#alternatves

[michelpaul]

The Best Skype Alternatives for Seamless Team Communication

Skype has long been a popular tool for both personal and business communication. However, its limitations in features, performance issues, and the emergence of more advanced solutions have prompted many to explore Skype alternatives. For businesses, especially, tools like Troop Messenger provide a robust and secure platform for collaboration, making it a standout Skype for Business alternative.

Why Look for Alternatives to Skype?

While Skype offers basic communication features, its drawbacks often make users seek an alternative:

Performance Issues: Frequent lags and connectivity problems can disrupt meetings and calls.

Limited Features for Businesses: Skype lacks many advanced team collaboration features, such as built-in project management tools.

End of Skype for Business: Microsoft Teams has officially replaced Skype for Business, leaving users searching for a better solution.

Security Concerns: Skype has faced criticism for inadequate security measures in the past.

Platform Limitations: For example, Skype for Business Mac users report reduced functionality compared to the Windows version.

Given these challenges, businesses need an alternative that offers reliability, scalability, and advanced features.

Top Skype Alternatives

1. Troop Messenger – The Ideal Skype for Business Alternative

Troop Messenger is a powerful communication tool that combines messaging, audio and video calls, file sharing, and more, making it a comprehensive alternative to Skype for businesses.

Key Features of Troop Messenger:

Instant Messaging: One-on-one and group chats with read receipts.

Audio & Video Calls: High-quality calls for seamless communication.

Screen Sharing & Remote Desktop Access: Ideal for presentations and troubleshooting.

File Sharing: Supports large file transfers with secure encryption.

Custom Deployment: Available as cloud-based or on-premise solutions.

Multi-Platform Support: Works seamlessly across Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS.

End-to-End Security: Ensures complete data protection for businesses.

Why Choose Troop Messenger Over Skype?: Troop Messenger offers a feature-rich experience with better scalability and security, making it the best choice for businesses.

2. Zoom – A Popular Video Conferencing Alternative

Zoom has gained immense popularity as a reliable platform for video conferencing.

Key Features:

High-quality video and audio calls.

Virtual meeting rooms with advanced scheduling.

Screen sharing and breakout rooms for collaboration.

While Zoom is a great alternative for video meetings, it lacks the robust messaging and file-sharing features Troop Messenger provides.

3. Microsoft Teams – The Official Replacement for Skype for Business

With the phase-out of Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams is now the go-to communication tool for many enterprises.

Key Features:

Integrated with Microsoft 365 for productivity tools.

Advanced meeting and collaboration features.

Enterprise-grade security.

However, the high cost and reliance on the Microsoft ecosystem can make Teams less appealing for small businesses compared to Troop Messenger.

4. Google Meet – A Free Alternative to Skype for Businesses on a Budget

Google Meet is an excellent free option for video conferencing, especially for teams already using Google Workspace.

Key Features:

Browser-based meetings with no software installation required.

Integration with Google Calendar for easy scheduling.

Secure, encrypted calls.

While Google Meet excels in video meetings, it lacks Troop Messenger’s comprehensive collaboration tools.

Skype vs. Skype for Business: Key Differences

When comparing Skype vs. Skype for Business, it’s essential to note that Skype for Business offers advanced features tailored for organizations. However, it’s no longer available as Microsoft has replaced it with Teams.

Troop Messenger: The Best Skype Alternative

Troop Messenger provides all the features businesses need for seamless communication and collaboration.

Advantages of Troop Messenger Over Skype:

Unified Communication: Combines messaging, calls, file sharing, and screen sharing in one platform.

Enhanced Security: Offers end-to-end encryption and advanced data protection.

Cost-Effective: Affordable pricing plans for businesses of all sizes.

Flexible Deployment: Available for both cloud-based and on-premise setups.

Superior Performance: Reliable and lag-free communication, even with large teams.

Final Thoughts

Whether you’re looking for a Skype alternative or a more robust Skype for Business alternative, Troop Messenger stands out as the top choice. Its feature-rich platform, combined with security and affordability, makes it the ideal solution for modern businesses.

Switch to Troop Messenger today and experience seamless communication and collaboration for your team!

[shopwitchvamp]

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[omegaremix]

Dede, 2000.

I met Dede at the turn of the millennium through the channels of community college’s media wing. He wasn’t just as enthusiastic about music as I was, he was part of a two-piece synthpop outfit which I won’t mention. He stood out as he was into Depeche Mode, New Order, Joy Division, darkwave, brit-pop, and industrial. Two out of six to me wasn’t bad and I was alien to the others, but we became quick friends along with the other writers who also were musicians themselves. Long story short: he had summer backyard parties, held performances which I (was forced to be) frequented, and even went as far as getting me a job at his pool place, simply because he was really awesome.

