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need2sleep
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need2sleep
9y ago
Since when is it ok to publish this without a single shred of evidence to support the dude's claims? Laughable to say the least. Dude probably got owned locally.
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need2sleep
9y ago
Looks dope, but not usable over Tor. Requests to the API are returned with a 403 code.
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need2sleep
9y ago
Indeed. This is hardly a legitimate statistics, how many sites sit behind CloudFlare/Sucuri/Incapsula IP's, which are always nginx reverse proxies. I don't think anything changed that much as of late, apart from more and
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need2sleep
11y ago
I'm no videophile, but Netflix et al. are absolutely horrendous compared to any legitimate DVD or Blu-ray release. You can even do an A/B test, they'd without a doubt prefer the Blu-ray version in case of HD.
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need2sleep
11y ago
Yeah, Netflix is notorious for cringeworthy bitrates, you shouldn't look up to them. :-) In a perfect world, streaming services should thrive to provide the same quality as their retail counterparts, or even better in this age. Technol
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need2sleep
11y ago
That's understandable. But you can't offer HD with a bitrate that's too low even for proper SD. There are simply too many compression artifacts. I for one would not subscribe to an HD (streaming) plan if my connection wasn&#x
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need2sleep
11y ago
Why are the bitrates so painfully low? 720p has a whooping 840Kbps and the best 1080p stream is just 6000Kbps. Your streams are way too over-compressed IMO.