What people really do is trying to escape the ads with bits of programming strewn in between that free TV has become. Advertising has poisoned the very soil they've been living off with their attitude that people cannot escape their clutches.
Guess what: People could.
It's the same that happened to online advertisers who thought they could push obnoxious ads onto people until even the least technically inclined person got off their ass and installed an adblocker. And the same is happening to TV. Geeks and other technically interested people have been reaching for Netflix and other services like it in the past, but now even the non-techs are fed up enough with the constant bombardment with advertising that they're considering alternatives. And that alternative is now quite within reach. It's no longer something that's "only for geeks", where you can only watch your shows more or less well on relatively small computer screens, and only if you have an expensive computer system that provides you with the image and sound quality your TV can provide. Your TV can now play Netflix and other internet media perfectly. And it doesn't take an internet and computer genius to make it happen either anymore.
And frankly, people don't give a shit whether they pay Netflix or their local cable provider, the cost difference is insignificant. What matters, though, is that you can watch the shows you want to watch when you want to watch them and not at 11pm because it's a popular show and can be crammed into the graveyard slot so the network can hand the prime time to a show they want to push desperately.
And even more important is the time you saved, you can watch a 45 minute show in only 23 minutes. I.e. without the fuckin' ads.
You think that's strange? I can remember the most complicated passwords after reading them once, but it usually takes about half a year for me to remember my coworkers' names.
Possible, but far from certain. You have to take into account that people here are used to seeing:// a lot during their day. Usually as the delimiter between protocol and target URL. That actually makes it amazing that they even noticed the "moz" altogether.
What the hell is your problem with me? You're the only person I know who can literally turn a molehill into a mountain for no other reason than to... well, I don't even get the reason. So what the hell is your problem?
If you want to see it spread, you'd need a map of the 600s through the 1500s.
What I mean is to take a closer look at how Iran differs from the rest, and to ponder that Sunnis and Shiites are about as buddy-buddy as Catholics and Protestants were in the 1600s.
Putin isn't stupid, I'm pretty sure by now he has figured out what the whole US population hasn't so far: That it means jack shit to decide which one of the two candidates makes it, what matters is putting the candidate up there.
In other words, if he's still in power 2-3 years from now, expect him to start no later than the primaries.
The reason we're civilized is that we left most of that bullshit baggage behind during the age of reason. Before that we were just the same savages, locked in superstition and held back by religious leaders that feared for their power if you don't fear their imaginary friend enough anymore. May I point out that when it comes to civilization vs. savagery, Sweden is probably further along than the US? And now let's ponder for a moment which of the two countries has more religious nutjobs.
No, of course not. This is the Wikipedia page of Wales. I do not question the existence of Wales.
What exactly is the Wikipedia article supposed to tell me? What I found out after some digging is that 12.5% of the Welsh voted UKIP in the 2016 election. That's about as much as there is to be gleamed from the Wikipedia article concerning the Brexit. And even that was something I only found in one of the links provided in the article.
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What people really do is trying to escape the ads with bits of programming strewn in between that free TV has become. Advertising has poisoned the very soil they've been living off with their attitude that people cannot escape their clutches.
Guess what: People could.
It's the same that happened to online advertisers who thought they could push obnoxious ads onto people until even the least technically inclined person got off their ass and installed an adblocker. And the same is happening to TV. Geeks and other technically interested people have been reaching for Netflix and other services like it in the past, but now even the non-techs are fed up enough with the constant bombardment with advertising that they're considering alternatives. And that alternative is now quite within reach. It's no longer something that's "only for geeks", where you can only watch your shows more or less well on relatively small computer screens, and only if you have an expensive computer system that provides you with the image and sound quality your TV can provide. Your TV can now play Netflix and other internet media perfectly. And it doesn't take an internet and computer genius to make it happen either anymore.
And frankly, people don't give a shit whether they pay Netflix or their local cable provider, the cost difference is insignificant. What matters, though, is that you can watch the shows you want to watch when you want to watch them and not at 11pm because it's a popular show and can be crammed into the graveyard slot so the network can hand the prime time to a show they want to push desperately.
And even more important is the time you saved, you can watch a 45 minute show in only 23 minutes. I.e. without the fuckin' ads.
You think that's strange? I can remember the most complicated passwords after reading them once, but it usually takes about half a year for me to remember my coworkers' names.
What's that "advertising" you talk about? Must be something my brain considered unimportant.
Possible, but far from certain. You have to take into account that people here are used to seeing :// a lot during their day. Usually as the delimiter between protocol and target URL. That actually makes it amazing that they even noticed the "moz" altogether.
Driving a 5mpg gas guzzler is one, for example.
So far no conclusive results have been reported from male-male mating, but tests continue.
Dude, if we could give ourselves blowjobs the species would have died out millennia ago.
I'll remind you of this when the power goes down in your country.
You'd probably be surprised just HOW vulnerable most of the world's critical infrastructure really is.
That's acceptable.
Do I have to come to confession or will a "sorry, misinterpreted the map" do?
Will we be able to disable/uninstall it?
What the hell is your problem with me? You're the only person I know who can literally turn a molehill into a mountain for no other reason than to ... well, I don't even get the reason. So what the hell is your problem?
Dude, if you start dressing as a woman in a male prison, you better be serious about it...
That's what you get when you base your justice system on the idea of revenge.
Not really. Unless you want to detain him forever.
Else you're one day going to release someone whose only possible career is one as a criminal. Is that what you want?
Closer examination revealed that the main parameters for decision making is the answer to "Patient is insured" and "Patient is a donor".
No bloatware or Google trying to make its services more pervasive.
Hey, Google? 99% of the bloatware that litters our Android phones IS your services!
If you want to see it spread, you'd need a map of the 600s through the 1500s.
What I mean is to take a closer look at how Iran differs from the rest, and to ponder that Sunnis and Shiites are about as buddy-buddy as Catholics and Protestants were in the 1600s.
Hint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Putin isn't stupid, I'm pretty sure by now he has figured out what the whole US population hasn't so far: That it means jack shit to decide which one of the two candidates makes it, what matters is putting the candidate up there.
In other words, if he's still in power 2-3 years from now, expect him to start no later than the primaries.
It's called a joke. It plays on the fact that he is responsible for fewer people's death.
It doesn't gain when it gets explained, I know.
The reason we're civilized is that we left most of that bullshit baggage behind during the age of reason. Before that we were just the same savages, locked in superstition and held back by religious leaders that feared for their power if you don't fear their imaginary friend enough anymore. May I point out that when it comes to civilization vs. savagery, Sweden is probably further along than the US? And now let's ponder for a moment which of the two countries has more religious nutjobs.
Well, for now, Sweden is busy importing some...
Sovereign citizen bullshit on /. Now I've seen it all.
So England AND Wales did want to separate. The map isn't that clear on Wales, but if you want to, fine. So Wales wanted to go, too.
The point is that the United Kingdom might not stay so united far longer.
No, of course not. This is the Wikipedia page of Wales. I do not question the existence of Wales.
What exactly is the Wikipedia article supposed to tell me? What I found out after some digging is that 12.5% of the Welsh voted UKIP in the 2016 election. That's about as much as there is to be gleamed from the Wikipedia article concerning the Brexit. And even that was something I only found in one of the links provided in the article.
Wow. Talk about fake news. And from the BBC, too, I really don't know who to believe anymore!
Thanks AC for bringing us this nugget of truth.