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  • On the post: Will Google's Stadia Game Streaming Platform Be A Dud?

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2019 @ 05:42am

    Re: Re: Re:

    I think we should pay more attention to Google Fiber as a teaching moment. If a disruptive ~$900B company with a vested interest in breaking the ISP stranglehold on content consumers CAN'T get a toehold in the market, we should step back and say "holy shit something is wrong with this market" not "lulz the Google is always quitting things".

  • On the post: Will Google's Stadia Game Streaming Platform Be A Dud?

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2019 @ 06:00am

    Perfect Storm

    I've thought for a while that the 4k hype was overblown because it'll take a while to actually get content that can take advantage of the format. But video games have the potential to generate 4k content dynamically, greatly expanding the format demand.

    I was down on content as service vs content ownership for multiple media: video, music, and now video games. But I've come around on all of them for all-you can eat subscriptions rather than buying a la carte. (xbox game pass is still downloading the games though)

    So the time seems ripe for an explosion in demand for streaming game services. People are looking for 4k content and people are comfortable not owning the titles. As long as the lag is acceptable and hardware is cost effective it could take off like wildfire, and not just as a google service.

    I imagine what most users will see is downsampling when ISPs fail to maintain sufficient bitrates; like encrypted traffic, streaming games are CDN immune. As long as the game streamers can communicate that this issue is because your ISP oversold their capability, I think we'll see the telcos scrambling to catch up with their claims of the last few years. Of course it'll create an even greater peering asymmetry, so we'll also see ISPs shaking down streaming providers for even more while captive customers don't get what they paid for.

  • On the post: Lawsuit: An Officer's BS Claims About 'Odor Of Marijuana' Led To 14 SWAT Team Members Pointing Guns At Our Kids

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2019 @ 04:34am

    Permanent record

    Is there a record that judges reviewing warrant applications can look at to see what officers have misrepresented, lied, or glossed over in the past? Kinda like a Brady list, but for deciding special authorization rather than deciding witness credibility.

    Of course, we could also have a list of judges who've willingly gone along with unjustified warrants as well...

  • On the post: Federal Court Says ICE, CBP's Suspicionless Searches Of Electronic Devices Is Unconstitutional

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2019 @ 04:22am

    And you're going you display these rules on big signs at the inspection points, right?

  • On the post: Former Journalist Decides There's Too Much Free Speech These Days

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2019 @ 12:00pm

    Input vs Output

    Sounds like he's frustrated that some people don't seem to care whether what they hear is true of not. I sympathize, but I'm not willing to take the shortcut of surrendering public discourse over an oligarchy for determination of worth. Because that would, you know, break our entire country. This country functions because people are allowed to say stupid things (Stengel) and other people (me) are allowed to say "that's dumb" and ignore it. We need to encourage more discrimination listeners, not more discriminating barriers to speech.

  • On the post: This Idaho Town Lets You Switch Between Cheap Fiber ISPs In A Matter Of Seconds

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2019 @ 04:45am

    Sounds like a socialist hellhole

    I want to go to there.

  • On the post: Ajit Pai Whines About The Numerous State-Level Net Neutrality Laws He Just Helped Create

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2019 @ 06:47am

    Oh, it's the oppressive consumer rights regulation and uncertainty that's keeping all the new Vanderbilts from blessing us plebes with their competing information services? I'd thought it was the NATURAL MONOPOLY and regulatory capture of entrenched telcom giants that kept any competition at bay. Local loop unbundling would fix all that, right?

  • On the post: Portland Police Review Board Says It's OK For Officers To Lie To Get Someone To Stop Filming Them

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2019 @ 08:11am

    Re: 'It's good to be blue'

    Really interesting that best practices for cops seems to range from "be ignorant of the laws you're enforcing for max qualified immunity" to "yeah, you can lie about the laws you're enforcing if you want." Hard to imagine another profession where this guidance would be remotely acceptable.

  • On the post: Portland Police Review Board Says It's OK For Officers To Lie To Get Someone To Stop Filming Them

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2019 @ 08:05am

    deception is permitted when “necessary to protect the physical safety’’ of an officer.

    I guess we need to hire fewer Amish cops who believe that recording their public service endangers their souls.

  • On the post: AB InBev Fails To Get 'Patagonia' Trademark Suit Dismissed

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 18 Sep, 2019 @ 05:44am

    Re: Patagonia who?

