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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I feel like you will appreciate it when I say that this song was crap-tastic!:-)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Listen here young'un, back in my day the only thing that would randomly fall from the sky was bird poop - and we liked it that way!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Trevor's standup specials are all really good, both before and after he came to America. He has a strong act, talking about his personal life and responses to that.

But he wasn't as good a fit in a team environment talking about mainstream American matters, except ironically when the show was "over" for the day and he talked more in his personal voice again. I strongly hope to see him land somewhere else where I can enjoy him again - I'd definitely keep following his comedy specials.

Though nothing compares to Jon Stewart being back in the saddle again!!! 🎉 🤩

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Afaict he is the last "investigative journalist" left in America, though he is biased himself, yet who else comes close that amount of depth?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Tbf, those are some big shoes to try to fill:-) (I mean, not like, literally... but you know what I mean!)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

USA bias strikes again! :-P

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Unfortunately it's only slated to last until the election results... though this is one time that I hope things do not go as planned!:-P

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not a terribly accurate portrayal... (cop was way too accurate, not involving bystanders, and actually bothered to clean up the mess!)

[–] [email protected] 57 points 8 months ago (11 children)

At the same time, his leaving was also a success story in itself. He had all the money he ever needed in life, he was at the top of his game except just was exhausted working that continual grind, and was feeling his age so unlike e.g. any member of Congress, decided to voluntarily relinquish his power in order to create room for new people to step up, while he went on to blaze entirely new pioneer territory outside of mainstream TV, which was quite a risk even for someone like him. Wow... what a class act! 😍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

My thoughts about Netflix are the same: I am less than happy about the content - which is beyond their control - but very happy with the apps that they offer that is totally within their control.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

What could go wrong with creating a treasure trove of data that AI miners would do anything to get their hands on?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Tbf Netflix barely managed to accomplish it either, at the start, so it must have been an extremely difficult task. Internet speeds, and more importantly reliability, were huge obstacles, but far more so were the labyrinthine rules and regulations of dealing with the content providers, which are still the top obstacles to people enjoying watching television entertainment today.

This video about it basically launched John Olivier's career in his at-the-time new show Last Week Tonight. If you don't want to watch it all, fast-forward to 4:08 and look at that graph, showing how Netflix was taken hostage from the ISPs for a few months until they caved and paid the additional premiums demanded (as he called it, a "mob shakedown") - though you really may enjoy watching the rest of it after that! (warning to any capitalists that watch it: you might not be by the time you get to the end...:-P)

So... I think I disagree with your language: it wasn't just that they "didn't" so much as they simply "couldn't" manage to get it done, maybe b/c they were not willing to be shitty enough? :-P

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