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Perhaps some good news from a paper out of Japan: https://twitter.com/SystemsVirology/status/14747596949717278... "The 6th preprint from G2P-Japan - #Omicron is less infectious and pathogenic than #Delta and even an early pandemic SARS-CoV-2 in infected hamster model."

Note: less infectious here means intra-cell, it's still more transmissible than Delta.

Another thread summarizing what this means: https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/147509796693972172...

Google Duo also just announced that they will now support up to 32-person group chats that is rolling out slowly to all platforms. But more importantly, they will be e2ee: https://twitter.com/Emad_Omara/status/1272919561789005826

Motorola built something similar: https://www.digitaltrends.com/buying-guides/a-complete-guide...

From https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207006 (at the bottom of the help article) - "If Wi-Fi is unavailable, iMessages will be sent over cellular data. Cellular data rates might apply." So I'm not sure if it is free over mobile data.

On the other hand, I believe AT&T zero rates their RCS messages if you have an unlimited texting plan. (e.g. https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/features/advanced-messagin... > FAQ > how much does advanced messaging cost). Could not find details on TMobile except this article: https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/rcs-messaging-l...

What could go wrong?

Explaining the audio latency problem and the current need for larger buffer sizes.

"Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead, Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood. For nothing now can ever come to any good."

W. H. Auden

Here is a link on how to build a native Android WebRTC sample app: https://code.google.com/p/webrtc/source/browse/trunk/talk/ex...

WebRTC allows developers to potentially write the next Skype-type application without having to worry about the underlying voice and video codecs, signal processing components like acoustic echo cancellation, bandwidth estimation and other complex components using high level javascript APIs because these components are now baked into the browser. There is also a data channels API that allows for peer to peer data transfer.

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webrtc/basics/

I think this is a really nice overview for WebRTC: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webrtc/basics/ There is a section around standards and protocols.

Interesting...the one nice thing I do like about the Google+ app running on Android is how it automatically uploads my pictures to a private folder online. Many times, I have come back from long hikes but the pictures remain in my slr for a few days because I was too lazy/tired to upload my pictures from the SD card to the computer. Having this functionality to automatically upload your pictures once you get home would be nice.