> I'm speaking globally, not US-centric. And why does it have to be 1080p? Lower resolutions don't exist?

Lower resolutions and bitrates are certainly less satisfying.

If you are talking "not US-centric" then you have the problem of alternate language tracks and subtitles. This is an area where streaming services tend to fall down rather badly.

It's not just the low quality video stream.

$5? Are you kidding? The retail cost of some BluRays is that low now. Even at $10, you're not leaving a lot of room for other things like retailer markup or the studio actually making some money.

NOBODY streams nowadays. Despite the hype, the numbers are still pretty low. They just get a lot of attention because most people have no grasp of numbers.

They have a staggering lack of perspective as well as extreme narcissism and a tendency to think they represent everyone.

No one hears about the 100 million gun owners that have no problems.

Every one hears about the 1 gun owner that does have a problem.

It's like how a dull knife is a dangerous knife. A sophisticated tool needs to be reliable and effective for it's given purpose or it can be a menace to the person using it.

The dead children are primarily a victim of crime fueled by poverty.

The guns are just a distraction for clueless suburbanites hiding safely behind walls in gated communities.

I find the lack of control that most suburbanites have over their large dogs to be far more disturbing. No one bothers to train the things. They seem to view them as fashion accessories rather than living creatures.

Every time I watch Westworld, the first thing that goes through my mind when seeing that explanation is "richochet".

The next thing that occurs to me is that bottles, chairs, and windows don't have any of those safeguards built into them. The same probably goes for the swords and lances in Roman and Medieval world.

The real problem is that Global Climate Change hysterics are ultimately completely irrelevant from a public policy perspective. This is especially true for Republicans that like to wrap themselves in the flag and declare that they are defenders of the Boy Scouts.

Dogma can be a tricky thing.

Regardless. Any policy driven technology adoption should be first forced upon the police and the military before it's forced on civilians. If a cop wouldn't want this technology then it's not something that anyone else should have forced on them either.

Mandating that civilians can only own guns that don't work is just a transparent attempt to side step the law.

Let cops and soldiers adopt this stuff first.

Clearly you don't know where the term "computer" really originated from.

There should be a formally named principle about how you can't assume that something is said in jest just because we perceive it to be obviously absurd. You are bound to find someone that will take any wild statement seriously at face value.

You never know when you are dealing with that kind of person.

> Except that he trained and was certified a fighter pilot

And never left American soil.

This is in stark contrast to someone from a prominent Democrat family like Kerry or Kennedy. With the GOP, sacrifice is something that the other guy (preferably poor) does.

> It certainly appears that the Obama administration went after political opponents with the IRS.

No. It appears like the blue part of a red state applied the sort of personal bias you would naturally expect them to have. Once you realize which facility was responsible and where it is, things kind of fall into place.

No "conspiracy" is required.

Does bring up the question of oversight thought.

A big part of any mature engineering disicipline is applying a process that's already well established. You're following a recipe more than learning something new or adapting. The fact that it is an interesting recipe doesn't alter the fact that merely applying the algorithm doesn't demonstrate a great deal of intelligence.

It really doesn't matter if you are making more money than him or not. If you more content then that also has it's own value.

> Where did you get that hippie bullshit? It's a job,

It's not 1870 anymore. There's no need to suffer like a victorian or guilded age factory worker or miner. Your daily grind doesn't have to be pure torture. You can take control of your own destiny. And why do that if it's not to make much of the time you have to live on this earth more pleasant and suitable.

You don't have to end up like the guy from Office Space or Fight Club.