static_motion

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[–] static_motion@programming.dev 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

the expectation would be a better solution will surface in reference to streaming.. the same way streaming was a solution to cable.

What would that look like though? The current streaming model was pretty easy to predict ~15 years ago with the advent of online video streaming in general, especially mainstream forms of it such as YouTube. I have a hard time imagining how any other business model for distributing video content would look like, but then again I don't have a very entrepreneurial mind.

[–] static_motion@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That guy clearly never heard about the Pareto Principle.

E: fuck yeah, successfully triggered all the hexbear tankies. As fun as poking a wasp nest with a long stick. If only there was an online tankie bug spray equivalent...

[–] static_motion@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know how much you care about this, but even within each product class (i5, i7, etc) there can be a huge performance delta between specific models, especially in laptop chips. The same applies to AMD.

[–] static_motion@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, I'm talking about the hypothetical algorithm that fills a page with things you might be interested in. Twitter has it (even though it's not necessarily good), even Reddit these days has some of that, it's a feature in most social media websites and sometimes quite a useful one, and Mastodon just lacks it altogether.

[–] static_motion@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

You can, but the feeds that are supposed to help you find people to follow in the first place are important, and Mastodon's are awful.

[–] static_motion@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You're partly right. The implementation of government regulation is a problem. Lawmakers are, for the most part, absolutely incompetent when it comes to making effective regulation.

Same thing happened on Reddit, honestly.