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"My God people, stop using AM/FM Radio! It's an analog signal, and this is a digital world! The quality and bit rate is so low! Use your phone + Spotify + Bluet

"My God people, stop using AM/FM Radio! It's an analog signal, and this is a digital world! The quality and bit rate is so low! Use your phone + Spotify + Bluetooth for music! Use your phone + podcasts + Bluetooth for news, talk, and opinion, or switch to satellite radio!" Problem: In breaking news moments like this, there should be a type of podcast you can listen to in real time, easily accessible for free. Solution: Radio. You're thinking of Radio. https://twitter.com/matthewkeyslive/status/1235072066413449216 https://twitter.com/matthewkeyslive/status/12350720664134492...

Rayhem 4y ago
This basically happened to me when a friend was scheduling group videogames for the week. "If X and Y had Prime then they could order a switch and have it in time for Friday with free shipping!"* Gosh, if only there were some sort of local Amazon warehouse that I could travel to to procure the items I require when I require them. They'd probably have a lot of items stored! In fact, some of these stores of items might even cater to one or two types of items only, perhaps necessitating multiple stores at different locations! * This was a real conversation from a human being.
- daveslash 4y ago
  I had a similar conversation with some folks regarding streaming a while ago. Friend: Man, I can never settle on something to watch on Netflix/Hulu/Disney+, etc.... It would be nice I could pick a genre and the streaming service is just rotating through a list of popular titles of that genre - something that's just always on that anyone can tune into. Me: TV. You're thinking of TV.
  - henrikschroder 4y ago
    I really miss that feature of broadcast TV. I know there's some solutions for Netflix, but they're desktop only, and not built-in to their apps. Unfortunately, the economic incentives for Netflix and similar means they'll never ever develop an app like that, because they want to discourage long-tail viewing.
  - FalconSensei 4y ago
    > It would be nice I could pick a genre and the streaming service is just rotating through a list of popular titles of that genre Although I would say in this case it's not exactly analog with TV, for two main reasons: ads, and picking a genre. In general, TV channels don't stick to a specific genre, even when it's right on the name (like History Channel). Also, I doubt your friend would actually want a live, always on thing. They might just end up upset that everything's already mid-way through, or that they can't pause. Netflix "random" feature makes more sense, and I guess even more if you could choose a genre. edit: seems Netflix doesn't have the 'random' feature anymore
nunez 4y ago
this is kind of like tesla removing am on model 3/y it's super old and sounds like shit but it works really really well and is great for relaying critical information that we now cannot get
- daveslash 4y ago
  They did? Aw, man.... I love tuning into AM 1610 when driving through National Parks to get park information. AM is great for low-power local broadcast for recorded tourist information on repeat.
  - nunez 4y ago
    agreed. AM 1610 in Delaware is an excellent service that I can't use when we road trip there.

Rayhem 4y ago

This basically happened to me when a friend was scheduling group videogames for the week. "If X and Y had Prime then they could order a switch and have it in time for Friday with free shipping!"* Gosh, if only there were some sort of local Amazon warehouse that I could travel to to procure the items I require when I require them. They'd probably have a lot of items stored! In fact, some of these stores of items might even cater to one or two types of items only, perhaps necessitating multiple stores at different locations! * This was a real conversation from a human being.

daveslash 4y ago
I had a similar conversation with some folks regarding streaming a while ago. Friend: Man, I can never settle on something to watch on Netflix/Hulu/Disney+, etc.... It would be nice I could pick a genre and the streaming service is just rotating through a list of popular titles of that genre - something that's just always on that anyone can tune into. Me: TV. You're thinking of TV.
- henrikschroder 4y ago
  I really miss that feature of broadcast TV. I know there's some solutions for Netflix, but they're desktop only, and not built-in to their apps. Unfortunately, the economic incentives for Netflix and similar means they'll never ever develop an app like that, because they want to discourage long-tail viewing.
- FalconSensei 4y ago
  > It would be nice I could pick a genre and the streaming service is just rotating through a list of popular titles of that genre Although I would say in this case it's not exactly analog with TV, for two main reasons: ads, and picking a genre. In general, TV channels don't stick to a specific genre, even when it's right on the name (like History Channel). Also, I doubt your friend would actually want a live, always on thing. They might just end up upset that everything's already mid-way through, or that they can't pause. Netflix "random" feature makes more sense, and I guess even more if you could choose a genre. edit: seems Netflix doesn't have the 'random' feature anymore

nunez 4y ago

this is kind of like tesla removing am on model 3/y it's super old and sounds like shit but it works really really well and is great for relaying critical information that we now cannot get

daveslash 4y ago
They did? Aw, man.... I love tuning into AM 1610 when driving through National Parks to get park information. AM is great for low-power local broadcast for recorded tourist information on repeat.
- nunez 4y ago
  agreed. AM 1610 in Delaware is an excellent service that I can't use when we road trip there.