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Comment Re:Teams /= Skype (Score 1) 38

Hmm . . . You might be right. I went back to the announcement:

Can I use my Skype credit? Skype Credits can be used for calling. Starting April 3, 2025, automatic top up services will no longer be available. After May 2025, the Skype Dial Pad will be available to remaining paid users from the Skype web portal and within Teams Free, where you will continue to be able to use your subscription or Skype Credits.

That is confusing. Teams Free is free. So what credits? Anyone know more?

Comment Re:Teams /= Skype (Score 1) 38

Sorry, but "contacts" != "contracts".

From the summary: "People can transfer Skype contacts and chat history to the company's Microsoft Teams . . . ." Do you think that is a typo?

Also, the MS announcement:

"Sign in to Microsoft Teams Free on any supported device using your Skype credentials and your contacts and chats will automatically be transferred." https://support.microsoft.com/...

"By logging in to Teams with a Skype account, chats and contacts will automatically appear in the app so you can quickly pick up where you left off."https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/02/28/the-next-chapter-moving-from-skype-to-microsoft-teams/

Comment Re:You Forgot America (Score 1) 249

Bingo! Trickle-down econ BS; and MBA outsourcing real work (factories etc.) to China etc. and outsourcing coding/programming to incompetent "monkeys” in India etc.; and deregulation of the insurance industry (bit me personally: no more reporting to Fed --> no more reporting systems).

Comment Re:Red Herring: storage (Score 1) 88

IF you're helping to clarify THEN thanks.
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That's what I said. I started by pointing out that the article was wrong in claiming that Double-keyed Browser Caching "forces websites to maintain separate copies of shared resources". Websites only need one file that they can point to (public URL or private filesystem) . . . even if the browser (client) downloads more than once from the website (server).

Comment Red Herring: storage (Score 1) 88

The storage argument "forces websites to maintain separate copies of shared resources" per domain is a red herring (BS). The websites already have separate directory trees (in CDN). Any shared resources can continue to be shared: just use symbolic links in website tree(s) to the shared resource(s) in CDN. Don't they do this already?

Comment Re:Ads (Score 1) 237

I cannot get a page? (Using eMatrix/uMatrix in Pale Moon) eMatrix/uMatrix: error message unknown domain?
"Failed to load website properly since html-load.com is blocked. Please allow html-load.com"
"This page could not be loaded properly due to incorrect / bad filtering rule(s) of adblockers in use. Please disable all adblockers to continue using the website, (click OK if you'd like to learn more)"
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Comment Re:Genius (Score 1) 187

Thanks!

So, we mostly agree on the facts. But, the "tech[nician] in Lebanon" was not mentioned. The article said that at least two Hezbollah members suspected something was amiss with the devices. One of them could have been a/the technician. I’m just curious whether someone spilled the beans (first) or Hezbollah actually found out upon inspection (first).

Comment Re:Crap.... (Score 2) 106

Sorry. Bad analysis. The gaslines had nothing to due with interest rates. Expensive car repairs are expensive, but not because of interest rates. Get real; your family needed the loan. The real issue with interest rates is balance: interest on (our) savings/investments versus interest on loans.

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