You solve more than a few per day and then you're stuck in a validation loop that asks you to complete CAPTCHAs over and over again, never accepting that you are human.
But music CDs? When the whole "music pirating" shitstorm started decades ago, the music industry was pushing for the fact that you are buying a license to listen to the music. In that sense, you should be able to go into Best Buy with a proof of purchase (which they should be keeping themselves, shared between all their stores... blockchain?) and pay for the cost of a replacement CD only since you already paid for the license.
Theaters: - You need to go see the movie while it's still in theatres. - You need time to go from your home to the theatre. - You need to arrive way before the movie start in order to get a good seat. - If you want snacks, you'll be forced to pay three to four times the normal price from an extremely limited selection compared to what you'd snack on if you were at home. - If you arrived too late, you may be forced to sit too far to the left or right, or too close to the screen. - You are forced to watch ads before the movie. Wait, didn't you just pay to watch the movie? Why is there ads? - You may be unlocky and sit too close to annoying, smelly, talking, phone-using people. Even if you wanted to change seats and even if you had the time, better seats may not be available anymore. - The sound will most probably be way too loud. - If you are sitting too close to the screen, you will miss a lot of the action since the display is now larger than your field of vision. - Need to go to the bathroom? Good luck with that since unless you're sitting on an end-of-the-row seat you'll have to pass in front how people who are trying to watch the movie. Then you need to get back to your seat. If you had snacks, drinks, a winter coat or anything else and you're alone at the movies, you need to bring it all with you. - You need time to go from the theatre back to your home. You then waste more time by being in a traffic jam with everyone else who saw the same movie since you all quit at the same time.
Netflix/etc: - You can watch the movie as long as it's available in the library. - No need to go outside. - It's much, much cheaper. - You can eat and drink whatever you want, even a complete meal if you want to. Great if you have dietary restrictions. Ask someone at the theatre if their popcorn has any dairy products in it and you'll get a blank stare as if you asked a question about temporal physics. - You start the movie when you want. - You can pause the movie if you need to go to the bathroom. - You control the volume of the movie, you control how far away you are to the screen. - You can actually enjoy the movie since there's nobody around to fuck up your experience. This is the most important part. Watching a movie at the theatre is like trying to read a book in a busy shopping mall. - Once the movie is over, you're already home.
Other categories of Apple products will still be affected by the tariff, including adapters, the Mac mini, and any circuit boards or internal components shipped individually to the United States.
I find it funny/sad that they keep mentioning the Mac mini, which Apple has downgraded in 2014 and haven't updated ever since.
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Limits on CAPTCHAs should be domain-based, i.e. you may have busted the limit on shadytickets.com but still be fine on ticketmaster.com
Back when Enemy of the State was released, most people thought it was Hollywood fantasy. These days, it's reality.
So in reply to your comment, today's "whack jobs" are tomorrow's "I told you so".
Because of course Google's ReCAPTCHA's are only used on Tor.
You solve more than a few per day and then you're stuck in a validation loop that asks you to complete CAPTCHAs over and over again, never accepting that you are human.
+1 for Oddworld
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...änder
One of the best side-scrolling shooter game ever made.
Neo-Geo was the pinnacle of 2D gaming. Miles ahead of the SNES/Genesis.
"Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight." — Bill Gates
I'm talking about music bought on the iTunes store.
You're talking about their bug-ridden iTunes Match service.
Two different things.
You will avoid some of the problems but not all.
The 1980's called, they want their expression back.
Mill computing? It only runs g-code?
Laptop? No, don't be ridiculous.
But music CDs? When the whole "music pirating" shitstorm started decades ago, the music industry was pushing for the fact that you are buying a license to listen to the music. In that sense, you should be able to go into Best Buy with a proof of purchase (which they should be keeping themselves, shared between all their stores... blockchain?) and pay for the cost of a replacement CD only since you already paid for the license.
I know the topic is TV shows and movies, but keep in mind that Apple has not sold any DRM-infected music for nine years.
Isn't Facebook the one doing the distribution? Shouldn't it be Zuckerberg going to prison?
I think what he's saying is that more and more people are not going to theatres anymore and are waiting to watch it on Netflix.
I think most theatres will be closed in a few decades.
Theaters:
- You need to go see the movie while it's still in theatres.
- You need time to go from your home to the theatre.
- You need to arrive way before the movie start in order to get a good seat.
- If you want snacks, you'll be forced to pay three to four times the normal price from an extremely limited selection compared to what you'd snack on if you were at home.
- If you arrived too late, you may be forced to sit too far to the left or right, or too close to the screen.
- You are forced to watch ads before the movie. Wait, didn't you just pay to watch the movie? Why is there ads?
- You may be unlocky and sit too close to annoying, smelly, talking, phone-using people. Even if you wanted to change seats and even if you had the time, better seats may not be available anymore.
- The sound will most probably be way too loud.
- If you are sitting too close to the screen, you will miss a lot of the action since the display is now larger than your field of vision.
- Need to go to the bathroom? Good luck with that since unless you're sitting on an end-of-the-row seat you'll have to pass in front how people who are trying to watch the movie. Then you need to get back to your seat. If you had snacks, drinks, a winter coat or anything else and you're alone at the movies, you need to bring it all with you.
- You need time to go from the theatre back to your home. You then waste more time by being in a traffic jam with everyone else who saw the same movie since you all quit at the same time.
Netflix/etc:
- You can watch the movie as long as it's available in the library.
- No need to go outside.
- It's much, much cheaper.
- You can eat and drink whatever you want, even a complete meal if you want to. Great if you have dietary restrictions. Ask someone at the theatre if their popcorn has any dairy products in it and you'll get a blank stare as if you asked a question about temporal physics.
- You start the movie when you want.
- You can pause the movie if you need to go to the bathroom.
- You control the volume of the movie, you control how far away you are to the screen.
- You can actually enjoy the movie since there's nobody around to fuck up your experience. This is the most important part. Watching a movie at the theatre is like trying to read a book in a busy shopping mall.
- Once the movie is over, you're already home.
I find it funny/sad that they keep mentioning the Mac mini, which Apple has downgraded in 2014 and haven't updated ever since.
As long as Musk follows the first Rule of Acquisition.
I read that thing once. Turns out, #7 was a handgun.
That expression is not politically correct. You should say "What's your textured soy protein?"
Are we replying to questions with other questions? It looks like it.
To fight climate change, California says "We're launching our own damn satellite! With blackjack, and hookers!"
The islamic version of the movie idiocracy?
A six figures salary, eh? Is that in binary?