I dunno, I watch YouTube on desktop with a premium account.
Since they began experimenting with ad injection directly into videos a month or so ago, I no longer use YouTube really. Videos rarely load proper the first time. Often takes 7 or 8 reloads of the page to get a video to start, sometimes stopping mid video.
Clearly since I can get it to play, it feels like a Google problem. Could be because I'm on Firefox, or Linux though (maybe even an update to something else, but all other video streaming services work just fine). Turning off uBlock Origin and uMatrix do not help at all.
Even if it isn't Google's fault, it's still causing me to not use their service anymore. Feels like they are just trying to drive away users in general.
So patents last 15-20 years... regular Blu-ray patent has already expired I guess, but Ultra HD Blu-ray is the current patent, releasing in 2015... so another 6 to 11 years before consumers can do whatever they want with the technology.
Would be outdated by then by the next new thing though.
OMG, I'm dealing with a developer right now that is dealing with patient collected samples in several timezones, allowing the patients to either enter the time they collected, or use current time, and storing it in UTC time.
We do not receive any timezone data, patient collection data is showing different days than the patient could write on their samples depending on the time of day, and the developer said 'just subtract X hours' (our timezone).... for which not all patients would live in.
I suppose I could, if they'd provide the patient's timezone, but they don't even collect that. Can you just admit your solution is bad? It's fine to store a timestamp in UTC, but not user provided data... don't expect average users to calculate their time (and date) in UTC please.
Forums instead of social media, IRC/ICQ/AIM for chat, websites were much more static.... unless using Flash, newgrounds full of Flash games.
FTP/IRC was source of media distribution until transitions to, bittorrent was new, and napster, limewire, kazaa were things. Newsgroups have existed for all time, but not really including them because less mainstream.
Windows would allow broadcast messages to just pop-up on your computer. Needed to implement your own firewall like Zonealarm, these things weren't just default.... computers kinds of just 'directly' connected to the internet without any appliance in the way at first.
Edit: Oh yeah, and Steam didn't exist, so games were bought individually in boxes at stores, and valve games were like sharing your IP with friends, listing of servers... speaking of, early Counter Strike and stuff didn't have any anti-cheat.... if you added anti-cheat to your CS server when first coming out, people getting caught would be shocked, since they didnt know they could get caught, always in denial for 'false positives', and really find out who of your friends aren't actually good and were just cheating all along.
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I can't imagine what possible decision led to this for a utility company used by millions.
I have no actual list outside my head.
atm, Wendy's because of their plan for dynamic pricing based on how busy they are, and 'my local KFC', because in 2017 I had to wait 50 minutes for my order (for 2), and they gave away the last of something I ordered to someone who came in like half an hour later, and they weren't going to be making more. (that and KFC is way over priced for their standard menu if you aren't getting some kind of 'deal')
This only makes me favor copyright reform more. Should really cut that down to 25 years or less; anything from before the 21st century should be public domain by now.
All companies that plan to have dynamic pricing, please let me know.
I've already stopped going to Wendy's; I'd love to add you to the list of places never to patron again.
Not surprised at all it is something the Trump administration was doing considering his rhetoric on the pandemic in general, and China. Awful all around.
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