They renamed the department of WAR from teh department of defense.
and the secretary of said department is talking about doing maximum damage like a 12 year old playing call of duty.
the title says it.
on this article I can link it to twitter still but not on the app that you are a part of.
anyway I'll just reskeet it there but this is madness
The Foreign Assistance Act (Pub. L. 87–195, 75 Stat. 424-2, enacted September 4, 1961, 22 U.S.C. § 2151 et seq.) is a United States law governing foreign aid policy. It outlined the political and ideological principles of U.S. foreign aid, significantly overhauled and reorganized the structure of U.S. foreign assistance programs, legally distinguished military from nonmilitary aid, and created a new agency, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to administer nonmilitary economic assistance programs.
for me though on the door step of 2023 AD 1080p is really considered Standard HD.
As is fully anecdotally supported by me trying to watch Netflix in Chrome browser @ 720 because it doesn't support 1080 due to some DRM bullshit.
and thinking this looks like total shit
"what you wind up getting are policymakers who just throw more money at the problem, "
Which is to say telecoms complain about how onerous the slightest regulation is and then get the lobby to write in to bills the government giving them stupid large sums of money to be just a little less asshole.
Then they take the money and don't actually be any less of an asshole
I don't think this is just the case of we are Evil Corp trying to screw people to make more money.
Too many take "Exclusive" to mean FU to those that didn't buy our system or to 'force' you to buy their system to play their game
On one side it seems silly not getting your game out for sale to more people. You would think it would sell a lot better if you just put it out for all platforms. So that kind of moves away from the profit motive.
On the other side reduced development resources required to limit to a single platform are so much less. So less development time means less costs so it does increase profits.
Plus yes, the profit motive that some will purchase their system to play said game does linger there.
to Sum up
No it really isn't just:
<twirls villain mustache> 'We want to make you buy our system'
but more :
<twirls villain mustache> 'We want to make the best game with the least amount of resources and that is easier since we can share 2 of the 4 major platforms with little to no extra cost'
Had this discussion with my wife last weekend.
We love lots of shows on different networks and services. Huge star trek nerds but we refuse to sign up for CBS.
Why?
We already have Netflix , Amazon prime and a cable sub. even if we drop our $100+ a month cable sub we still have to pay the cable company 2/3 of that cost for out internet alone. then to get everything we want still have to sign up for CBS , Disney , AMC , FBI , CIA , NSA , all the acronyms.
what does it come down to? we either refuse to watch something we might love or we Arrrggghhhh Matey , pirate it. Cause well fuck them.
If they all can't get their shit together and come up with a content sharing agreement across their platforms that is their own fault, imo.
I'm not going to pay you to make my life difficult.
I'll pay you to make it easier / better
File under no Duh
They renamed the department of WAR from teh department of defense. and the secretary of said department is talking about doing maximum damage like a 12 year old playing call of duty.
Does not apply to crimes like treason, felony, or breach of the peace. Divulging classified info is a felony and possibly treason as well, depending.
how do you not yet have a post to BSKY.app button yet
the title says it. on this article I can link it to twitter still but not on the app that you are a part of. anyway I'll just reskeet it there but this is madness
incorrect it wasn't started by EO
The Foreign Assistance Act (Pub. L. 87–195, 75 Stat. 424-2, enacted September 4, 1961, 22 U.S.C. § 2151 et seq.) is a United States law governing foreign aid policy. It outlined the political and ideological principles of U.S. foreign aid, significantly overhauled and reorganized the structure of U.S. foreign assistance programs, legally distinguished military from nonmilitary aid, and created a new agency, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to administer nonmilitary economic assistance programs.
All those MBAs though
Why can't they just NERD HARDER to make those MBAs correct about making NETFLIX worse and still making more money ?
in 2007 terms , I agree
for me though on the door step of 2023 AD 1080p is really considered Standard HD. As is fully anecdotally supported by me trying to watch Netflix in Chrome browser @ 720 because it doesn't support 1080 due to some DRM bullshit. and thinking this looks like total shit
This line though
"what you wind up getting are policymakers who just throw more money at the problem, "
Which is to say telecoms complain about how onerous the slightest regulation is and then get the lobby to write in to bills the government giving them stupid large sums of money to be just a little less asshole.
Then they take the money and don't actually be any less of an asshole
I can see both sides of this
I don't think this is just the case of we are Evil Corp trying to screw people to make more money.
Too many take "Exclusive" to mean FU to those that didn't buy our system or to 'force' you to buy their system to play their game
On one side it seems silly not getting your game out for sale to more people. You would think it would sell a lot better if you just put it out for all platforms. So that kind of moves away from the profit motive.On the other side reduced development resources required to limit to a single platform are so much less. So less development time means less costs so it does increase profits.
Plus yes, the profit motive that some will purchase their system to play said game does linger there.
to Sum up
No it really isn't just:
<twirls villain mustache> 'We want to make you buy our system'
but more :
<twirls villain mustache> 'We want to make the best game with the least amount of resources and that is easier since we can share 2 of the 4 major platforms with little to no extra cost'
Gonna get it together, watch it, gonna get it together ma bell
Ma bell, got the ill communications
Ma bell, got the ill communications
Ma bell, got the ill communications
Ma bell
Keep it on and on
Infowars conspiracy pipeline
Alex Jones/Infowars -> OAN -> Fox News -> the masses
just slightly watered down at each step to make it a little less batshit.
I
Quibi brainstorming session
exec1 : lets make an app
exec2: yes! video streaming designed for mobile
exec1: We can make it just like TV
exec2: maybe we make it a platform
exec1: YES! just like TV but , hear me out here , worse
Just a matter of time
till ring obsoletes the tech like our much loved DRM and IoT lightbulbs
Walled Gardens are not "choices"
Had this discussion with my wife last weekend.
We love lots of shows on different networks and services. Huge star trek nerds but we refuse to sign up for CBS.
Why?
We already have Netflix , Amazon prime and a cable sub. even if we drop our $100+ a month cable sub we still have to pay the cable company 2/3 of that cost for out internet alone. then to get everything we want still have to sign up for CBS , Disney , AMC , FBI , CIA , NSA , all the acronyms.
what does it come down to? we either refuse to watch something we might love or we Arrrggghhhh Matey , pirate it. Cause well fuck them.
If they all can't get their shit together and come up with a content sharing agreement across their platforms that is their own fault, imo.
I'm not going to pay you to make my life difficult.
I'll pay you to make it easier / better
Proof
Off topic but noticed in the article the old
'Lower taxes but raise revenue' line.