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Comment Re: Netflix DVD is the best service out there (Score 3, Interesting) 78

Here is a list of the 100 best American films according to the AFI. Less than 5% of them are available to stream over Netflix, but over 95% are available through Netflix DVD. If you limit yourself to Netflix or Hulu or Amazon Prime streaming, you are watching the results of the best ROI for production investment for their shareholders, not the best art. I'd rather get a great story than a cost effective one, even if it means I have to put in two minutes of physical effort every 90 minutes.

Comment Re:Netflix DVD is the best service out there (Score 1, Troll) 78

You are confused between two products: "Netflix" which is their streaming service with about 6,000 titles, and "Netflix DVD" which has over 100,000 titles.

Consider understanding what someone has stated before you dive into personal attacks. It makes you look ignorant and petty.

Comment Re: Netflix DVD is the best service out there (Score 3, Interesting) 78

Netflix DVD is the original version of the Netflix product. You get so many DVD/Blu-ray discs at a time, and drop them in the mail after you watch them. No lag/jitter problems and better audio/video quality across the board. It's not an option for people with phones and tablets only, but a much better experience if you have a TV with an HDMI input.

Comment Netflix DVD is the best service out there (Score 5, Interesting) 78

Every month I spend an hour or two looking for movie recommendations, and 10-15 minutes filling my queue. I rarely lose time scrolling through the endless, mostly bland choices on six different streaming services. I have seen more fantastic movies and television in the last six months than I have in the last five years of slogging through broken interfaces.

Comment Re: Stop pretending POTUS is a helpless victim (Score 1) 254

All of your otherwise sound arguments, some of which I agree with, some of which I don't, are unfortunately made moot by the beginning of your post.

You imply, although do not explicitly state that the idea that the tech giants are exercising bias against conservatives is false. I can't even begin to understand how you could arrive at that determination.

It's clear as day that there is a bias against conservatives and conservative viewpoints. I'm not suggesting you have to agree with conservative viewpoints, but to not acknowledge the bias on Facebook/Twitter/youtube/reddit is some combination of insane, lying, and stupid.

Again, all of your other points can't even be addressed by a rational human if your premise involves there being no clear bias.

Comment Re: Whats the alternative? (Score 1) 524

I'm unaware of anyone, anywhere, with any credibility defending the actions of the criminals in blue. I personally hold the 3 who let it happen in higher disdain, but I can agree it's a very small shade off of the evil indifference we saw from that dipshit pinning Mr. Floyd.

That said, if the nation is overwhelmingly in support, who are the protesters protesting against? You? Me? Math? Are they angry that whites end up dead in far greater numbers than blacks per arrest? Are they angry at the media for only ever covering the dead blacks, and not the whites? Hell, look up Daniel Shaver in Arizona, watch the bodycam footage if you can stomach it, and tell me that isn't an execution.

So, assuming we care about math and reality over feelings, what do we do now?

Comment Re: the gov can shut social media down completely (Score 1) 237

Do you mean like an executive order granting defacto amnesty to hundreds of thousands of illegals? That for some reason can't be undone with a different executive order?

I get that we're all busy sucking the coolaid out of various cocks, but can we maybe, just maybe remember the roots of this very platform? I seem to recall a time when we were all supportive of the anti-trust case against Micro$oft, and all they did was include a web browser.

What the socials have done is far, far worse. They cornered the market(s). Twitter on quick all-reaching posts, Facebook on longer, more "inner circle" type posts, YouTube on videos, and reddit on "topic" type posts. ALL of these monopolies were achieved by a general "open, free speech, say whatever, just don't harass!" type mindset.

Now that there is no "real" competition in any of those spaces (there exist alternatives, but the users aren't there), they've all essentially decided at roughly the same time to play judge over content? That CAN NOT possibly be a good thing as seem by even the withered husk of the once ubiquitous /.

Comment As someone who has no debt to cancel (Score 1) 402

I still support the idea of a debt jubilee. After all, it doesn't do me any good to be the sole economic survivor.

Maybe triage the type of debt. Cancel payday loans first, no one will feel sorry for those vultures. Cancel student loans next, Democrats would support that. After that cancel small business loans, take that load off their business. Then some types of securitized debt, like car loans. Not sure about credit card debt. Not as keen on that one because, most of the time, those are voluntary expenses. Maybe credit card debt for low earners.

Banks are already getting basically free cash from the treasury. They can't survive without an ongoing government bailout. They can either fall in line or get cut off.

Comment These will not drive the last mile (Score 1) 113

These systems will not drive the last mile to completely autonomous cars. If you want to see the state of the art, you need to look at Waymo. Self-driving trucks running between transit points outside of town will be on the roads sooner than self-driving cars. They don't have to learn every driving situation, they only have know one stretch of road.

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