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Skype was originally built on P2P, so it couldn't work in a group chat and bad for mobile phones. That's the reason Skype fell behind other chat apps.
Re:How UTF-8 Works on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @03:31PM (#30264215)
I have a MySQL database, which has large amount of Japanese text data. When I convert it from UTF8 to UTF16, it reduces certainly disk space.
Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub on Monday June 04, 2018 @12:49AM (#17224747)
I want Mercurial and Subversion in GitHub.
Re:Microsoft and GitHub have held acquisition talks on Friday June 01, 2018 @11:56PM (#17212576)
Google and Facebook don't use Git. Microsoft really loves Git and GitHub.
Re:Microsoft and GitHub have held acquisition talks on Friday June 01, 2018 @11:43PM (#17212540)
Paid plans of GH are too expensive.
Enterprise edition is almost the same as Pro. I use it as a labo PC for free. After expire, I reinstall.
Re:NirSoft Freeware (2008) on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @12:23AM (#16855446)
Notepad will be tabbed soon by Windows Sets. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/tabs-come-to-every-w...