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70 million people. One death. I'm liking those odds. I wonder how old, and how many comorbidities of that one victim.

The sad thing is that he wasn't being confusing on purpose. Just evasive.

Sorry if I am being harsh but that seems like nonsense. On what basis? Skype was bought over 10 years ago and has been superseded by alternatives, one of which they have suggested you can transfer to along with your contacts. The fact that some functionality is different is, IMHO, neither here nor there as far as your statement is concerned. And yet, Meta is now being investigated and may be broken up for doing exactly the same thing. Buying up competing products to eliminate competition.

Even fast food... My Thai coworkers were masters of the discount coupon, which were only available in Thai. They'd all get together a little before heading off to lunch and synchronize their coupons.

I know this sounds like a wingnut conspiracy thing, but if they have all your settings, what's to stop them from selling them to a nefarious actor? I know nothing about that company, but I've read horror stories about apps that do nefarious things. Mostly weeded out by Google and Apple stores, but some have snuck through.

Funny how when the lefties predict gloom and doom, it's as if that's cast in stone. But not the forecasts of jobs and growth. Why do you figure that is?

Probably the Thaiest event ever. Who are we to come to someone else's country and try to change their centuries old traditions? (or even if it's just a decades old tradition) I'd love to go see an event, even if there is an element of danger. We all die sometime. May as well be having fun when it happens. I remember how much I enjoyed watching a Thai drift racing event, though I realized that I could be taken out in an instant because of the flimsy barrier between the course and the stands. I'd go again in a heartbeat. It was that much fun. Edit: I'd bet that a lot more people are killed on the way to the events (any major event) than are killed by errant rockets each year. What would you do? Ban all events?

Someone would have to do some fancy 'splaining why they'd be losing money holding onto unused Skype credits. That's money they can use to fund other operations and make a return on OPM. Not to mention all that they'd get to keep when their users die off and/or forget they even had money on account. As far as the expense of keeping Skype alive while they're winding it down, they get money every time I use Skype. They could scale back the bandwidth and the number of servers and support staff to match the usage. Those costs go down as usage dwindles. They'd still have millions of users getting charged millions of dollars every month. If Microsoft had wanted to maintain goodwill among their user base, they could have given us all Teams accounts and either spun Skype off and kept it going as a division of MS, or sold Skype to a 3rd party. Instead, they bought a competitor and killed it off. I think that's fodder for an anti-trust lawsuit.

I'm loving my A9+, even though it's on the low end of their spectrum. SIM and GPS support is why I chose it. Good decision.

I used their smart switch app. Still had to do a lot of manual fidgeting. But then, I have apps for marine navigation, to control my DJI drone, my boat sonar, my boat trolling motor, my smart watch and a half dozen other eclectic apps. YMMV.

Do they announce the events in advance? It may be fun to watch and dodge death and destruction.

I think a lot depends on which apps and accounts you're moving over. I "cloned" my phone to my tablet about 2 months ago and had to do a lot of fidgeting. Mostly entering passwords and 2FA things. A few apps just had to be re-downloaded from Google Play.

It'll be interesting when a series like Forensic Files or 48 Hours picks up the story to 'splain what the new evidence is.

Just another data point... I bought a Samsung tablet and used the Samsung app to clone my Samsung phone onto it. While it did a lot of the work, it took a looong time and I still had to do a lot of manual fidgeting. Both the phone and the tablet were similar vintage and still currently for sale. Not a complaint, just an observation. I'm very happy with both of them. Edit: But on an off topic aside, if you buy the Samsung tablet, get the Samsung brand cover for it. I bought an off-brand cover and the magnet made the tablet go into secure mode every time I moved it. It was a PITA to enter my PIN over and over. I replaced it with the Samsung brand cover and it works great. More expensive than the off-brand cover but well worth it.

I'd put it in the category of "no harm, no foul". Just a good story to take back home to regale the chippies.

I have sympathy for the guy being robbed. But I question the wisdom of reporting it. The interwebs are forever.

I loved it when she complained about how expensive it was to live in the White House. I wonder if this means that Big Mike will be coming out?

It has all the makings of a good holiday story, to be retold and relived for years. If not an entire lifetime of "that time I went to Thailand and got arrested".

I just dusted off my copy of Forrest Gump this week and watched it for the first time in probably 10 years. I was on the floor laughing because so many of the scenes have become memes over the past decade or so. It was funny back in the '90s, but it's hilarious today watching those now iconic scenes.

I hope someone posts a photo of those kiosks now that they're in operation.

Probably not unlike tow truck drivers in the USA who race each other to be first on the scene so they get the business.

I don't know about you, but I think Jan6 would have looked completely different had they actually cracked down on the violence and looting during the BLM fooknuttery. But they had just witnessed an entire season of rioters getting away with it, with Dem leaders actually raising bail money for them. And they didn't realize that Jan6 was a Trump trap, orchestrated by Pelosi and company.

What do you figure would be the result? He says she stole money. What if she says she didn't? How will he prove it? It's not like she stole his iPhone or passport.

I'm beginning to wonder if the chemicals in tattoo ink may do something to the brain.

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