As an up-and-coming local musician, Dede always poured it on me to hear this, hear that, hear what he’s into at this moment, at this minute, and this lifetime. Coming from Port Jefferson, he was raised on the Music Den where they sold the best in obscure and underground titles and the town population wore their trendy shoegaze, indie, and brit-pop medals with pride and discrimination. So it was no surprise he would offer me a free mixtape because he eminated awesome. He was the ultimate tastemaker who believed he knew what’s best for everyone that came into contact with him. In other words, he was center of the universe.

Outside our time as friends, it was a heavy rotation of post-performance diner nights amidst never-ending drama with the community-college demographic. Cock-blocking by friends ensued. An interest who severely burned me and played a great game with her friends against me ended up in one of my classes. Not good. All was not lost in a still-burning hell. I kept in touch with a New Jersey girl over chat rooms during the dawn of “the internet” who sympathized with all I was going through, which was the only thing I wanted to look forward to. So it wasn’t a total flush. 

Perhaps Dede’s mixtape was one of the only few good things I have from an era of uncertainly, unease, and awkwardness. At the time I was very heavily into DHR, The Prodigy, Underworld, Autechre, and started getting into noise. Dede’s tape is a reflection of polarizing musical tastes between us; a mix of what was happening around him, his personal favorites, and how one new-wave brit-pop band endured the decades while never shaking off the Eighties tags forever with them. A mixtape where Covenant’s “Tour De Force” (1999) was his voicemail music, Apoptygma Berzerk’s “Eclipse” was played tirelessly on WUSB, and Eminem, Moby, and Robbie Williams enjoyed endless spins on radio and television.

Dede’s mixtape:

Apoptygma Berzerk “Eclipse”

Robbie Williams “Millenium”

Covenant “Tour De Force”

Wolfsheim “Lovesong”

Moby “Honey”

The Cure “Maybe Someday”

OMD “Tesla Girls”

Pet Shop Boys “Radiophonic”

Apoptygma Berzerk “Love Never Dies”

Eminem “Bad Meets Evil”

Radiohead “Karma Police”

Pet Shop Boys vs. Village People “New York City Boy”

Pet Shop Boys “The Ghost Of Myself”

[newalbumcovers]

Bebe

by Bebe Rexha (2023)

[quettasecond]

hey why is the dashboard weird again

[fakefrench10]

Fine minds

Berliners, they will dance on anything. They will clap on anything. They will jump on anything. They like hugs. I love.

They do their best to look their best. Mustache. Sunglasses inside. Rolling cigarettes. Hat on the side. Hat over a headband. All black. Classic. Self bleached hair. Self holled t-shirts. One stand of hair blond. Chess print shirt. Never take a coat off. Red pants. Never do your hair. Only one sock. Long hair. Show whites. Adidas pants. No pants. Summer dress with a winter scarf.

At Panke in Wedding, we talked about pickles. How they are made with vinegar in Switzerland and how they are made with salt water in Germany. Ulysses preferred german ones. Funny how the same morning I saw a video of how someone made a purse from glass and was carrying pickles on a subway.

A carpet on a floor in a club. Cello on it with a band like a present, with a lot of sex toys laying around. That’s the noise scene. A girl playing on a cello with all those toys. Sitting on the carpet. Her. I think amazingly beautiful hands. Bear feet. Wearing her grandmas nightgown. Five sizes too big. One shoulder free. Watching.

She would pick the toys in sequence she rehearsed and make sounds with them. A thirty centimeter plug made the best sound. Looked like a giant necklace. One guy was sitting with his eyes closed. One next to me looking very curiously. He smelled of wood and eucalyptus and lime. I didn’t want to move. „Her hair grows an inch every two days. I also noticed your hair. Just like silk on a translucent glowing egg“. This is the only thing I remembered from „poor things „ I watched an hour ago.

On the ride home, the radio says „ Jam FM. Deine Nummer eins für neue Muzik“ -Your number one for new music. Then Nelly by Kelly plays. Back in for a surprise.

[ourladyofomega]

And the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame list of nominees are out. My money’s on Joy Division / New Order, A Tribe Called Quest, Soundgarden, and Rage Against The Machine.

Place your bets, everyone.

[kurtmustdie]

Made a drawing in my sketchbook digital hehe

I need to remember to add my watermark to my artwork 😔

Alternatve versions under cut

[roga-el-rojo]

Mad World - Micha Frazer-Carroll

Hello friends!

