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Post by hnbad »

lima wrote: post #572
hnbad wrote: post #418

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The pandemic is ongoing, we've just started calling the disease "endemic" but that doesn't make it less dangerous. We have however wound down most of the protective measures. Germany has retired the official bluetooth contact tracing app earlier this year. I wouldn't be surprised if Google retires theirs this year or the next.

> Germany has retired the official bluetooth contact tracing app earlier this year. I wouldn't be surprised if Google retires theirs this year or the next. Google does not have their own app. Exposure Notifications is the cross-vendor low-level API which apps like Germany's is (...was) using.

Yeah, someone else pointed that out on another comment and I wasn't aware of that before. However it seems like most countries with apps built on this API seem to have given up on public contact tracing and sunset their apps so the API might go away sooner rather than later.

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Post by no_wizard »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #553
andersrs wrote: post #140

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That's awful. So someone pays them them, builds a website on their property and they still have you by the balls. I guess you'd only rent to add a redirect over to a new domain. I've just tried negotiating with a squatter. I'm trying to resurrect a web game with a few thousand players which the original dev neglected. I've rebuilt it on another domain but the community have game data stored in the browser localStorag…

Write an app to extract the data client side.

it doesn't work this way with normal dev tools, since local storage is scoped by the domain, other domains can't see whats in your storage

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Post by yangcheng »

vineyardmike wrote: post #413
pcurve wrote: post #292

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They've killed off almost 300. They have ~100 left. https://about.google/intl/ALL_us/products/ What do you think will go next? I'm sure some of these will bite the bullet this year. 1. Exposure Notifications (maybe in 2-3 years) 2. Google Arts and Culture <- this one has to be expensive to maintain 3. Keep 4. Scholar 5. Tilt Brush 6. Google Lens 7. Google Groups 8. Google Drawings

Google extensively uses groups internally for all sorts of things... not sure they could realistically kill it and still function.

I beleive google must use domain internally too, they even have a .google

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Post by Porkbun »

benhurmarcel wrote: post #394
Porkbun wrote: post #117

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Just wanted to let you know that we recently onboarded .ca! We're slowly growing out our ccTLD portfolio too so if there are others folks have been waiting on please let us know so we can prioritized.

I'm currently not considering Porkbun because you don 't have .fr, it would be a great option otherwise.

We've had this in the onboarding queue, I pushed on this and it should be live now!

edit: forgot to mention, use code EXODUS to get $1 off three transfers ;)

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Post by Porkbun »

Zabriskije wrote: post #457
Porkbun wrote: post #117

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Just wanted to let you know that we recently onboarded .ca! We're slowly growing out our ccTLD portfolio too so if there are others folks have been waiting on please let us know so we can prioritized.

May you consider .it domains? Oh, and prices in EUR for EU folks. Would be nice to have VAT included too :)

.it was also in our onboarding queue, it should be live now!

I'd have to check about the EUR and VAT questions, but my guess is because we can only charge in USD currently it would mean any EUR price we showed wouldn't be "true," since banks ex rate may vary/have added fees.

edit: forgot to mention, use code EXODUS to get $1 off three transfers ;)

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Post by Porkbun »

FBISurveillance wrote: post #308
Porkbun wrote: post #117

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Just wanted to let you know that we recently onboarded .ca! We're slowly growing out our ccTLD portfolio too so if there are others folks have been waiting on please let us know so we can prioritized.

Thanks! It would be great to get support of .vc, .ky, and .to.

I've added them to my onboarding list to research!

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Post by Infernal »

mavhc wrote: post #596
Infernal wrote: post #498

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Lol, so this is the reason I could “call” someone on MS Teams, but in my new org on google chat when I choose to “meet” with someone it just pops a link into their DMs. Bizarre.

If I'm in a 1:1 chat with someone on GChat then the phone/video button just starts a call

Interesting. The only button I have in a 1:1 GChat is a video camera with a plus in the middle, and it simply creates a google meet link which I then send to the other person, and then we both join that link and are talking. The MS Teams functionality was more like a call - I hit the button, and I am in a video chat, and the phone is ringing on the other person's end. Maybe it's just my org's config but I don't have an equivalent function in GChat.

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Post by duud »

timbit42 wrote: post #558
duud wrote: post #105

Dynadot is a solid registrar for anyone looking for a replacement.

Seems a bit pricey.

Regularly voted amongst the best registrars by domainers. $7.88 for .coms with coupon currently...

https://www.namepros.com/threads/your-favorite-registrar-of-...

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Post by ricardonunez »

meragrin_ wrote: post #562
ricardonunez wrote: post #265

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I’m still surprised why Fi has not been dropped even with many customer support issues.

> I’m still surprised why Fi has not been dropped It is probably something they already had internally that they figured they could monetize easily. They develop Android and RCS. Operating their own MVNO could very well allow them to simplify some things. > many customer support issues. Huh? I've used them for years. Never had issues which were not directly related to T-Mobile's network. There were no issues the few…

I don't have issues with the network, but if you order a phone from Google, specially with a deal, there's a chance you may run into issues.
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