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Makes you wonder what other good tech the group is ignoring.
Ethernet cables. My friends constantly complain about the quality of wireless, and I try to get them to take a step back in technology and try a wired network.
Once it's back up and running I'll be using MumuDVB [1] to stream channels over my network. Even a Raspberry Pi 1 should be able to act as a "receiver" this way.
[1]: http://goughlui.com/2013/11/10/project-building-a-dvb-t-tv-t...
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How on earth does this situation come about? Hypereffective advertising by the cable companies?
Related: Replacing incandescent light bulbs with LEDs - nowadays LEDs have about 95-99% of the warmness profile of an incandescent and are relatively cheap (can result in Another related: NiMH slow-discharge batteries (Eneloop) are very good, last as long in a remote control, and have more consistent charge levels than an alkaline. Yet people (even enviro-conscious relatives) keep buying alkalines. Why?
I think this is a change that's crept up on people, whereas broadcast TV was always there. Apparently the US is phasing out availability of incandescent bulbs?
For low-discharge applications like remote controls, the battery lasts years so it hardly matters. High-discharge devices increasingly come with their own lithium rechargeable batteries.
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Nope, population density is only important outside of cities. Circa 2000 the US had a lot of unused backhaul capacity between cities. So, the real reason why most people in the US don't have cheap high speed internet is simply corruption at the local, state, and federal levels. PS: This is also why for example Florida lags in solar adoption. When you dig a little into politics you find US politicians are horribly cor…
Calling policy differences corruption is silly. The US made a choice to favor competition and low regulation over no competition and high regulation. It was probably a poor decision. But you can't just label it corruption. Plus backhaul capacity has virtually nothing to do with ISP costs. Almost all the costs is last mile network.
But if you want actual corruption: 200 billion was supposed to pay for high speed internet, but woops companies just pocketed the money. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_0026...
But, hey ignorance is bliss. If you want to pretend the US is not ridiculously corrupt then have at it.
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Ethernet cables. My friends constantly complain about the quality of wireless, and I try to get them to take a step back in technology and try a wired network.
I'm lucky that I own my own house and can put Ethernet wherever I want (barring a few ill placed concrete blocks / walls). My friends who use and complain about wireless are all in rentals.
I'm 24 and I have never had cable in my life. Frankly, I'm surprised it's not more common. You get a LOT of TV for free. I grew up watching PBS and Simpsons and etc. I remember at superbowl some of my friends were amazed that I was able to watch the football game without cable. I was floored. They didn't even know that channels came in over the air. I showed them the antenna, where it installs in the TV, how cheap th…
I've had the same experience. In my experience the quality is much better than legitimate online streaming services or even cable. That might be in my head but the quality is seriously good. Nobody believes me when I tell them I get it for free with a $20 antenna. There's over 50 channels in my area (though to be honest only ~40 of them never air anything worth watching).
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Pretty much all of the MLB stuff (except for playoffs) is cable only. NFL will at least of the either Monday or Thursday game along with your local on Sunday.
Even the playoffs for MLB are cable only. http://m.mlb.com/postseason-schedule OTA FOX only gets one or two playoffs games and the World Series. In previous years it was possible to watch most of the games online via "live alternative video feeds (excluding the broadcast feed)", and now even that is not allowed. Check out all the disclaimers and fine print here http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index.jsp?&affiliat…
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Ethernet cables. My friends constantly complain about the quality of wireless, and I try to get them to take a step back in technology and try a wired network.
I'm lucky that I own my own house and can put Ethernet wherever I want (barring a few ill placed concrete blocks / walls). My friends who use and complain about wireless are all in rentals.
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How on earth does this situation come about? Hypereffective advertising by the cable companies?
Related: Replacing incandescent light bulbs with LEDs - nowadays LEDs have about 95-99% of the warmness profile of an incandescent and are relatively cheap (can result in Another related: NiMH slow-discharge batteries (Eneloop) are very good, last as long in a remote control, and have more consistent charge levels than an alkaline. Yet people (even enviro-conscious relatives) keep buying alkalines. Why?
A year or so ago I bought a recharge pack (Microsoft branded) for my 360 controllers. After only a few charges they wouldn't hold a charge anymore so I went back to alkalines. Either it was a poor quality battery, poor charger, or poor charging habits.
Taking time to research and paying more for a quality solution can be too much for most people. Prematurely releasing technology or poor implementations can also turn people off.