For my last recommendation this Disability Pride Month I wanted to especially highlight "madness" as a dimension of disability that’s often glossed over or de-politicized entirely, specifically focusing on the way class society benefits from this state of affairs and how the Left should promote emancipatory alternatives: “Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health” by Micha Frazer-Carroll.

Micha Frazer-Carroll is a prolific writer, editor, and advocate who delves into the radical politics of madness, mental health discourse, racial justice, and disability justice. A columnist for the Independent, and a former editor with the Guardian and gal-dem, she also founded Blueprint, a magazine exclusively dedicated to mental health issues as well as radical mental health organizations built on abolitionist frameworks.

"Mad World" critiques not only the ways we practice mental health care, but also the terms we use in these spaces, and reveals the deep anti-people ideology at play in professional and lay thinking. Frazer-Carroll also highlights the limits of liberal "awareness" and "de-stigmatization" approaches to "madness" as failing to address how capitalism, white supremacy, cis-heteropatriarchy, and ableism always already condition class society to respond in oppressive ways.

Among my favorite aspects of this text, I really appreciate the emphasis on recovering lost histories of "madness" and mad resistance to inspire our future politics. The critique of the asylum system, for example, is a wonderful introduction to the fact the UK is still haunted by "madness" and its ableist subjugation. It's also helpful in finding out how modern resistance to these institutions have their footing, whether it be through artistic expression as a way to process this trauma or building alternatves to mainstream mental healthcare.

As someone aspiring to enter the field, this is an incredibly sobering read which reframes what we ought to be doing under capitalism. I highly recommend y’all read this to see how “maddening” class society is and how we can move beyond it!

[game-boy-pocket]

How would you have Ganondorf/Ganon fight in Smash, free free to link any past explanations if the exist?

Big heavyweighted powerhouse with magic. I'd largely take from a Link to the past for specials. B button would be a move you could charge to summon flaming keese, up to five of them, and when you let go, they fly toward the nearest enemy fighter. His side special would be to throw the twirling trident. It would then come back to him, kind of like a larger version of K. Rool's crown, except maybe it's faster and Ganon can't move until it comes back to him.

His recovery is like his teleportation move from a Link to the past, you could say it's like a mix of Pikachu and Mewtwo's, it's easier to guide because Ganon leaves an after image. Probably about equal to Zelda's range with Farore's wind, but it can be curved.

And his down B would cause him to turn invisible for very short period. Pressing B while invisible would launch a magic projectile that launches toward the nearest enemy fighter. Pressing down and B would cancel the invisibility with a slash from the trident, kind of like how Metaknight's down and B can be followed up with a slash.

Final Smash, I guess kind of needs to be activated like Metaknight where he flings his cape at someone, and it's a cutscene, putting you in the ALTTP arena, all the torches go out and Ganon disappears, launches a bunch of flaming keese at the enemy, and makes the floor crumble and collapse.

An alternatve B attack could just be to fire a standard magical projectile that can actually be hit back at Ganon, but every time Ganon sends it back it gets stronger. I'm pretty sure pig Ganon did the death volley in Four Swords Adventrues. Not to mention Aganihm being his Alter Ego. So I think it still fits.

Costumes and skin colors could take inspiration from these:

Obviously most of these would only work as mere "color changes inspired by that form" but Ifeel like maybe Yuga Ganon could be a full fledged costume if they used ALBW Ganon as a base.

[cosmik-homo]

In an alternatve universe christianity is a minority religion everywhere outside america and I have to keep scrolling thru posts that say that acting like america's bad politics have anything to do with evangelicals is bigoted

[omegaremix]

Mr. Cheapo’s (Commack) shopping list, 2018.

If there was one store that started it all for me, it was Mr. Cheapo’s. It was the first in a long line of mom-and-pop record stores that sold used titles. Brentwood’s Pine Hollow Video was the first store I went for all my hip-hop and rap CDs and cassettes, but realizing that my interest in music was growing, Mr. Cheapo’s showed me what potential was about. The first year of earning a paycheck was the same year I discovered this store. It was where I bought my first stack of used CDs notably from Pearl Jam, Marilyn Manson, and Filter, whose “Dose” promotional single would be the first-ever I’d buy. It’s been around for decades and hasn’t been renovated as long. It’s also the only record store on Long Island to have two locations: Commack and Mineola.

Cheapo’s is just like Talking Heads: same as it ever was. Nothing has changed except for its’ overall stock. New releases behind the counter, near-endless bins of new and used vinyl and CDs with a cassette wall nearing the back. What used to be shelves upon shelves of VHS tapes now have the most extensive used DVD and Blu-ray library of any store. Vintage and classic vinyl 12″ and 45′s were pinned up on the back walls. Boxsets, posters, other 45′s, music-related books, DVDs, and more rows of obvious titles on vinyl and CD made up the rest of the store’s real estate. And plenty of shelves of used pop CDs for $3 each. No. Thank. You.

