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by envy2 11y ago
They don't, but they've been getting hit hard from both domestic and international rightsholders. There's also been a push against IPTV services offering foreign content/live channels on 'national security' gro
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I've used both Xiaomi's box[1] and LeTv's[2]. Both are quite nice hardware at rather amazing price points (299CNY/44USD and 290CNY/44USD, respectively). They are more or less intended to be disposable and don't
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by envy2 11y ago
Interestingly, the place I've seen the most widespread adoption of HEVC is China: Android-based set-top boxes with hardware H.265 decoding are widely[1] available[2], and a number of the major IPTV services (both authorised and unautho
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by envy2 11y ago
Interesting that this domain is registered at GoDaddy via DomainsByProxy, and hosted on a SoftLayer IP block. WebKit.org, for instance, is registered with CSC Corporate Domains the same as apple.com, and is hosted on an Apple-owned IP block
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Meanwhile, Telegram's cofounder Pavel Durov wrote about the Paris attacks on Instagram yesterday: "I think the French government is as responsible as ISIS for this, because it is their policies and carelessness which eventually le
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by envy2 11y ago
"Mr. Scheeler testified that it cost the average convenience store $26,000 to upgrade its gas pumps and point-of-sale terminals..." Really? This strikes me as a nice bit of hyperbole. Most convenience stores I've ever come ac
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by envy2 11y ago
After all of Cameron's "let's ban end-to-end encryption" remarks, it unfortunately seems like many key interests are just relieved it isn't worse . Nice strategy, now that I think of it.
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Content restrictions up 112% in Facebook's latest transparency report(newsroom.fb.com)
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Inside Facebook's hyper-efficient data centres(arstechnica.com)
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by envy2 11y ago
M can indeed cancel Comcast accounts. Use this knowledge wisely...
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I'm not convinced that these services are necessarily worse for the environment; they might even be better in some circumstances. Having dedicated delivery drivers who can, for instance, go grab groceries at Whole Foods for five people
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This seems bad, thanks for flagging. I'll try to track down how/why this got recommended.
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I've been fortunate enough to have access to non-GFWed bandwidth to play with on several occasions, and my experience would seem to suggest this is accurate. I can easily sustain 60mbps to the US when not subject to the GFW, but when u