caruizdiaz

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by caruizdiaz 11y ago
The evolutionary costs of being an intelligent animal. Dogs and other semi-intelligent creatures live a much simpler and happier life. I often hear friends say they want to be dogs :D
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by caruizdiaz 11y ago
> You clearly haven't made any PSTN calls on Skype. I did, and the reason some calls sound horrible, is because Skype is trying to save up some money hiring shitty carriers/providers. > it's relatively easy to use a B
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by caruizdiaz 11y ago
> vast majority of voip routes tend not to measure up to their circuit switched counterparts That's because circuit switching is literally setting up a wired connection between two points. Good luck trying to be that reliable with a
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by caruizdiaz 11y ago
If you do Skype or WhatsApp you can prove yourself wrong. No one is saying VoIP is as reliable as PSTN. Not even mobile (GSM, CDMA, etc.) is.
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by caruizdiaz 11y ago
> We have been able to map phone numbers to SIP URIs for a long time with E.164 ENUM yes, because dialing 3.0.3.3.8.4.0.3.5.5.1.2.5.e164.arpa is super easy to do. I was talking about a proper solution, not patching an existing one. >
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by caruizdiaz 11y ago
Phone numbers are going to (eventually) disappear. They are inefficient, hard to remember and not human-friendly (they are great for computer-based routing :P ). Easier thing we can do, is to map them down like we do it with IPs and domain
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by caruizdiaz 11y ago
How is this different from sharing your location on, for instance, WhatsApp? I understand it's easier to do so, and the UI is beautiful, but I believe the value proposition of the app should be clearer.