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I acknowledge that these devices are subsidized by ads. However, roku shows you ads but they are off to the side and don’t impact the experience of using the device.
FireTV devices are so aggressive with their ads and terrible UI that I’m fully off them (I actually still have 1).
Hey Amazon, I was a HUGE advocate for you. I help setup countless older family/friends devices for them. I told them that FireTVs were the devices to have.
I have moved 100% to roku. The reason for this that you’re UI is ads 1st and apps 2nd. If you’re redesigning I beg and plead that you take a good look at what Roku is going right. You could do it better and fully whip them out (I hope not because competition is good).
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Startup Is Ready to Start SurgeryEnglish3·1 year agoI feel like this isn’t a fanboy situation. If he actually goes through will this and people get fucked up the hammer will fall hard and fast.
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Startup Is Ready to Start SurgeryEnglish732·1 year agoThis really might be the one that gets him. It’s one thing when self driving doesn’t quite work right or when that tunnel project gets abandoned. If they install these things and people get seriously hurt (I know cars can hurt people) it’s going to be a shit storm.
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Ziply Fiber launches 50-Gig residential service for $900 per monthEnglish7·2 years agoI haven’t looked into point to point wireless in a few years. Seems like this could be a use. One person pays and then blasts that connection to the whole neighborhood.
Otherwise there is zero residential need for these speeds.
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Google Fiber is getting outrageously fast 20Gbps serviceEnglish3·2 years agoWhat does “will get upgraded” mean here. I have google fiber on the 1gig plan. I pay $70 a month and they email nearly weekly asking if I’ll upgrade to the 2gig for $100. 1gig is plenty for me but if I can take 20gig for $70 I guess I’ll take the upgrade.
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Google Fiber's 20Gbps Internet to Arrive by Year's End for Select Residential UsersEnglish2·2 years agoSame. And they send me an email every few weeks to see if I’ll upgrade to 2gig. I pretty damn happy with just the 1gig. I can’t imagine what I’d do with 20gig.
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•People talk about ideas being living things. How can we do better at cultivating and propagating ideas that are helpful / sustainable?3·2 years agoNot sure this is what you’re asking but it’s a thought I have had.
Let take a creative job like writing for a tv show. They will hire writers that have various background and they will pull from them with interesting scenarios and ideas.
I always though that there is a nearby endless amount of random people just going about their life that might have amazing ideas for shit. They will never be a tv show writer because their an accountant or a teacher or whatever. However, they might have a ton or even one really great idea.
Me and my wife like to get high and pitch ideas back and forth. When we have a good one we put into a google doc. They’ll never see the light of day but I’m sure I’d the right person had access to them they could make them into something great.
I guess my point is there is a huge untapped creative bucket of “regular people”.
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Google Fiber goes big with 20-gig planEnglish1·2 years agoI’m all for insane early adopters to iron out kinks I’d stuff like this. I’m sure we’ll need these speeds at some point but I can’t imagine the average people will in the 15-20 years.
I’d say this is more bandwidth then my entire road would need in total.
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Google Fiber goes big with 20-gig planEnglish3·2 years agoI’m all about thinking ahead but this seems insane. Really struggling to think of a home use need this these speeds.
I run a relatively small server for family and friends and I haven’t moved to 2gig plan because even that seems like overkill.
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is an musical instrument would you like to know how to play?3·2 years agoMy father in law in an AMAZING machinist. I should mention to him to see what he could do with it.
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is an musical instrument would you like to know how to play?5·2 years agoI have a deep love for Halloween season. I always wanted to get a waterphone. They are just a little to expensive for something that would 100% be a novelty.
I found this tread on that old site where it seems like others are experiencing the same as me. Doesn’t look like there was any resolution…
Tandybaum@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billionEnglish41·2 years agoI still want to see a badass version of the Kim Dotcom whole fiasco
Thanks. I’m all up to date on phone and app updates so it’ll be weird if this is a me thing.
Do you have a bunch of music? Wondering if it just does the first 12 letters or something.
You mean you’re able to get to white zombie from within CarPlay, right?
Boom, still got it
I can’t believe there isn’t a good HTPC OS that can handle launching Netflix, prime, plex, whatever.
I haven’t used Kodi in a few year but at least then Kodi and the big apps didn’t play well together.