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If you’re watching on netflix you can run at 1.25x or even 1.5x speed, to halve the playtime. I do that with the original 1960s Star Trek TV show, which is often a drag to watch, with the slow pacing shows had back then. Also, each episode is nearly an hour long, compared to STTNG and onwards roughly 42 minutes, which… Read more

Also bear in mind that these aren’t Netflix seasons like today’s kids are used to. Not 10-12 episodes per. 292 total. So this poor soul has been watching an episode almost every day for 18 years. Yikes. Read more

I still remember a scene where Brandon and guest star Matthew Perry watch something on a portable TV
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yoooo folks dont know what tech shop is?!!?!?! I am I the old one now? no it is the children who are old.
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I owned the Macintosh LC, and I’d bet the Andrea scholarship computer is that. Not the Performa you have linked to. Even though I can’t see the front, the monitor stacked perfectly on the LC. Also, Clare is definitely not using a LC in the computer lab. It’s way too high. Probably Macintosh IIci. Read more

“Too-high-to-heaven hairstyles”? They are mostly flat even in the photo accompanying this article. Save for “the bump,” it was not really a “too-high-to-heaven” decade. Read more

Maybe in a few years when older mainboards come down in price, getting a stack of them with the Cool Masters cases could make for a nice blade server style Beowulf cluster. Read more

From slide 3 (numpad) and slide 4 (pong) , it appears there are 2 different sizes of chassis. Read more

Yeah, the savior of us from the cable companies turns out just as bad. I guess my 2023 football season will have to be with another service as I cannot imagine paying $73 a month just for a few football games a week. Read more

like many here ive come to the realization its all about the same price because the content cost is the same as consolidation in the main content providers means ABC/DISNEY/ESPN basically can dictate that if you want one channel you have to buy like 9 of them. ESPN historically was important because cable companies… Read more

My building only has Verizon Fios. I can’t get Comcast or any other provider. So I pay for Youtube TV off pure principal. Since I can’t even get a choice or a discount since  I can’t choose anything else, Ill give them less money as possible.  Read more

I remember when DirecTV stream started as AT&T Now, and I was on their $35 plan with all the channels from the top tier bc I subscribed early. Then it, since 2017, jumped to $80. Read more

I can’t even watch local sports(except football) because Bally and YT couldn’t work out a deal a couple years ago. The good news is that you can share YTTV with friends and split the price. Up to five accounts and three people can stream at the same time(I wouldn’t have more that three people). So I’m paying $25 a… Read more

“I’m pleading with you to get a foldable instead”
But then in the very next sentence, you point to an article that illustrates why you probably shouldn’t for the time being. Not saying foldable phones won’t be the status quo of the future but I’m not willing to fork over that kinda cash to be an early adopter of an inno… Read more

My understanding is that it’s not just the monitor resolution and refresh rate that matters. Your laptop needs to be able to output at the higher resolution/FPS as well. Many laptops including pre-M1 chip Macbook Airs will have max output of 60Hz at 1440p regardless of the monitor. Read more

This is the end game for Nvidia. Make gamers sign up for a monthly service rather than buy a GPU. $1200 for a GPU or several years of our streaming service. At this point due to prices I am thinking this gen may be my last high end pc update unless prices correct again. Read more

“ Apple’s quick adoption of the eSIM standard has already spurred wonder on whether it will inspire Android manufacturers to eschew the SIM card slot in future phone models”

Some Android phones have been using eSIM for year. My current phone is the Pixel 5 and it uses eSIM. I am pretty use my Pixel 2 XL used it as well.

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In over two decades of using cell phones, I have never once had a button be the point of failure. How about manufacturers focus more on batteries that last well for more than two or three years and issue timely security updates for well over three years (a lot of them start severely slowing down on the frequency of… Read more

Ehhhhhh. This seems unnecessarily expensive and not great from a user perspective. I often use the volume buttons without taking my phone out of my pocket. I hope they leave the silent mode switch. Something purely haptic won’t work as well. Read more

I wonder how this will work with cases. Conductive inserts? Read more