[00:04] <_stink_> OHRLY
[00:05] <ColonelPanic001> yarly
[00:05] <Klaudioh> RLY
[00:11] <cmaloney> Woo hoo!
[04:30] <cmaloney> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFr3K2DORc8
[13:38] <_stink_> look what i dug up
[13:38] <_stink_> http://users.adamlincoln.org/~adam/CHC_May2009_1.jpg
[13:38] <_stink_> http://users.adamlincoln.org/~adam/CHC_May2009_2.jpg
[13:38] <_stink_> cmaloney jcastro rick_h__ waldo arg, isn't here
[13:46] <cmaloney> Yeah, he pops in from time to time
[13:47] <cmaloney> Hah, good ol' CHC photos
[13:47] <cmaloney> or was this a bug jam?
[13:47] <cmaloney> I miss that caribou
[13:47] <cmaloney> s/that/all/
[13:48] <cmaloney> Still have that shirt
[13:48] <cmaloney> (and I think that jacket)
[13:49] <cmaloney> Not that laptop though
[14:03] <cmaloney> So who stayed up last night to watch the big game?
[14:33] <jcastro> rick_h__: http://officialandroid.blogspot.com/2016/03/from-hi-to-fi-to-goodbye-to-invites.html
[14:33] <jcastro> rick_h__: so google is retroactively giving discounts, which means I'll get my money back for the difference
[14:34] <cmaloney> jcastro: That's awesome
[14:34] <cmaloney> Saw the discount and it almost got me to try fi
[14:35] <jcastro> I just switched Jill and I
[14:35] <jcastro> our family plan from tmo was like, 120 a month
[14:35] <cmaloney> Ting offers TMo service for $6 a month
[14:35] <cmaloney> + usage
[14:35] <cmaloney> Their GSM is TMo
[14:35] <jcastro> the brilliant bit is the software though
[14:36] <jcastro> like, you no longer need a carrier app, which is like +1 from me
[14:36] <cmaloney> Carrier App?
[14:36] <jcastro> and like I had to have a seperate app for visual voicemail on tmo + 2.99 a month
[14:36] <jcastro> the app to track usage, billing, etc.
[14:36] <jcastro> it's always a piece of shit
[14:36] <cmaloney> Ah, right
[14:36] <cmaloney> Ting's isn't, but I rarely use int on the phone
[14:36] <jcastro> but the real clever bit is the wifi assistant
[14:37] <jcastro> the thing that transparently puts you on wifi for everything without user intervention
[14:37] <cmaloney> Right
[14:37] <jcastro> so like, when I go to target
[14:37] <cmaloney> Sprint's was a steaming pile of shit
[14:37] <jcastro> usually I have no signal
[14:37] <jcastro> but there's a starbucks in there
[14:37] <jcastro> and it transparently puts me on their wifi
[14:37] <cmaloney> I thought most Android phones will connect to anything you've connected to before?
[14:38] <jcastro> but for us it will save us a ton of money, though people will need to do math to see if Fi works for them financially
[14:38] <cmaloney> They're promiscuous like that
[14:38] <jcastro> yeah but they won't transparently route voice through there
[14:38] <cmaloney> Yeah, I'm glad Google is getting in this
[14:38] <cmaloney> Ah
[14:38] <jcastro> like for me, tmo never charged me for music streaming
[14:39] <jcastro> if I do that on Fi it's like, a significant usage
[14:39] <jcastro> so all I need to do is be a bit smarter about caching music and playlists etc.
[14:39] <jcastro> and things like making photos and videos only sync on wifi instead of LTE
[14:39] <cmaloney> yeah
[14:39] <jcastro> but like, this drops our bill $70 right off the bat
[14:40] <cmaloney> I picked up the 5X
[14:41] <jcastro> it has one flaw, which they're fixing like right now
[14:41] <cmaloney> ?
[14:41] <jcastro> the camera app is a laggy piece of shit, but they just pushed out an OTA like today
[14:41] <cmaloney> Ah, I hadn't noticed.
[14:42] <jcastro> https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/49n4lh/mhc19j_build_performance_improvements_noted_by/
[14:42] <cmaloney> I'm coming from 2012 where everything is laggy.
[14:42] <jcastro> it doesn't affect me but on jill's phone it's kind of crap since she instagrams a bunch
[14:42] <cmaloney> This phone is much snappier than everything
[18:25] <mrgoodcat> anybody here have/recommend amazon echo?
[18:25] <cmaloney> I don't have one, but Dan Bejamin and Merlin Mann have them and like them
[18:26] <cmaloney> they mention it in their latest podcast.
[18:26] <cmaloney> (Back 2 Work)
[18:26] <cmaloney> http://5by5.tv/b2w
[18:34] <rick_h__> man everyone loves theirs and you hear nothing but good things
[18:34] <rick_h__> but I can't past that price tag for what looks like "ok google now, what time is it?"
[18:44] <jrwren> rick_h__: agree. I have "hey siri" on my ipad, so its not just on telefon, and i feel like its an echo.
[18:53] <mrgoodcat> yea i keep balking at the price
[18:53] <mrgoodcat> i was pretty excited for the sub $100 version called the dot but it turns out you need to use an echo to buy the thing
[18:54] <mrgoodcat> i've heard the echo has much better far field voice recognition than anything offered on android or ios (obviously a hardware constraint on a phone) and it has integrated many more 3rd party services
[18:55] <rick_h__> mrgoodcat: agree on all points
[18:55] <rick_h__> I just don't use the voice on my phone, that didn't cost me anything extra enough
[18:55] <rick_h__> and the phone is with me across the houes
[18:55] <mrgoodcat> i use it on my phone and watch
[18:55] <rick_h__> all that being said, folks LOVE their echos
[18:55] <mrgoodcat> multiple times per day
[18:55] <rick_h__> so there's something to it
[18:58] <jrwren> echo seems like a nice toy, like Paulie's robot in Rocky IV
[18:58] <rick_h__> yea
[18:59] <cmaloney> +1
[19:59] <jcastro> my neighbor has one
[19:59] <jcastro> the only problem is it's tied to amazon-specific things
[19:59] <jcastro> which means it'll never work if you use say, google music
[20:01] <jcastro> though there's really no independent third party one afaict that does what it does
[20:08] <mrgoodcat> amazon, spotify, pandora, google, audible, iHeartRadio, TuneIn all supported by amazon echo
[20:13] <cmaloney> mrgoodcat: I think you need to take one for the team and get one
[20:13] <cmaloney> ;)
[20:14] <jcastro> ooh, it looks like it can control bluetooth devices
[20:14] <jcastro> so technically, I think I can pair it with my google device and control gmusic that way
[20:20] <mrgoodcat> that's close enough for me
[20:20] <mrgoodcat> cmaloney: i might when i find a good enough excuse like a discount or something
[20:20] <mrgoodcat> $gf doesn't really approve of random expenditures of 200$
[20:22] <cmaloney> s/girlfriend//g
[20:22] <cmaloney> ;)
[20:22] <mrgoodcat> haha
[20:39] <brousch> jcastro: Does Google Fi route you over a VPN when it connects to any wifi?
[20:41] <jcastro> brousch: yes
[20:41] <jcastro> cmaloney: you can do a monthly payment of $36 for 5 months, interest free!
[20:44] <cmaloney> I already have a phone. :)
[20:44] <brousch> That is awesome then