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by afavour 11mo ago
The run up to their implementation was so deeply frustrating. The sheer number of disingenuous objections. And they’ve all been proven false.
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by afavour 11mo ago
> Conservatives Take Aim at ‘One Battle After Another’: “Year’s Most Irresponsible Movie” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/one-batt... > Netflix's 93% RT Hit Show That Has the U.S. Go
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by afavour 11mo ago
Microsoft’s best pitch (and Google benefits from this too) is that contracts are annoying and take forever to execute. If you can sign a deal for Outlook and Teams it’s so much easier than separate contracts for Outlook and Slack. You’ll
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by afavour 11mo ago
I'm curious how often tactics like this work. It is essentially asking the Warner stockholders to act against the wishes of their elected board. It seems the main thrust of the pitch is "we're friends with Trump therefore mor
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by afavour 11mo ago
No matter how you might view the topic I hope we can all agree that this is vacuous nonsense: > “We are not doing a traditional report this year as we’ve evolved beyond that to formats that are more dynamic and accessible — stories, vide
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by afavour 11mo ago
The discussion is about the form in which you share papers. With HTML you just share the HTML file, it opens instantly on basically any device. If you distribute the paper as XML with an XSLT transform you need to run something that’ll perf
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by afavour 11mo ago
Yes but we’re specifically talking about a display format here. Something requiring a server side transform before being viewable by a user is a clear step backwards.
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by afavour 11mo ago
Sounds like XML and XSL would be a great fit here. Shame it’s being deprecated. But you could still use HTML. Elements with a dash in are reserved for custom elements (that is, a new standardised element will never take that name) so you co
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by afavour 11mo ago
Wouldn’t that be CSS?
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by afavour 11mo ago
This argument has always confused me. Yes, it's true that a digital copy of a video can be duplicated endlessly in a way a physical item cannot. But... so? It's an item available for purchase at a price. If you take it without pay
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by afavour 11mo ago
If you choose to classify all charity donations as "virtue signaling", yes. If you reject that absurd false framing, no.
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by afavour 11mo ago
That is in no way true
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by afavour 11mo ago
You’re right, apologies, I forgot and now can’t edit my original post. Point still stands, just with a different name!
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by afavour 11mo ago
> He doesn't own a media empire He just bought Paramount?
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by afavour 11mo ago
FTA: > In June 2025, WBD announced plans to separate its Streaming & Studios and Global Networks divisions into two separate publicly traded companies. This separation is now expected to be completed in Q3 2026, prior to the closing
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by afavour 11mo ago
The Crown is absolutely a prestige TV show. Stranger Things is also high quality and high budget. You could probably include Bridgerton in there too, it's not my kind of show but I can still recognize that it's a well put together
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by afavour 11mo ago
I suspect the same would be the case for HBO. Their back catalog is more impressive than their current output.
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by afavour 11mo ago
I dunno about that. They introduced the ad supported tier as a way to reach consumers at a lower price point and apparently it’s been very successful. I don’t think they want to lose those customers by jacking up prices now.
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by afavour 11mo ago
I imagine it’ll end up looking very much like the Disney + Hulu + ESPN bundle. Minor savings but still more expensive than an individual subscription. > traditional TV business This was actually excluded from the deal. CNN, TNT, Discover
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by afavour 11mo ago
You could make the connection a formal one. Years back HBO’s streaming services were actually provided by MLB, they had a contract together. No reason the same couldn’t happen with Netflix and Warner. Could have happened pre-merger too but
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by afavour 11mo ago
I actually think that’s the opposite of Netflix. TV shows rarely make it past a second season, as soon as there’s even a mild drop in viewing figures they drop a property like a hot potato.
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by afavour 11mo ago
Warner makes a lot of crap too. They both make what sells.
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by afavour 11mo ago
Any consolidation like this seems like a negative for consumers. But at least it wasn’t bought by Larry Ellison, as was considered very likely (assuming this merger gets approved, in the current administration you never know). From a Hacker
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by afavour 11mo ago
It’s all connected. We are in an era where cheating is applauded and shame is non existent. Trump is not the sole cause of it but he is a contributor.
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by afavour 11mo ago
I think it’s still worth pointing out that one language includes it as a feature and the other requires additional tooling.
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by afavour 11mo ago
That has been one of the underpinning lessons of Trump's America to me. That playing by the rules and doing the right thing just makes me a sucker. Once a critical mass of people start to feel that way (if they don't already) it&#
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by afavour 11mo ago
My go to example for stuff like this is the Labour Party in the UK. For hundreds upon hundreds of years it was a two party country, between the Whigs and the Tories, later the Liberals and Conservatives. At the turn of the 20th century the
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by afavour 11mo ago
Because every time someone proposes it the immediate follow up is “which language?”, which everyone argues about until they’re exhausted and give up. Which is why WebAssembly is the right answer.
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by afavour 11mo ago
> You can't beat City Hall This broadcast was brought to you by the Better Things Aren’t Possible Party
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by afavour 11mo ago
It could be that. Or it could just be that it’s logistically easier to keep your data centre close to your London office.

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