This is what I absolutely didn't understand about the change.
Paypal charges: $0.30 + 2.9% for receiving money, charged to the receiver
Their proposed patreon fee change was: $0.35 + 2.9%, charged to the sender
This costs more than using Paypal to send a bunch of $1 donations. Paypal is accepted more places and far more widespread than Patreon.
If they aren't doing the aggregation to reduce the credit card fees than they don't really have a reason to exist IMO. Everyone should just switch to using paypal because its cheaper and has been around longer thus having more widespread use. And by putting the fees on the senders that will immediately hammer home to every sender what a shit ass deal it really is.
Really, it looks like they were going to an IPO so wanted to have a shit ton of money on coming on their books so they removed their value proposition out from under customers and hoped they'd just eat it.
Netflix mail in service doesn't even seem to have any competitors even in the states, at least not anymore.
The worst part is netflix DVD is sort of just ignored instead of invested in by netflix itself. It seems when at least some titles in their library get lost or broken they are simply never replaced, meaning the library is rotting away. There are series on there that are missing disk 4 for instance.
And since video stores have nearly vanished with only redbox as a replacement (which has a tiny recent film oriented library) the available options for seeing older films and TV shows are really dwindling.
Also, what about Hitler? Think about Hitler and all the bad stuff he did for a minute. Can you really complain about Microsoft data mining when Hitler?
I just install agent ransack and use that instead. I was fine with the Windows 2000 search, which was the same as search in Windows versions before it for the most part. I could even tolerate the extra clicks and brutally slow dog animation introduced to it in XP. But later versions of search fail to find files I know are there so it doesn't really matter if they're fast or indexed or whatever.
Naw, he probably did a dry run last night, but then Windows auto updated at 3am to a new version of Edge that was broken. Rookie mistake not removing the ethernet cable and burning out the wifi with a soldering iron.
It already kind of is. On the desktop, Microsoft was actually their main competitor. But then Microsoft launched Edge and like most new Microsoft products it was a crushing blow to Microsoft:
Despite being literally shoved into users faces, the introduction of Edge didn't draw users away from Chrome. No, it seemed to send IE users running to it instead.
Chrome now has a commanding presence on desktop and we've already seen Google start to flex their muscle a bit in the same way Microsoft did when they controlled the world with IE. Make no mistake, Google has nowhere near that level of stranglehold but since the vast majority of browsers are Chrome they are the big dog now and they can get away with a lot biting.
How about we compromise. You pay the upfront cost for a regular game and then through updates and patches we slowly convert the game to pay2win after you've bought it!
There is no way mining makes practical sense as a ubiquitous means to pay for web content. It would render the web practically unusable.
I'd argue the web is already practically unusable if you turn your ad blocker off. On my tablet slashdot throws a giant pop over on the main page that covers roughly 2/3 of the screen. And then it loads video ads that have roughly a 30% of locking up my web browser. I can't imagine this being much worse, although it might end up harder to block.
Unfortunately, the cat is kind of out of the bag on this one. Let's forget about people who will go out of their way to disable this safety mechanism as there will probably only be a small subset of the population who knows how and wants to do that.
There are tons and tons of cell phones out there now, and by all accounts their turnover rate is slowing down already. If all new cell phones have this technology from now on it will still take probably a decade to get the old ones out of circulation. I'm not saying we shouldn't do it, just that it won't solve the problem overnight at this point.
I was actually thinking the other day the new dictation technology they keep would be best used on how to videos that should have been text directions anyway. I often find myself googling how to do something, avoiding the youtube links and searching for text directions and if there's nothing else jumping around the video. Just scrape all the text out of it automatically and serve that up instead. Basically an auto transcript.
You could even use some sort of weighting or voting system with the original video to get users to selection stills from the video that represent the step in the directions. It wouldn't be as good as text/pictures from the start but it would be a lot more skimmable which would actually let you find the video that doesn't suck faster if you wanted to watch it.
This topic of auto play video nightmares comes up all the time. Very annoying stuff I agree. But apparently everyone has just been suffering with it by the comments I always see.
I installed Flash Control https://addons.mozilla.org/en-... forever ago and never see them. Despite its name, it blocks HTML5 videos as well. Everything is click to play, as it should be. I whitelist youtube and moved on with my life. Are others not aware of these kinds of extensions?
This chrome addition is nice and everything...but auto-muted videos are presumably still loading, using cpu time and bandwidth.
If you're using ESXi on the host and have an Intel platform, try disabling the iGPU and (bizarrely) the onboard sound and see if you still get the blue screens.
Nevermind that drivers exist and were created by the hardware manufacturers (as is always the case with newer hardware). Microsoft didn't want that so its time to start abusing the update channel again.
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This is what I absolutely didn't understand about the change.
Paypal charges: $0.30 + 2.9% for receiving money, charged to the receiver
Their proposed patreon fee change was: $0.35 + 2.9%, charged to the sender
This costs more than using Paypal to send a bunch of $1 donations. Paypal is accepted more places and far more widespread than Patreon.
If they aren't doing the aggregation to reduce the credit card fees than they don't really have a reason to exist IMO. Everyone should just switch to using paypal because its cheaper and has been around longer thus having more widespread use. And by putting the fees on the senders that will immediately hammer home to every sender what a shit ass deal it really is.
Really, it looks like they were going to an IPO so wanted to have a shit ton of money on coming on their books so they removed their value proposition out from under customers and hoped they'd just eat it.
Netflix mail in service doesn't even seem to have any competitors even in the states, at least not anymore.
