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[scottalanmiller]

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-42360542/washington-train-crash-we-could-feel-cars-crumpling

[scottalanmiller]

[scottalanmiller]

Sheriff said that train cars are out in the woods, too.

[dbeato]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Sheriff said that train cars are out in the woods, too.

Wow, that’s terrible

[scottalanmiller]

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Sheriff said that train cars are out in the woods, too.

Wow, that’s terrible

yeah, this is a really bad accident. Many dead, 77 on their way to hospital, train corridor closed, US Interstate closed, all kinds of damage..... and this is going to seriously set back the US high speed train program.

[RojoLoco]

The power was out at the Atlanta airport most of yesterday:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/us/atlanta-airport-blackout.html

[scottalanmiller]

@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

The power was out at the Atlanta airport most of yesterday:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/us/atlanta-airport-blackout.html

Wow, you'd not expect that to happen.

[RojoLoco]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

The power was out at the Atlanta airport most of yesterday:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/us/atlanta-airport-blackout.html

Wow, you'd not expect that to happen.

Right? Apparently, they didn't have enough redundancy.

[scottalanmiller]

[black3dynamite]

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

[JaredBusch]

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.

[dbeato]

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.

YOu can still use Google Music. You can store up to 50,000 songs. I have Amazon Prime so streaming won't stop.
https://play.google.com/store/music?hl=en

[JaredBusch]

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.

YOu can still use Google Music. You can store up to 50,000 songs. I have Amazon Prime so streaming won't stop.
https://play.google.com/store/music?hl=en

I have Prime, but that does not include Music.

[dbeato]

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.

YOu can still use Google Music. You can store up to 50,000 songs. I have Amazon Prime so streaming won't stop.
https://play.google.com/store/music?hl=en

I have Prime, but that does not include Music.

Correct, just streaming, and if you have Prime Unlimited you can listen to any album you want (almost)

[JaredBusch]

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.

YOu can still use Google Music. You can store up to 50,000 songs. I have Amazon Prime so streaming won't stop.
https://play.google.com/store/music?hl=en

I have Prime, but that does not include Music.

Correct, just streaming, and if you have Prime Unlimited you can listen to any album you want (almost)

Looks like I can still add the storage subscription though.

It lets me change the setting.

[JaredBusch]

Ah, read the details myself. you can still subscribe until January 15th.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ref_=dm_amp_storage_subs_lrn_more&nodeId=201379330

[JaredBusch]

But who wants to subscribe to a service that will be shitcanned.

[JaredBusch]

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.

YOu can still use Google Music. You can store up to 50,000 songs. I have Amazon Prime so streaming won't stop.
https://play.google.com/store/music?hl=en

I have Prime, but that does not include Music.

Correct, just streaming, and if you have Prime Unlimited you can listen to any album you want (almost)

Actually no. You get to stream things licensed here.

I have a lot of music purchased in Japan also. Not available to stream here. I want to up my library someplace for this reason.

[JaredBusch]

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.

YOu can still use Google Music. You can store up to 50,000 songs. I have Amazon Prime so streaming won't stop.
https://play.google.com/store/music?hl=en

I never want to use Google services like this again because they seem to just randomly cancel shit all the time.

[dbeato]

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.

YOu can still use Google Music. You can store up to 50,000 songs. I have Amazon Prime so streaming won't stop.
https://play.google.com/store/music?hl=en

I never want to use Google services like this again because they seem to just randomly cancel shit all the time.

That’s what has been in the back of my mind when they have removed Google Reader, Picasa, Chrome Apps and pther products. Good food for thought.