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- tgorgolione parentI sung an arranged version of this poem as part of my high school's chorus group some time in 2001-2003. As far as I can remember, there wasn't any (or many if at all) changes to the Poem's text.
- Also note the related petition: https://blog.lon.tv/2023/06/30/lets-save-free-tv-and-stop-at...
- > but that's only a licencing and rights problem, not a technology problem
A lot of good points here, but I would still prefer antenna TV to internet live sports because of the buffering. I feel like when I have to resort to using an internet live stream I'm not getting it truly live.
- I see a lot of impressions on this post that antenna tv is a dying, but I think there's potential for antenna tv usage to go up.
As a value proposition, you have an initial cost of $50-$300 (depending on what kind of reception you get and what features you want, like DVR), but if you consider basic cable these days being $20/mo it's a nice way to save money on the one thing you can't get fully yet - live news and sports. Also, if we are allowed by the broadcast overlords, you can DVR movies and tv shows and keep a library for yourself without another subscription.
I have an antenna at home but I don't use it primarily because I get poor reception. ATSC 3.0 has been proven to fix this in many cases, so I'm hopeful this could be a great way for many people to save money.
- This is the change.org petition, created by Lon.tv's Lon Seidman to stop ATSC 3.0 DRM. This will be hand delivered by Lon if it receives 25k signatures. Related YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkQdDZYYeQA I'm hoping this is okay to post here.
- https://tgorg.com - tech stuff mostly. I haven't posted since 2015, but there's some interesting stuff on there...
- Interestingly enough, they actually did release a version on DVD with full MPEG-2 video (more info here: https://www.wcnews.com/news/update/13753), but it was an extremely special edition that I think only worked with hardware MPEG-2 decoders. Nowadays, you can play this version with software decoding using some community hacks, but the GOG.com version has the high quality video and has done all the work for you.
EDIT: I was partially wrong. After reading the article, there was a version that was essentially all of the CDs' data on one DVD, but that was replaced with the version I mentioned.
- I tried to learn how to drive a 200cc gas scooter so I could save money versus buying a new car, with disastrous effect (broke my leg and arm). So now, what I really want is something in tricycle form, but at a $3k price point. Maybe an electric trike that can go on a town road lane (maybe with a top speed of 40-50mph), and has a roof attachment to protect the driver from rain, etc. Getting the exercise from pedaling would be an added benefit.
- What's interesting about this is that they are using Microsoft's Flight Simulator X's codebase, and I think plugins that work in FSX will work in Prepar3D.
- They might be referring to the Mega CD/Sega CD?
- This reminds me of the design used to denote a graph whose y axis does not start at 0:
- How crazy would it be to create an alternative to Locast, but using P2P tech to stream volunteer antenna video data? I was thinking to encode it in mpeg4/HLS and use webtorrent to distribute the stream -- that way a non-profit org could reasonably set it up and not have to charge money for bandwidth costs.
- I've seen this pop up on HN before. And I just read another article on HN about how Bamboo lumber is made and found an interesting intersection. In that article, during the first few months of their growth, Bamboo gets to their final height, then they start to, as the article says, "lignify" for several years. Would that mean that Bamboo has much less lignin in the beginning, and would that also make young Bamboo shoots a possible way to get cellulose without as much chemicals?
- I just came here to say that I really appreciate most of the civil discussion going on here on all sides. Doesn't seem entirely one-sided or extremely negative. Thanks everyone for keeping it that way!
- Interestingly enough, Jean-Louis Gassée briefly mentions something about using a Cray to develop what was to be an Apple-designed processor decades before it was fully realized https://mondaynote.com/joining-apple-40-years-ago-805114536a... (See a little more than halfway through the article)