    I've never snowboarded but known about Patagonia clothing for decades; so we cancel out I guess.

  • On the post: Houston Police Officer Who Led Botched Raid That Killed Two People Now Facing Felony Murder Charges

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2019 @ 05:01am

    Re: 'What do you mean it didn't work this time?!'

    "outside investigators have found and the fact that the department has had to be threatened with legal action"
    Exactly. The claim of no "systemic issues" is patently false. You didn't clean up this mess yourself before externally forced to, therefore your system is corrupt. Your officers MUST police each other and this is what happens when they don't.

  • On the post: Student Sues College After Being Told Not To Exercise His First Amendment Rights Without The School's Permission

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2019 @ 04:35am

    Re: Re: Careful What You Wish For

    But only alone.

  • On the post: Student Sues College After Being Told Not To Exercise His First Amendment Rights Without The School's Permission

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2019 @ 10:31am

    Careful What You Wish For

    Seriously... "gathering for any purpose"

    This is kinda begging for a DDOS attack. Flood the office with a request for every meeting, party, meal, date, class, practice, sleepover, and handshake.

  • On the post: Rogue 'Smart' Ovens Again Highlight How Dumb Tech Is Often The Smarter Choice

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2019 @ 05:57am

    Re:

    I found the review page where people were complaining about warped heating elements or shattered glass. Seems consistent with unattended repeated high-heat operation to me. https://www.amazon.com/TOB-40N-Custom-Classic-Toaster-Broiler/product-reviews/B07HS2M1Q7

  • On the post: Rogue 'Smart' Ovens Again Highlight How Dumb Tech Is Often The Smarter Choice

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2019 @ 05:53am

    Re: Re:

    LoL, you got gremlins.

  • On the post: Rogue 'Smart' Ovens Again Highlight How Dumb Tech Is Often The Smarter Choice

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2019 @ 05:24am

    I've got a toaster-oven (sans-wifi) that likes to turn itself on in the middle of the night. It gets unplugged now since sending it back would have cost us shipping and just gotten another one that behaved the same. (judging from reviews online) Just'sayin.

  • On the post: Attorney General William Barr Declares War On The General Public

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2019 @ 06:24am

    Did anyone catch the self-sacrifices that police are supposedly making while they wage unending war on the citizenry? All I caught were sacrifices everyone else is expected to make in order to make the police's job easier.

  • On the post: Reaping What They Sowed: Recording Industry Now Quite Upset About Copyright Run Amok

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2019 @ 11:08am

    Re:

    I have copyrighted dying. You are in violation. Cease and desist or you will be subject to postmortem legal action.

  • On the post: Trump Calls On Social Media Companies To Become Pre-Crime Agents

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2019 @ 04:31am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: "We blame guns..."

    Regulating types of weapons is not unconstitutional. It is political. With every one of these mass-murders the tide is turning.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban#Legal_challenges
    (in case you don't read that, the ban survived all constitutional challenges and politicians chose not to renew it.) I wrote "style" just for you because you seem like the kind of person who would call me ignorant because "assault weapon isn't a definition!" There are all kinds of metrics by which we can regulate weapons. Cyclic rate, muzzle velocity, and magazine size would be a good start. I'd be fine with just banning all semi-auto rifles and let sportsmen prove their skill with bolt-action. So maybe the gun enthusiasts should take a stab at defining what characteristics create an assault weapon and what licensing requirements gun owners need to fulfill. Right now there's a big vacuum of responsible firearm advocates. We absolutely try to lower traffic fatalities; by regulating vehicles, drivers, and the places where driving occurs. This isn't even an argument. We have entire agencies devoted to preventing/tracking deaths and investigating the circumstances when there are failures in our transportation system; the vast vast vast majority of which are unintentional. You mentioned it as an alternate option for rampage killers; but they have access to cars now and they're choosing the superior murder machines in droves. I agree on licensing, but I'll raise you a national registry and mandatory insurance requirements.

  • On the post: Trump Calls On Social Media Companies To Become Pre-Crime Agents

    Jeremy Lyman ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2019 @ 06:14am

    Re: Re: "We blame guns..."

    Access to a machine designed to kill 30 people in 30 seconds has direct effect on the efficacy of those who decide to rampage kill. Don't tell me that guns have no effect, there is a reason our current epidemic is with assault-style rifles and not speeding trucks in pedestrian thoroughfares.

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