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Re: Gmail Experiencing Issues

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Post by mattycannz »

stephenr wrote: post #14
juancampa wrote: post #9

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Not from my phone. I have to get up and change it, but it's too hot and I don't wanna move

It’s funny. I have this little thing on my desk that lets me adjust the air conditioning, and it doesn’t rely on wifi or internet access or any “clouds”... it’s called a “remote control”. If you’re silly enough to rely on internet access to change the temperature in your house you deserve to be hot.

Ability to control your thermostat from anywhere in the world > remote control

Re: Gmail Experiencing Issues

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Post by tssva »

martin_a wrote: post #15
daenz wrote: post #12

The timing of this is interesting, one day after the DoJ announcement. A reminder of how important Google is to us, and how we shouldn't be jeopardizing it with anti-trust probes /s.

I wonder why everyone seems to be using Gmail. Nobody I know (mostly in Germany) really uses a Gmail-address except for registering their Android device. Why is it so popular elsewhere?

Why do people in Germany unnecessarily use a Gmail address to register their Android devices?

Re: Gmail Experiencing Issues

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Post by Top5a »

skunkworker wrote: post #13
sladey wrote: post #10

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I'm having issues with the GCP console, but all our GCP services are working without issue. Lots of errors related to spanner popping up in the console. I have seen some reports of Cloud pub/sub not working.

Interesting, this should be a good post-mortem about what happened and why the errors weren't showing up on the status dashboard.

hahahahahahaha, just like with AWS's dash, right? hahahahahahaha

Re: Gmail Experiencing Issues

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Post by panarky »

mattycannz wrote: post #21
stephenr wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s funny. I have this little thing on my desk that lets me adjust the air conditioning, and it doesn’t rely on wifi or internet access or any “clouds”... it’s called a “remote control”. If you’re silly enough to rely on internet access to change the temperature in your house you deserve to be hot.

Ability to control your thermostat from anywhere in the world > remote control

Why do you have to control the temperature in places you aren't in?

Re: Gmail Experiencing Issues

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Post by TimothyBJacobs »

panarky wrote: post #27
mattycannz wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ability to control your thermostat from anywhere in the world > remote control

Why do you have to control the temperature in places you aren't in?

To prevent your pipes from exploding or other equipment breaking. To have your home at a suitable temperature when you get back from an extended stay away.

Re: Gmail Experiencing Issues

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Post by martin_a »

skybrian wrote: post #17
martin_a wrote: post #15

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I wonder why everyone seems to be using Gmail. Nobody I know (mostly in Germany) really uses a Gmail-address except for registering their Android device. Why is it so popular elsewhere?

It's free, easy to use, and normally fast and reliable. What's popular in Germany?

Probably anything else.

GMX, web.de, T-Online are the biggest that come to my mind. They offer free mailboxes just like Gmail does, but are here since the early day. I think I registered with GMX in something like 2000 or so.

If Telekom/T-Mobile/T-Online is your internet provider, you'll automatically have a mailbox with them, too. Some people use it, some don't, I think it's most often ease of use and installation so it's popular with older people or small companies.

Re: Gmail Experiencing Issues

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Post by copperx »

skybrian wrote: post #17
martin_a wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder why everyone seems to be using Gmail. Nobody I know (mostly in Germany) really uses a Gmail-address except for registering their Android device. Why is it so popular elsewhere?

It's free, easy to use, and normally fast and reliable. What's popular in Germany?

I am curious too about what's popular in Germany. I hope it's something better than ISP-provided emails.
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