad idea.

  19. It's like they just figured out the reason these services are "no-distribute."

  20. Right - if we have that, it would be a secret until such a time as we have to actually drop a bomb from there.

  21. I like Orbital Command. It's not like anyone's going to be doing anything past low Earth orbit anyway. And Space Force implies that they have some way to use force from there - which so far it seems not. Unless we have space nukes that can be launched from satellites. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised if we do.

  22. Separate but equal? on President Trump Directs Pentagon To Create New 'Space Force' Military Branch (defensenews.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is there any subject he can't bring racism into?

  23. So you think fraud should just be legal? But only online because it's somehow special?

  24. Re:" grew by .1 percent to 2.5" on Diversity At Google Hasn't Changed Much Over the Last Year (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but low turnover is generally a good thing, so you want your population to remain steady (I realize they might be mostly new hires and not replacements).

  25. Re:Smart people want dumb products on Gmail Proves That Some People Hate Smart Suggestions (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    They mean dumb in the sense of speech. You can look, but don't touch.