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My alerts never go through. I think it's Verizon blocking them Now if they could only block the stupid spam texts.I've given up on email to text gateways and do a WebEx bot so at least delivery is reliable. More formatting options and ultimately just a curl call.Too much spam in both email and texts and everyone is trying to block the spam that you're more likely to have an important notification disappear.

Programs like JamKazam were popular during the Covid shutdown, but the latency made it difficult to go beyond two people.

... mostly against electronic surveillance. But if it's for art, that's cool?

Sounds like my DirecTV NOW increase. Heh.

If you're talking about Apple Music Match (think that's what it is called), they don't really upload your MP3's and replay them like they used to. I "ripped" all my CDs years ago for that and for most of the CDs, they would essentially fingerprint the songs that you uploaded and match it to the track in their system. If it wasn't in their system, the track went off to storage and you could get it there. Over time, iCloud and streaming have taken over. If Apple doesn't have the streaming rights for a particular song, it disappears from your music match. We noticed it mostly from my wife's favorite Christmas music CDs that we ripped and have long since been discarded. One CD in particular keeps losing tracks over time. So, if you pay for Apple Music and have Music Match, it's pretty much a waste of money. Similarly, U2's Rattle and Hum was one of my favorite movies from the 80's. But you can't find it on streaming anywhere supposedly because getting the streaming rights for all the songs would never happen or be too expensive when you need licensing from that many sources.

Insta has better photos, Threads has better commenting and you don't have to post "See link in Bio", you can just add a link. I wanted to like Threads, but they can't get critical mass to make it interesting enough.

I have a Samsung TV that gets occasional firmware updates. The latest killed HDMI CEC (turns on the TV when a device turns on). So now I have to juggle more remotes. Not the end of the world, but it would be nice if it worked.

...I always wonder who their parents are. Is it a variation of the kids with techy parents with CNCs and 3D printers at home just coincidentally build the fastest pinewood derby cars?

You can sign up with a click, but to cancel you need to call in and wait, and wait. Hulu and Netflix make it pretty easy. But things like your cellphone, I think I want that to be difficult to cancel.

Actually, I don't know if they even have a football team. But the football team always seems to survive the budget cuts.

...but when my son was in high school looking for some tech club type thing, almost everything we found was just for girls. It was really disappointing. So he did things on his own. I hope that whatever replaces it will encourage women and underrepresented groups, but won't disallow everyone else.

I know, I don't "own" the digital copies of the movies, but I'm not really concerned. The stacks of CDs, DVDs and Blu Rays that I had were given away for free because nobody wants them. I'm using Apple for movies and movies that were purchased in HD and a UHD 4K upgrade was released were automatically upgrade. Movies that I had on DVD and I wanted on BluRay were another purchase. I'm fine with not "owning" movies on physical media. The 700+ movies I have on Apple are just a database entry, of course, but I effectively take them with me when I go on a vacation and with FamilyShare we all have access to the movies. These benefits outweigh not "owning" the discs. I did that before and like the additional shelf space and conveniences of digital. Looking at the shelves at Target, I'm not alone.

Rail guns

Same. Iâ(TM)m in Maryland and really like Lightning 100 in Nashville. Local stations are unbearable. AM is filled with Spanish channels and MAGA. FM sound quality is garbage. Lately Iâ(TM)m listening to SiriusXM with streaming. Streaming is solid anywhere Iâ(TM)ve been in the US. Maybe not in Death Valley, but thatâ(TM)s not on my list of places to go. I really donâ(TM)t know of anyone that listens to AM/FM anymore. Get in someoneâ(TM)s car and itâ(TM)s either streaming or podcasts.