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Comment Re:Homeschooling is used to control (Score 1) 201

It really shouldn't be a political stance. Psychologists (and common sense) show that children *need* contact with other children. Otherwise they grow up into little cultists of various ilks. I grew up where homeschooling is next to non-existent and when I moved to the US I saw how close minded it turned many adults into.

Comment Re:Good products (Score 1) 102

Netflix and YouTube both use AV1, which is royalty free.

You're right about YouTube. I was thinking HEVC was one of their delivery formats, but apparently not.

Netflix definitely did use HEVC for delivery of some of its high-end content at one time. Whether they still do or not, I have no idea.

Either way, the fact that people are running into error messages suggests that there is some actual customer impact.

Comment Re:Shit tier clickbait that answers in the end (Score 3, Insightful) 102

Smart. Instead of charging each customer an additional $0.04 per unit, or even eating those costs ($600k, in other word chump change), they use it as an excuse to upsell their product line.

Except that nobody who buys one of their machines is going to think, "I could pay an extra $100 and my machine would work better." They're going to think, "This piece of s**t can't even do things that my cell phone from eight years ago can do. Why did I buy this, and why should I ever buy anything from this manufacturer in the future?"

This level of penny-wise, pound-foolish behavior is a sure way to permanently lose customers.

Comment Re:Homeschooling is used to control (Score 1) 201

This. Homeschooling should be illegal. Except in rare cases of severe handicap. Or as an option for *additional* credits if not available in the public school where the kid is going. But as you say it's used for control and to keep kids from meeting different viewpoints. Do you think there would be so many young nazi and evangelists if everyone was going to public school ?!?

And BTW I also strongly think that private schools should not exist. Finland closed them all and they are now... #1 in education worldwide. If the rich have to send their kids with the plebe, they make sure it's at least well funded.

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