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Check your settings. I experienced the same until I altered Apple TV settings that fixed Disney+. If I recall, the setting was Match content or Match dynamic range (not near tv rig…

The book "Commodore: A company on the edge" covers a bit about early MOS. It was quite fascinating. Worth a read if you are interested in the era. Its amazing what Chuck Peddle acc…

Solution for my kids was buy or borrow whatever books they show interest in. If they like reading comics, then get a stack of comics. I allowed them to stay up later (if they want)…

It's a shame. I'd happily take good books (low cost or free) but storage and shelf space is the problem. I used to imagine running some kind of second hand book business (non profi…

At the time, Sega did ok marketing the dreamcast. They had a huge line up of titles. It was almost everything one could ask for. The issue was Sony released the PS2 a year later an…

That's pretty cool. Are you on target to ship?

I would also recommend writers to keep their digital books up to date and current. The book should not be considered finished the day it is released. Jeff Geerling gave his devops …

Those are two separate issues. A tariff helps balance the playing field for US manufacturing and does not try to solve the hacked car scenario US needs manufacturing and tariffs un…

Ok,happy to be wrong in that case. I'm not sure where I read buybacks can be manipulated so I won't speculate further.

I've heard that buybacks can be weighted toward purchasing stock back from management and staff before buying back from the market. If this is true, then I'd prefer dividends. I ca…

That does not sound correct. Sun exposure is still linked to melanoma risks. Regular sun exposure does increase protection (due to melanin in skin?) but doesn't remove the risks. B…

In the case of infants, sometimes their ability to break down bilirubin is reduced. small amounts of sun exposure could be recommended My understanding is when children are born th…

Panzer Dragoon made it to 1st gen Xbox iirc. Saturn and following on, the Dreamcast were quite good and deserved more success.

It's probably too late but Mozilla should have pushed on with FF OS or some kind of operating system strategy. By now they could have had it on large market of cheap phones with an…

Is there any alternative archive?

That's what I was getting at but didn't articulate it well enough. I'd pay per title if the prices were reasonable. It does seem like a missed opportunity. I know plenty of people …

I don't know why apple can't just make an exception for Mozilla and call it a day.

PCBoard was great. The documentation and ability to extend it was amazing. I remember when the company shut down. I felt quite sad about it. The BBS culture was interesting. The an…

Sega made a Genesis mini a few years back with 40 games. Would be great if they made a console that let you play most games from master system, genesis, saturn to dreamcast.

My point is that the client has been given a mixture of plug-ins, some free and some licensed. Not all are designed / architected in a manner to be modified or extended. It can be …

They often get handed a website in wordpress with a bunch of random plug-ins that break during future updates (or require ongoing license payments they didn't anticipate) The plug-…

As a big fan of the BBC Micro: When I heard of the BBC micro:bit, I was hoping for a raspberry pi like device with the software of the original BBC Micro. Anyone know if that's ava…

Exactly. Many places I've seen pick wordpress only to realise it isn't working. they go to another agency who recommends them a new website in.. wordpress.

They could have stayed with Drupal. V9 and 10 are much improved

I can't agree at all. At least Apple patch some issues on older unsupported devices. It is likely they have some reasons for choosing what to patch and when. e.g risk assessment, k…