I have three different browsers running, and four instances of one of them, Each has on average four windows open.

Plus there is a bunch of other stuff running, and I only have spinning rust (Being old, my brain is not very fast).

Not sure how they will get any useable info out of my PC - other than it is probably not using Windows.

... is European startups.

Europe is Dumping Windows as fast as it can - on security grounds. Europe does not have the American funding model, and many start-ups are individuals with no significant funding.

I have developed many Xilinx projects, and failed to develop many more because I could not afford the development software. Including military applications that could have run to very high volume. At that time, there were no realistic alternatives.

Only the copyright holder, or a licensee of an exclusive right to the work is eligible to collect statutory damages.

I'm guessing the SFC is seeking an order to Vizio to disclose the full corresponding source code (if the possess it) and an injunction against selling hardware with GPL'd software unless they offer the full corresponding source code.

True, many of my friends do exactly that. They skip the entire OTA tuner deal and just download the few things they want to watch. Although at the heart of it, that content is just OTA programming that was ripped off-air elsewhere by some other bloke using their hardware.

I just worry though, without broadcast TV, would they still waste time making content for the medium? Soap Operas, Game Shows, etc. I suppose can survive in a streaming fashion. But again, would they still bother to funnel money into producing the same kind of shows if BC TV didn't exist?

Then again, maybe it's just better if that sort of crap died and went the way of the dodo anyhow. If it survives in a streaming-only world then great. Otherwise Darwin's rules apply.

Nice cleaned up and polished "bOtH sIDeS!!!" argument you've got there. Absurd.

Exactly this.

The DVR setup using TCP/IP tuners like the Silicon Dust HDHomeRun series (which I have) is very easy, not quite 1-button, but close. It scans for the Tuner, creates a "DVR" and then scans for over the air channels and populates a list automatically. Then, it downloads the guide data automatically. The quality of the guide data so far as not been bad, not too many errors, but it only goes about a week into the future so far.

The Plex Pass might give you more than you expect, free lifetime DVR guide data as mentioned above is but one of the things the Pass gets you. Here's a quick list off the top of my head:

1. Registration with their proxy servers in case forwarding is needed for double-NAT situations, a nice feature every now and then.

2. Free OTA DVR guide data (as mentioned above, probably what, a $20.00/year value or so?).

3. Access to paid client binaries like for phones or tablets (such as iOS or Android). Some clients are free, like PC/Mac clients.

4. About 200-300 streaming TV channels, IPTV like HULU/FUBO/Sling, etc. It's the same slop you get on cable TV besides the premium stuff HBO, etc and live Sports, mostly. You know, 24-hour History Channel (but not the actual History Channel, like a "best of" thing.

So, the "Lifetime Plex Pass" gets you IPTV, worth about $50 a month, and Guide Service, worth about $20 a year, you're saving about $620 per YEAR. For IPTV and/or DVR service, that's not too bad comparatively. But now, it looks like the new price point is right up there - it looks like they have priced it so that unless things get more expensive (a likely possibility!) you're just about at the break-even point.

Also, just so no one thinks I'm a biased rabid drooling fan, here's a few of the things I DON'T like about Plex:

1. Seems to go "offline" or have internet connection issues related to the server being available. Sometimes the proxy bridging servers (mentioned above) help this situation, but not always.

2. Transcoding and speed issues related to that. Unfortunately, it seems like Plex tries to aggressively transcode EVERYTHING, even when it shouldn't or doesn't need to. There are some settings that affect this or are supposed to but there are still some issues with it (there are some good Reddit threads on this).

3. Customer Service just seems mostly like a search engine for some things that people have had issues with, and somehow never got responses or resolutions to. I hate tech support threads or forums that exactly describe the problem that I am having, but don't have a solution or any published answer or followup. "At that point the poster suffered a fatal coronary?"

OK, that's about it. I just wanted to comment about the mixed feelings I had since the price was going up. FWIW, I bought mine back in 2021 and back then it was just under $100.00, I show $95 and change, probably with tax. As I recall it went to $100, $110 or $120, then $150. Then I think it jumped to $250 where it's at now. It's still a VERY good deal until July 1, 2026, at which point it will become a FAIR deal, unless things change.

Note: I am not an employee or affiliated with Plex in any way, but I'm a reasonably happy customer. I've been using it now for about 6 years with my own local video server, a local TV Tuner (Silicon Dust HDHomeRun QUATTRO) and TV viewing PC, which will record 4 OTA channels at once. I have had very few issues, as I said it was beguilingly easy to get set up initially, very simple configuration and maintenance, and most things seem to work pretty well in general.

Mr.T

Is the CDC an authoritative source at this point given the administration under which it operates?

As does slashdot editors', apparently.

Don't be a downer, those charts look sexy to me.

"How did you not build a rat's nest BEFORE AI?"

By employing a load of rats. How did you do it?

Explain to them "If you don't know how to do maths in your head you WILL be robbed every time you buy in a street market" - which will be a few days after Trump has bankrupted the last remaining shop in the mall.

I noticed that it was white men who drank beer that attracted the most mosquitos.

Obviously there were not many - and it might have been rarity value.

Or perhaps no one had told them about mosquito coils.

OK, The time is right

How many of you are ready to fund me asking the whales if under water explosions make them feel they are haunted?

If you want the real free market, you have to include the cost of bribing politicians.

Politics ain't free, you know