TangoUndertow

joined 8 months ago
 

Hypothetical: Digital Media Preservation Act.

If the owner of a streaming platform decides to remove their original shows or movies (like WB did to HBO or Paramount+ just did), they are required to be "purchased" by the DMPA division at a set price per episode and freely available to the public.

Streaming platforms would be forced to actually decide if any given series is costing them more than the cost of giving it up to DMP. Rather than locking it away and "freezing" it.

What are some possible drawbacks or benefits for this idea?

[–] TangoUndertow 3 points 8 months ago

Oof, yeah that's rough. I hope they put something out for the rest of us soon, or at least signal some intention to do so. Promising new Android versions don't mean much if all the special Pixel features are locked to the newest models.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by TangoUndertow to c/googlepixel
 

Most, if not all of the new image and video stuff is done in the cloud, so why is it that only the Pixel 8 and up are getting them? It's hard to recommend a Pixel, or buy another one when they seem to only be focused on selling the newest phone.

That sounds normal, but really it's not. Samsungs and iPhones have features only on the newest devices, yes. But if the hardware of the previous gens allow, the older phones get as many new features as possible.

The Pixel 4a got Magic Eraser (a feature introduced on Pixel 6). To have a Pixel 7, and get almost none of the new software-based features leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

A phone bought less than a year ago shouldn't feel so abandoned! Even the $300 Xiaomi I had was better supported.

[–] TangoUndertow 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah then you don't have to see them cry and shit. As long as we're up to date, it's all good.

[–] TangoUndertow 34 points 8 months ago (23 children)

It feels like she knew she would get fired from this new job, leverage it nationwide articles and get even more subscribers to her OF page. She even references the teaching gig in her bio, and the new job in her latest posts.

[–] TangoUndertow 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Considering teachers practically work 100% of the time, it seems it would be difficult to genuinely perform the duties required while still maintaining a flourishing side gig like OF.

My wife is a teacher. I see how much they have to work at home. She probably wasn't a great teacher in the first place.

I feel her point about the pay. Considering the hours worked, teaching is barely approaching minimum wage.

[–] TangoUndertow 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You don't have a point, other than you should just trust your gut or something?

[–] TangoUndertow 2 points 8 months ago

Nate's blog has been really encouraging people to submit bug reports. So I think the goal of Neon is to have the bleeding edge KDE with a stable base, to rule out confounding factors as much as possible. I don't think it's a bait-and-switch since the product hasn't changed. They'd probably just really rather it be used for people willing to submit bug reports.

[–] TangoUndertow 1 points 8 months ago

Yep, definitely what we already knew. I'm surprised to hear it's the default on the Slimbooks actually; that sounds like exactly what they were trying to avoid with the way they pitched Neon.

I agree on Neon being great, I love KDE's pace of updates. I read Nate's blog every week religiously. I'm spoiled to the AUR these days, though. Just for that I can't go back to non-arch based distro. Been rocking Manjaro and have the least headaches out of anything I've tried.

[–] TangoUndertow 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

@[email protected] Provide me a set of "special characters" as in characters that make others think you're special if you use them in an email.

[–] TangoUndertow 17 points 8 months ago

It seems the hesitancy was fear it might be considered the de facto way to install KDE.

It's been clarified to be primarily for testing due to it's bleeding-edgeness.

 

The mental pretzel is finally over.

[–] TangoUndertow 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Considering the billionaires also own the contracts for manufacturing every piece of military equipment we have... That would get interesting.

[–] TangoUndertow 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Probably not the same billionaires.

[–] TangoUndertow 1 points 8 months ago

I'm kinda not sure it is better tbh. Working in IT support and have to deal with ridiculous Windows printer issues all the time. The way printers just work on Linux is equivalent to dark magic.

And there's an 8bitdo Xbox edition controller that doesn't work on Windows but runs on Linux just fine. I felt bad because I recommended it to a friend and did not know that.

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