We all know how streaming platforms are taking down their originals to save money.. what would happen if the Feds stepped in?
Hypothetical: Digital Media Preservation Act.
If the owner of a streaming platform decides to remove their original shows or movies (like WB did to HBO or Paramount+ just did), they are required to be "purchased" by the DMPA division at a set price per episode and freely available to the public.
Streaming platforms would be forced to actually decide if any given series is costing them more than the cost of giving it up to DMP. Rather than locking it away and "freezing" it.
What are some possible drawbacks or benefits for this idea?
Oof, yeah that's rough. I hope they put something out for the rest of us soon, or at least signal some intention to do so. Promising new Android versions don't mean much if all the special Pixel features are locked to the newest models.
Google is mishandling the Pixel lineup.
Most, if not all of the new image and video stuff is done in the cloud, so why is it that only the Pixel 8 and up are getting them? It's hard to recommend a Pixel, or buy another one when they seem to only be focused on selling the newest phone.
That sounds normal, but really it's not. Samsungs and iPhones have features only on the newest devices, yes. But if the hardware of the previous gens allow, the older phones get as many new features as possible.
The Pixel 4a got Magic Eraser (a feature introduced on Pixel 6). To have a Pixel 7, and get almost none of the new software-based features leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
A phone bought less than a year ago shouldn't feel so abandoned! Even the $300 Xiaomi I had was better supported.
Yeah then you don't have to see them cry and shit. As long as we're up to date, it's all good.
It feels like she knew she would get fired from this new job, leverage it nationwide articles and get even more subscribers to her OF page. She even references the teaching gig in her bio, and the new job in her latest posts.
Considering teachers practically work 100% of the time, it seems it would be difficult to genuinely perform the duties required while still maintaining a flourishing side gig like OF.
My wife is a teacher. I see how much they have to work at home. She probably wasn't a great teacher in the first place.
I feel her point about the pay. Considering the hours worked, teaching is barely approaching minimum wage.
Nate's blog has been really encouraging people to submit bug reports. So I think the goal of Neon is to have the bleeding edge KDE with a stable base, to rule out confounding factors as much as possible. I don't think it's a bait-and-switch since the product hasn't changed. They'd probably just really rather it be used for people willing to submit bug reports.
Yep, definitely what we already knew. I'm surprised to hear it's the default on the Slimbooks actually; that sounds like exactly what they were trying to avoid with the way they pitched Neon.
I agree on Neon being great, I love KDE's pace of updates. I read Nate's blog every week religiously. I'm spoiled to the AUR these days, though. Just for that I can't go back to non-arch based distro. Been rocking Manjaro and have the least headaches out of anything I've tried.
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It seems the hesitancy was fear it might be considered the de facto way to install KDE.
It's been clarified to be primarily for testing due to it's bleeding-edgeness.
It's official... KDE Neon is a distro!!
First some facts: KDE neon is in fact a distro. It has an ISO you install on your system. Slimbook ships it on hardware....
The mental pretzel is finally over.
Considering the billionaires also own the contracts for manufacturing every piece of military equipment we have... That would get interesting.
I'm kinda not sure it is better tbh. Working in IT support and have to deal with ridiculous Windows printer issues all the time. The way printers just work on Linux is equivalent to dark magic.
And there's an 8bitdo Xbox edition controller that doesn't work on Windows but runs on Linux just fine. I felt bad because I recommended it to a friend and did not know that.
If something like KDE Neon came preinstalled on a PC they'd be fine tbh. It's the act of having to install a thing that makes it undesirable
Hated to see it, but he was not playing well. Pleasantly surprised to see how good Phaedra is at this game. For her to make it as far as she did with such damning evidence against her is impressive! Though I wonder if the Bravo girls weren't keeping her because they KNOW she's a traitor in the back of their mind. Increases their odds at the final.
100%. Reddit killed the vibe for the people that appreciate it the most.
Definitely this is huge. Proton and the respective Wine advancements are exactly what needed to happen. And the headlines about some games running better on Linux really gives it a good look.
This! Gnome is absolutely a foil to adoption. Everyone I've seen try to start with Ubuntu has bounced right off back to Windows. You're already wrapping your head around a new OS, you do not need an entirely new desktop paradigm.
So happy Valve went with the setup they did.
I would install Manjaro. It runs KDE, which is super familiar, and maybe more polished than Windows. And it is Arch-based, which means you have access to AUR apps, which makes finding programs super easy. It's like if the MS app store actually had every program on it.
Keeping the explanations simple.
Don't start with Ubuntu/Gnome. The desktop is way too weird, and app repository is limited.
Don't start with Mint or Cinnamon or LxDE. Linux nerds will recommend these, but they feel "old" and are not really lighter on resources than KDE.
Highly recommend Arch-based distros. AUR feels like a miracle coming from the Windows paradigm of tracking down installer EXEs and MSIs.
I think the spotlight on KDE from Steam Deck definitely helps. It's polished as shit, and it acts like Windows by default, and that is a good thing.