And that most movies are shot in 24p because people want them to be.
And that's because people are used to movies looking like garbage. It's embarrassing when low budget TV looks much better than juddery blurry multi-million dollar film content.
The only way to enjoy such horrible content is on home TVs that, since the early 2000's, interpolate PTZ motion and generate intermediate frames, giving some semblance of smooth motion on a 60 or 120 Hz TV. Efforts such as Peter Jackson's The Hobbit that were filmed and presented at 48fps looked gorgeous compared to the status quo, but are of course just a stepping stone and were mostly panned by luddites complaining of motion sickness or that it looks cheap "somehow".
Seriously, go look up the Soap Opera Effect.
Even modern YouTube videos are now at 60fps, since content creators are finally getting the point that lower frame rates look like ass.
Other than that, though, I agree with what you said.
My city has had a Starbucks for about ten years now, and I've avoided it so far, mostly due its reputation for over-priced mediocre beverages and an atmosphere targeting obnoxious hipsters.
I know people who send their kids to school hungry because, you know, poverty while they sit at home on their $800 smart phones chewing through their mobile data plans.
Someone should have told you that those batteries, once exhausted, can be recycled much more easily than petroleum, and that electricity absolutely does not need to be obtained from polluting sources, even though it might presently be in your locale.
Why would anyone want to buy a Tesla when a Honda Civic will get you where you want to go for 1/3 the price? Because I'm tired of polluting my planet and am too lazy to bike everywhere.
Why would anyone want to buy a MacBook Pro when an Acer will do the job for 1/4 the price? No good reason. None.
Why would anyone want to buy a Gucci handbag when a Walmart knockoff will carry your stuff for 1/10th the price? No good reason, unless the Gucci handbag is made better somehow.
Why would anyone want to buy a steak at Morton's when Waffle House will sell you one for 1/10th the price? I don't know about the quality of either, so can't comment.
Why would anyone read SlashDot when you can get better news anywhere else on the planet? Well that's obvious. You see... um, well it's like this... What you need to understand is... Maybe inertia, the mod system, I don't know.
My no-name Android tablet came with an inbuilt TV antenna and analogue receiver. It worked fine for three months before my country moved to digital TV and re-allocated the analogue TV frequencies to cell phone carriers.
Now cue the morons who will no doubt claim this is somehow hacking the gullible people's devices, like that Burger King commercial that started with "Ok, Google".
One day, maybe, the unwashed masses will figure out that if you can talk to your phone, so can anyone else.
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If only to keep the other two honest.
And that most movies are shot in 24p because people want them to be.
And that's because people are used to movies looking like garbage. It's embarrassing when low budget TV looks much better than juddery blurry multi-million dollar film content.
The only way to enjoy such horrible content is on home TVs that, since the early 2000's, interpolate PTZ motion and generate intermediate frames, giving some semblance of smooth motion on a 60 or 120 Hz TV. Efforts such as Peter Jackson's The Hobbit that were filmed and presented at 48fps looked gorgeous compared to the status quo, but are of course just a stepping stone and were mostly panned by luddites complaining of motion sickness or that it looks cheap "somehow".
Seriously, go look up the Soap Opera Effect.
Even modern YouTube videos are now at 60fps, since content creators are finally getting the point that lower frame rates look like ass.
Other than that, though, I agree with what you said.
Not sure what you mean. I have mine set to threshold:4 to filter out the rubbish in long threads.
My city has had a Starbucks for about ten years now, and I've avoided it so far, mostly due its reputation for over-priced mediocre beverages and an atmosphere targeting obnoxious hipsters.
Perhaps I should try one... once.
I wish it were that simple.
I know people who send their kids to school hungry because, you know, poverty while they sit at home on their $800 smart phones chewing through their mobile data plans.
Locked to Region 1, I presume.
No SD slot, and likely no Miracast.
This is shaping up to be a very courageous phone design team indeed.
Please note I'm using the modern definition of "courageous", ie pants-on-head loony.
Sliders? Sounds ghastly.
Why not just use the drop-down box in Classic mode?
Never had a problem with it.
Someone should have told you that those batteries, once exhausted, can be recycled much more easily than petroleum, and that electricity absolutely does not need to be obtained from polluting sources, even though it might presently be in your locale.
Except for Thunderbird, which remains in the top few email clients.
Why would anyone want to buy a Tesla when a Honda Civic will get you where you want to go for 1/3 the price?
Because I'm tired of polluting my planet and am too lazy to bike everywhere.
Why would anyone want to buy a MacBook Pro when an Acer will do the job for 1/4 the price?
No good reason. None.
Why would anyone want to buy a Gucci handbag when a Walmart knockoff will carry your stuff for 1/10th the price?
No good reason, unless the Gucci handbag is made better somehow.
Why would anyone want to buy a steak at Morton's when Waffle House will sell you one for 1/10th the price?
I don't know about the quality of either, so can't comment.
Why would anyone read SlashDot when you can get better news anywhere else on the planet?
Well that's obvious. You see... um, well it's like this... What you need to understand is... Maybe inertia, the mod system, I don't know.
You sound like a car enthusiast describing cyclists.
Did a drone pilot kill your favourite pet, or do you feel the same way about all operators of remote-controlled equipment?
Microsoft is still the evil, avoid-at-all-costs, company that will screw you over any chance it gets.
On the bright side, Bill Gates now uses Linux! Hell may have just cooled down a few degrees.
I think you've just summed up the far left pretty well there.
More, when it's a laptop. Laptops use negligible power when used sporadically through the working week.
Yahoo! that DivX ;-) looks del.ic.io.us
My no-name Android tablet came with an inbuilt TV antenna and analogue receiver. It worked fine for three months before my country moved to digital TV and re-allocated the analogue TV frequencies to cell phone carriers.
Everyone else recommends nobody use crappy gimmicks like Face ID.
Just business-as-usual then Slashdot? Nothing about the massive outage over the past three days?
Nothing at all?
Can anyone else back this up? I very much want it to be true.
If that is true, then remind me why we do business with them at all?
Other than Jarvis, does anyone actually use the Oracle Cloud?
WIN+L will do that just fine.
I mean do we really need a study regardless of source of funding or quality of science to tell us that sitting on our asses isn't healthy?
Yes.
Okay Slashdot,
Now cue the morons who will no doubt claim this is somehow hacking the gullible people's devices, like that Burger King commercial that started with "Ok, Google".
One day, maybe, the unwashed masses will figure out that if you can talk to your phone, so can anyone else.