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by radley 2y ago
> On Disney and Netflix and Amazon, it's about 4-6GB. On HBO MAX it's about 7-9GB. Netflix 4K subscription will get you high bitrates, even for 1080p. I'm surprised MAX is that high; it used to be the worst.
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by radley 2y ago
Yeah, you really gotta love it to do it. Otherwise, it's like buying, hauling, setting up, and running your own sound and lighting system, then DJing from start to finish, and nobody noticing.
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by radley 2y ago
First, the famous quote: "Why did I quit VJing? I was the first to arrive at the event and the last to leave. I brought and set up all my own gear, worked the entire time, and I got paid less than the coat check girl." - Hyperde
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by radley 2y ago
> For a contrast, think of The Three Body Problem. It's set on an equally epic scale - but so much more happens! I disagree. TBP is not nearly as epic. TBP could easily exist within the Culture series, but not the other way around.
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by radley 2y ago
> Putting aside personal convenience is fundamental to loving God and neighbor at times. No, it's fundamental to character. It's not exclusive to religion. That's just part of the myth.
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by radley 2y ago
Or... just hear me out... we could hire experts in various fields, give them general principles to follow, let them work out the details, give them the authority to enforce it, and maintain the right to step in if they overreach. But yeah,
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by radley 2y ago
But historically, it ends up causing a great deal of harm.
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by radley 2y ago
If I'm not mistaken, it's a selling point for functional governments too.
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by radley 2y ago
> It's about the ambiguity of law. If anything, they'll need to rely on more expertise now, so they can craft laws that aren't open to interpretation. I doubt that granting Congress more power will inspire them to be less
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by radley 2y ago
Best to appreciate it as people who are interesting enough to be icons for tech professionals.
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by radley 2y ago
Gary Burghoff played Radar in the film and TV series. Timothy Brown was in both, but played two different characters.
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by radley 2y ago
There is always a bit of a surprise to it, because it can apply equally to really long blocks in the suburbs or really short blocks in a town.
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by radley 2y ago
From what I recall, Pandora limited themselves to radio (license) rules, which is less appealing as interactive. Interactive requires specific licensing deals, which will include minimum annual fees in the millions. Further, if you try to l
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by radley 2y ago
Spotify succeeded because it started in the EU first.
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by radley 2y ago
I find the idea of a fixed-size universe to be myopic. I personally align with the Quilted Multiverse Theory (albeit more fractal, than quilt): • Matter in the universe only has a finite number of ways it can rearrange itself • If the unive
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by radley 2y ago
> Same with Netflix and it's bit starved encodes. Bitrates are tied to the subscription tier. If you do the 4K plan, it's visibly noticeable that 1080p video bitrates are higher. They don't have much 4K content, but the 10
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by radley 2y ago
Upgrade all parking spaces to wireless charging. (I don't know if it exists yet, but it will. Same with charging strips on roads. Death Stranding forever.)
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by radley 2y ago
It would be far easier to just add EV charging stations at unpopulated exits.
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The Toyyy(teile-elektronik.com)
1 points by radley 2y ago|0 comments
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Apple Says No Major App Developers Accept New Outside Payments(bloomberg.com)
2 points by radley 2y ago|1 comments
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by radley 2y ago
That's not entirely accurate. The easy way to make a crazy amount of money is to buy a well-credited company, sell / mortgage anything of value, ramp up user fees and debt over a short period (3-5 years), and then cast aside the h
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by radley 2y ago
The Mini wouldn't make anything like what's in the demo. It's good for multi-camera-angle, one-take videos. But it would also require cameras, lights, mics, etc. And you'd want at least a Mini ISO so you can fine-tune ev
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by radley 3y ago
Heh, Apple Computer also made the iPhone. Everything since launch has been incremental change, not innovative. Except Airpods. They're pretty sweet.
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by radley 3y ago
If it were really that simple, we'd all be leasing AT&T cell phones. The only reason Apple can sell iPhones and run an app store is because AT&T got broken up 40 years ago for similar issues.
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Could the Old AT&T Break-Up Offer Lessons for Big Tech Today? (2019)(npr.org)
5 points by radley 3y ago|1 comments
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by radley 3y ago
You did. His score has little to do with anything on the site. That's the point.
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by radley 3y ago
> About 500-ish MB per hour of content for decent quality. That's still YIFY-quality video, which is a few steps below HBO/MAX, which happens to be among the lowest quality paid streams. ATV+ is killing it with 30Mbps 4K HDR+ v
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by radley 3y ago
Life tip: you can give up on projects that do work, too. The only mistakes are planning a long-term commitment prematurely, and framing it as "giving up" instead of "moving on." Have fun, try things.
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by radley 3y ago
Figma actually did reject many offers at market rates. $20B was too good to pass up, particularly with the $1B cancellation fee.
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by radley 3y ago
To be clear, I'm referring more to the middle tier: apps that are big enough to support an individual or small business.

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