[00:23] <mike-burns> Any time someone sends me a text longer than 180 characters, I use MMS.
[01:16] <grody> really?
[01:16] <mike-burns> Not even sure I get a choice in the matter.
[01:16] <grody> they get sent as seperate messages, with a tail/head and only cost a single message for 160+
[01:17] <grody> here*
[01:17] <grody> they bind into one message on ther eceiver ends
[01:17] <grody> maybe you have a CDMA network?
[01:17] <mike-burns> I don't know much about cell phones.
[01:17] <grody> if you're US, most probably
[01:18] <grody> there are messaging apps (Chomp) that can do CDMA splitting
[01:18] <grody> will just break the SMS up into seperate messages and send them one after other
[01:18] <mike-burns> I just use TextSecure for my SMS/MMS.
[01:19] <grody> rarely even use SMS these days, mostly do everything on HO
[01:19] <mike-burns> No idea what that is.
[01:19] <grody> hangouts
[01:19] <mike-burns> Ah.
[01:20] <mike-burns> I get to use a different communication app for each person. TextSecure, Threema, IRC, Hangouts, email, Facebook.
[01:46] <mercutio> mike: sounds hard to keep track of
[01:46] <mike-burns> It's rather unpleasant. I wish they'd all just use IRC like a proper human.
[01:46] <mercutio> heh
[01:47] <mercutio> i hardly know any people that i see in real life that still use irc
[01:48] <mike-burns> My core friend group exists in four IRC channels (of which I am in three).
[01:48] <mercutio> i generally tend to steer people towards skype
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[05:36] <grody> i like hangouts - can text, mms, voice & video call for free
[05:36] <grody> and now with the new app on my wear watch, i can interact with the HO's w/o picking in me pocket
[05:37] <grody> most of the brainiacs i know are all on IRC though
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[15:14] <mercutio> grody: i found hangouts voice calling did not work well at all over distance
[15:14] <mercutio> skype worked a LOT better
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[17:23] <mnathani_> Skype is just awesome
[17:24] <mnathani_> works great even in mediocre network conditions
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[18:55] <up_the_irons> Skype likes to eat all my RAM
[19:00] <mnathani_> what OS?
[19:01] <brycec> trick question - it leaps out of his computer and literally eats the RAM from any computer it can find, regardless of what's running :P
[19:03] <RandalSchwartz> darn CIA :)
[21:09] <up_the_irons> mnathani_: Linux
[21:10] <up_the_irons> brycec: that's awesome LOL
[23:02] <mercutio> having 32 bit memory limit on windows is kind of handy
[23:02] <mercutio> so much stuff leaks, that at least you know it's not going to use all of your ram.
[23:02] <mercutio> actually isn't skype on linux 32 bit?