ExLisper @ ExLisper @linux.community

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Streaming companies buy exclusive rights to certain content and if that’s where your tastes like, you’re pretty SOL. It’s about as close to “lock-in” as you can get.

Everything about it is wrong. They don't have only certain content, they have everything from Oscar winning movies and indie shows to shit reality shows. They don't only buy rights, they also produce a lot of content. Liking their content is not 'lock-in', you can cancel any day you like and get entertainment on may different platform (including cable TV) or just buy DVDs or whatever. The service is also not degrading in any way. The price goes up, that's the only problem people have with it. The still make Oscar nominated movies, even this year and they still make popular shows.

Youtube is the exact opposite: there's nowhere else to go for this type of content, they are pushing more and more ads on everyone and the recommendation algorithm gets more problematic all the time. That's enshitification. Netflix doesn't have any of those issues.

My guess is that they think

Nope.

My sister lives in US ans is like that. She's not really conservative but the narrative that 'democrats only worry about trans people' got to her. You don't have to watch Fox for this. It's enough to for example work with conservative people and not have strong personal opinions about those things.

It's all true but at the same time you're missing very important thing: a lot of people support extreme right-wing parties because those are the only parties that offer solutions to their problems. One of the main issues conservative guys see today is losing privileges they used to enjoy. For example I heard a guy complaining about the fact, that when he was younger he got naked into some girl's bed and she only screamed a bit and got angry but today he would go to jail. The big difference between liberals and conservatives is that liberals see this change as a good thing. AfD and other parties are the only groups that oppose those changes and a lot of white guys are attracted to that. And it's hard to say they are wrong. For them it's all about their status, they see stopping those changes as a net benefit for them. Accusations like the one against Kevin Spacey are not making things better. The farther left you push those things the more people will be worried about their status and will start pushing back. AfD is an example of this push back. It's not all of it but it's a very important part of this dynamic.

Yep, that's correct. I never heard about Z3 and I did it by reverting all the operation. It takes couple of seconds of computer time to solve my way but it took me closer to 7h to figure it out. 1h is impressive.

There are actually two possible solutions because some bits are lost when generating numbers. Can Z3 account for lost bits? Did it come up with just one solution?

Meanwhile streaming services are jacking up their prices, having locked in their viewers.

That's the one thing I don't agree with. No one is locked into streaming services. Charging the prices people are willing to pay is not enshittification. Encshittfication will be when they buy all the cable TV, shut it down, start producing only reality shows and show ads every 5 minutes. So far they charge more but Netflix is still making Oscar winning movies.

Defendants can end up in a situation where they have to say something in a civil trial that then kills their defense in the criminal trial.

What could be example of something like this in this case?

Wait till you learn about locked-in syndrome...

There's no pain involved. This is simply an extreme case of sensory deprivation. After 5 hours it can be stressful but it's not really suffering.

It's locked.

Not a lot of math in this one. At least not in the way I did it.

15 people ride trams in Wrocław.

simultaneously defending himself in both cases would put him in a no-win situation.

What is that even supposed to mean? He has to prove that his actions where justified. How is his a no-win situation? Is his plan to first argue that he's innocent because he wasn't trained correctly and acted out of fear and then claim in the second case that he actually received proper training?

So now we have to check the global statistics and figure out what's the probability is of someone dying in a derailment and estimate if we should risk it or just let the one guy die. Fun!

DDG doesn't find anything. Looks like it forgot about it.

It's not going to flip. Tolleys derail all the time (ask people living in Wrocław). They can't go fast enough to flip. It will just stop after couple of meters.

Can I still see it if I didn't watch Minions, Minions 2 and Minions 3 or will it be confusing?

Was about to say the same thing. I just had a call to inform my team that they are going to change our reporting lines for the 4th time in the last 6 months.

And people stay productive by enjoying hobbies and playing games. It’s an investment in infrastructure, just like fire, healthcare, police, power, water, transportation, etc.

You can enjoy hobbies without paying for unfinished games, early access is completely besides the point here. You can buy games when those are ready and be equally productive. If you like early access games you're free to buy them, I have nothing against it. But it's not an 'investment'. It just a discount.

I was fully expecting to see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkIs37a2JE

To carry the whole VisionPro bag, keyboard and mouse instead of simply taking your laptop? The review makes it clear it's not usable without peripherals, you will still need some desk. It's solving a problem that doesn't exist.