Mutable Instruments did a great thing open sourcing their hardware and software. I own a couple of MI clones from Momo Modular. Eurorack is an incredible hobby.
Doesn't take much space, actually. Also, there's a tremendous satisfaction in getting away from a computer screen. Physically twisting knobs and plugging in wires. Building a rack. Collecting modules.
I find that hard to believe. I used the phrase "home coffee brewer stopped working" just now in Google and see nothing but troubleshooting articles and forums from the very first result onward.
I am at lunch and on mobile so I can't get too detailed, but, with respect, I see a number of errors on your resume. You are simultaneously being too broad in your objective and too detailed in the body. It's not telling a coherent, targeted story. You can leave off "references available upon request" because that's assumed. You can just list your school instead of that you only got an associates degree. I would if I were you find a good recruiter and ask them how it reads. Make it more focused and scannable. I put a lot of work into my resume and personal branding on LinkedIn and it pays huge dividends.
> But for now this is a good start for creating a standard IM platform available for everyone to replace SMS.
Or it's just a bandaid on a hobbling, old protocol that we should move past. I think Google errs here in being too concerned about backwards compatibility. That there are so many alternatives (WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal) shows there's demand to move on from SMS. And Google of all companies should know how crappy it is to have to rely on carriers (look at the years-long Android updates debacle).
I hear what you're saying about standards being helpful on the Internet, but SMS is a shitty standard from 1984 that even then was built on compromises and hacks (basically fudging things by using an area of GSM that was never designed for messaging):
* "The GSM is optimized for telephony, since this was identified as its main application. The key idea for SMS was to use this telephone-optimized system, and to transport messages on the signalling paths needed to control the telephone traffic during periods when no signalling traffic existed. In this way, unused resources in the system could be used to transport messages at minimal cost. However, it was necessary to limit the length of the messages to 128 bytes" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS#Initial_concept
I think OkCupid must have fallen victim to getting bought out and watered down. They've been removing features and making bizarre UI decisions for months now and people are not happy.