I didn’t scan the entire store as I was uninterested in all those used pop CDs, so I go right to the jazz / fusion section as I always do. About seven to eight columns wide with another three for soul, funk, and R&B, they didn’t let me down. One, two, three Bob James albums; the stuff of samplists. Blackbyrds, George Benson, and Deodato were mine and so was Jon Lucien whose “A Sunny Day” stood as one of my most-played tracks of all time. Tough that wasn’t found on his Columbia’s Best Of… The Hubert Laws that I passed up a while ago? It’s back in the bin and I wouldn’t make the same mistake twice. What I also picked up was The Rolling StonesUndercover. Once in my possession, I decided to give it away to friend and collector Tommy when he found a dump of 500 records one of his customers threw out on the sidewalk. 

A category I haven’t thumbed through in a minute was the hip-hop section, we’re not talking vinyl. For the first time in a while I scored some good titles on disc.Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth and Naughty By Nature were titles that’d be in my collection starting out in the Brentwood days. Jedi Mind Tricks because Vinnie Paz is real underground hip-hop. Got to have M.I.A. in my collection, too. Then I come across P.O.S. whose truly-innovative packaging with interchangeable transparent and solid panels with CMYK theme caught my eye. It harkened back to the pre-internet days of discovering certain artists you never knew existed by purchasing blind. An inquiry for anything Suicide led me to search through the punk bins where I found The Unseen. Watching The Blank Generation made me seeRichard Hell & The VoidoidsBlank Generation disc with bonus tracks in the bins but at first passed it up. Then I find the vinyl re-issue of the same album with live and alternatve versions for double the asking price. In that case, I ended up going for the disc version.

I rounded out my two-hour visit with other odds and ends. Other titles I bought for $2.00 and less were The Jerky Boys, Katt Williams, and Last Stop Standing, a record-shopping documentary. How fitting! Finally, I got a Paula Abdul cassette, one I used to have in my collection until my bro- misplaced it on me. Like I have to answer to any of you.

Blackbyrds, The Action

Deodato 2

Jon Lucien The Best Of…

Bob James 2

Hubert Laws Romeo & Juliet

Deodato Love Island

Rolling Stones Undercover (stickered)

Bob James 3

Deodato Whirlwinds

George Benson White Rabbit

Bob James 4

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Mecca & The Soul Brother

Jedi Mind Tricks Legacy Of Blood

Naughty By Nature self-titled

M.I.A. Arular

P.O.S. Never Better special edition disc

Unseen, The Explode

Richard Hell & The Voidoids Blank Generation

M.I.A. Kala

All Dogs 7”

Last Shop Standing DVD

Katt Williams The Pimp Chronicles Vol. 1 DVD

Jerky Boys, The Stop Staring At Me cassette

Paula AbdulForever Your Girl cassette

[alexadd77]

Eighth Route Army - Nihilist Olympics Lp 1985 - 1 Dimensional Records - USA.

Combo de la costa este, que tomo el nombre de una division del ejercito rojo chino, primero hacian un Punk melodico con comnotaciones politicas pasando luego a un post-punk y acabar haciendo rock standart

Tras un par de Singles editaron este Lp con dos caras diferenciadas la primera incluyendo sus dos primeros singles y temas de la primera epoca y en la segunda cara las nuevas grabaciones de la banda mas post- punk.

Un buen trabajo que por algun extraño motivo es excesivamente barato para ser un disco de Punk americano editado en 1985 #Eighthroutearmy #NihilistOlympics #lp #punk #punkrock #33rpm #album #instavinyl #rock #vinylcollection #alternatve #vinyljunkie #vinylrecord #vinylcollectionpost #recordcover #postpunk #recordcollection #record #recordcollector #artwork #design

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[carlosguatame]

OMA/AMOs explorations with Prada encompass numerous alternatives within the consumption sphere to return from the consumer t0 the citizen. However, they remain alternatives that serve a luxury brand and exclusivity. What if we were able to democratise these alternatves and broaden their uses, particularly by interveining mass consumption agents.

[holyjak]

A summary of what's new in Clojure 1.12 - clojure.repl.deps/add-lib(s), the new, more convenient clojure.java.process alternatve clojure.java.shell, array class syntax (^"[Ljava.lang.String;" -> String/1), Java methods as values (Class/.method, ../staticMethod, ../new) and type hints for them.