The worst part is netflix DVD is sort of just ignored instead of invested in by netflix itself. It seems when at least some titles in their library get lost or broken they are simply never replaced, meaning the library is rotting away. There are series on there that are missing disk 4 for instance.
And since video stores have nearly vanished with only redbox as a replacement (which has a tiny recent film oriented library) the available options for seeing older films and TV shows are really dwindling.
Also, what about Hitler? Think about Hitler and all the bad stuff he did for a minute. Can you really complain about Microsoft data mining when Hitler?
I rest my case.
I just install agent ransack and use that instead. I was fine with the Windows 2000 search, which was the same as search in Windows versions before it for the most part. I could even tolerate the extra clicks and brutally slow dog animation introduced to it in XP. But later versions of search fail to find files I know are there so it doesn't really matter if they're fast or indexed or whatever.
Piro's Tree Style Tabs has been ported to 57:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...
So I'm on board. No other browser offers this functionality still and its my must have feature. Vivaldi has something similar, but not the same.
I wish Video DownloadHelper would get ported though. That could be a problematic change.
Naw, he probably did a dry run last night, but then Windows auto updated at 3am to a new version of Edge that was broken. Rookie mistake not removing the ethernet cable and burning out the wifi with a soldering iron.
Actually, if you compare October 2015 https://www.netmarketshare.com... to September 2017 https://www.netmarketshare.com... it looks like most of the IE users left for Chrome and basically none of them moved to Edge.
Of, CNBC says so? Huh, maybe its time to sell.
Pretty sure Equifax already has that task covered.
It already kind of is. On the desktop, Microsoft was actually their main competitor. But then Microsoft launched Edge and like most new Microsoft products it was a crushing blow to Microsoft:
2 Years ago, MS still held an incredible 50% of desktop browser share:
https://www.netmarketshare.com...
Now, they are down to 20%
https://www.netmarketshare.com...
Despite being literally shoved into users faces, the introduction of Edge didn't draw users away from Chrome. No, it seemed to send IE users running to it instead.
Chrome now has a commanding presence on desktop and we've already seen Google start to flex their muscle a bit in the same way Microsoft did when they controlled the world with IE. Make no mistake, Google has nowhere near that level of stranglehold but since the vast majority of browsers are Chrome they are the big dog now and they can get away with a lot biting.
The problem with this method is half the web already acted like it was running a crypominer before these things even showed up.
You just have to pay a bunch of third worlders pennies to join the game to lose to your whales.
It'll be like when Commodus rode around the gladiatorial arena stabbing amputees with lead swords and declaring himself the new Hercules.
How about we compromise. You pay the upfront cost for a regular game and then through updates and patches we slowly convert the game to pay2win after you've bought it!
Yeah, the more I thought about this the more I realized its actually vastly superior to the status quo.
The problem is it will almost certainly be done *in addition* to the status quo, not instead of.
There is no way mining makes practical sense as a ubiquitous means to pay for web content. It would render the web practically unusable.
I'd argue the web is already practically unusable if you turn your ad blocker off. On my tablet slashdot throws a giant pop over on the main page that covers roughly 2/3 of the screen. And then it loads video ads that have roughly a 30% of locking up my web browser. I can't imagine this being much worse, although it might end up harder to block.
Unfortunately, the cat is kind of out of the bag on this one. Let's forget about people who will go out of their way to disable this safety mechanism as there will probably only be a small subset of the population who knows how and wants to do that.
There are tons and tons of cell phones out there now, and by all accounts their turnover rate is slowing down already. If all new cell phones have this technology from now on it will still take probably a decade to get the old ones out of circulation. I'm not saying we shouldn't do it, just that it won't solve the problem overnight at this point.
To be fair, he did not specify whether these people had be alive or not when they landed.
Sure, you'd agree. Then use the VPN the whole time anyway.
I was actually thinking the other day the new dictation technology they keep would be best used on how to videos that should have been text directions anyway. I often find myself googling how to do something, avoiding the youtube links and searching for text directions and if there's nothing else jumping around the video. Just scrape all the text out of it automatically and serve that up instead. Basically an auto transcript.
You could even use some sort of weighting or voting system with the original video to get users to selection stills from the video that represent the step in the directions. It wouldn't be as good as text/pictures from the start but it would be a lot more skimmable which would actually let you find the video that doesn't suck faster if you wanted to watch it.
"Microsoft invites competitors in positions of strength to cut their own throats."
This topic of auto play video nightmares comes up all the time. Very annoying stuff I agree. But apparently everyone has just been suffering with it by the comments I always see.
I installed Flash Control https://addons.mozilla.org/en-... forever ago and never see them. Despite its name, it blocks HTML5 videos as well. Everything is click to play, as it should be. I whitelist youtube and moved on with my life. Are others not aware of these kinds of extensions?
This chrome addition is nice and everything...but auto-muted videos are presumably still loading, using cpu time and bandwidth.
If you're using ESXi on the host and have an Intel platform, try disabling the iGPU and (bizarrely) the onboard sound and see if you still get the blue screens.
Well, you could. Except MS disabled updates all of a sudden if it detects you're trying to avoid Windows 10 http://www.pcworld.com/article/3189990/windows/microsoft-blocks-kaby-lake-and-ryzen-pcs-from-windows-7-81-updates.html
Nevermind that drivers exist and were created by the hardware manufacturers (as is always the case with newer hardware). Microsoft didn't want that so its time to start abusing the update channel again.
They only installed it on Easter Sunday. Even comcast usually requires a month before all your bogus charges show up.
Not a big deal for Intel. When they see the confused look on your face they'll just hand you an i3 because they've got to get rid of those somehow.