Something like:

"I promised $MassiveClient a telepathic interface by Tuesday. Bob, you mentioned that a while back, how's it going?"

... to raise your kids up, that is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

All the Zappa fans aged out, probabaly.

"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway."

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/...

Hate to say it, but if they can stay centralized, MLB might be onto something. Cite below, NBA 2025-6 regular season nationally televised games carried by:

Sunday: NBC, ESPN
Mondays: Peacock
Tuesdays: NBC
Wednesday: ESPN
Thursday: Amazon
Friday: Amazon, ESPN
Saturday: ABC, Amazon

Not sure about regional networks, but that'll probably mean adding Season's Pass through the NBA. Getting absurd.
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You think they didn't workshop / simulate both sides?

The monte carlo analysis practically writes itself, so will be left as an exercise for the reader.

I believe they also changed the payouts for the lesser awards (5 of 6, 4 of 6, etc.). Initially, they were proportional to the pool, but they're now fixed figures, at least for Mega.

I remember a similar thing being tried in FL, only I don't think they had the dedicated lotto terminals. Must've been fun.

From a consumption standpoint, you're right, it doesn't matter how it gets recorded. Essentially, this stage is Chris Rock yelling "NOBODY GIVES A F#@%" at Jack White for using 1970s analog technology to record his tracks.

The problem's on the production end. It used to be that to record something, at least two people had to like it, the artist, and the engineer. With AI, nobody has to to listen to the tracks being uploaded, they're simply created and posted, and the market/audience gets to figure it out. If something hits, great. If not, we're out some processor time, and it's basically the same business model as spam.

At that point, what's the role of the creator? Are they acting as a filter, using their influences to shape a personal sound? Are they curating / promoting previous recordings for future generations? Does the creator even bother to have an artistic vision for their music, instead relying on profit and loss statements to determine their next set of tracks?

"Well, #1543 was a hit, now make eighty more versions, between 1-20% faster, using Green Day's instrumentation, and include an audience so it seems live."

Lather, rinse, repeat. Is it a long term career? No. As the artist doesn't have a singular voice, audiences become fans of songs, not necessarily artists, and nothing lasting gets built like that.

Walt's cough through the first couple of episodes was awful, and I couldn't bear the idea of multiple seasons of it.

It fades, thankfully, so I presume someone got a note or something.

, at least generally. Four points to it, cite below:

- Purpose of the use - Commercial v. educational or not for profit
- Nature of the work used - Technical documentation v., fictional novels
- Proportion of the work used - Five lines from a sonnet differs from five sentences from LOTR
- Effect of the use on the commercial marketability of the work - Probably negligible in most cases

IANAL, which is where these things end up, but Meta's arguments on "Purpose" and "Proportion" isn't readily apparent to me, even assuming they kept careful track of what they were hoovering.
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This is valid, and I'm a fan. Especially in the film versions, once you remove the racism and date rape, I'm not sure what's unique about the franchise. While here, the whole thing started falling apart when Roger Moore took over, and I'll not listen to arguments.

Now, off my lawn, and go read the first couple of books, which are pretty good.

I just arrived at "External USB Drives," so I hate you both. :)

Curious what you're running. I feel "homelab-adjacent," but I'm not convinced the centralization is worth it.

Better, maybe: JellyFin on my homelab creates a pet. JellyFin on a semi-disposable fanless J4125 is definitely a tool.

When "trips to the grocery" seemed perilous, telecommuting worked for mgmt. Now that it's not a question of keeping employees alive, it's a lever to reduce headcount.

I'm a server guy, so WFH seems totally logical, but let's also not forget recently:

Dell: "If you continue to tele, you can't get promoted."
70% of staff: "Hmm. Works for me."

For Corporate Overlords, that's not a good look.

The business model in that anecdote is as dated as Licensed to Ill.

I suspect, anyway.

IMS, you can't count projected revenue, so it must be a function of cost. At that point, you're talking depreciation schedules, I suspect.

Maybe the delisting would be whatever you haven't written off from the production costs? For a 2023 film, probably most of it. Note that there's probably some earnings massaging, too. Once you're writing off Rings of Power, you're already having a bad quarter, so you might as well pile on, um, -something else Amazon did-.

Corrections welcome, of course. Well outside my element here.

Investments are pre-tax, so the money never gets to your account.

Can't miss what you never had to begin with. Then forget about it.