Yay, there is now a confirmed trip to Tel Aviv in my near future.

Maybe because I'm manually adding them in BlurbyBot because BlurbyBot is also adding them? ?

Rather than try and explain the technology to you, it might be better to ask what problem we are trying to solve. // @kdfrawg
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@kdfrawg And thus why we end up with Mirai-style botnets taking down the Internet. //
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which is why I buy iPhones, or if I have to buy Android, not from an operator (not an option for Verizon or Sprint, sadly).

I assume that means you're on Verizon? I am curious how the software updates will work in practice, especially since Verizon generally sucks about those sorts of things.

yeah, and they're occasionally a mystery to those of us who know them, too. One of my WiFi routers is refusing to let me update the firmware. And yes, I will have to do some "unnatural" shit to make that happen--stuff I'm comfortable doing, but still. :P

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US Telcos and Cable companies qualify as "scummy businesses." Our regulators are too busy sucking the lobbying teat to do anything about it.

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@kdfrawg it's not THAT difficult to do in many cases. Mostly just about checking compatibility.

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