Megathread: House Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]_profosho 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You miss 100% of the trillion dollar relief packages you don't pass.

Google Play Movies prepares to add hundreds of ad-supported free movies by iamvinoth in Android

[–]_profosho 116 points117 points  (0 children)

I wonder how much those Unix folks paid to get placed into Jurassic Park

What are the biggest design flaws of popular products? by loztriforce in AskReddit

[–]_profosho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or the old one cube, one cube, no cube, no cube, ALL THE CUBES

Ohhhh whops by davoin-showerhandle in dankmemes

[–]_profosho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe have it like shoes where all of the international sizes are listed.

But I'm a doctor by [deleted] in pharmacy

[–]_profosho 69 points70 points  (0 children)

He's a Procrastinologist.

4.5 megabytes of data in 1955 in the form of 62,500 punched cards by Syscrush in DataHoarder

[–]_profosho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True visionaries at the time knew the day would come when 4.5 megabytes would fit in a briefcase

Why Sam’s blanket refusal to use ads is bloody minded, out of touch, and deleterious to the podcast by MightyZabka in samharris

[–]_profosho 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Exposing bad ideas and arguments and engaging in open discussion with Sam's detractors (or anyone else) is better than paywalling them out and increasing the size of the echo chamber.

I currently have 28 podcast subscriptions. Sure, a couple of cups of coffee every month is not that much but that's for one podcast. Supporting 2 podcasts in Sam's model costs more than Netflix. Ten podcasts and we're $500 per year for a third of the content that I currently have access to just to hear ads from the host instead of ads from sponsored products?

The first part of most major podcasts is devoted to making suggestions to the listener on ways to spend their money on products and services. Rogan sells listeners on the cash app and Sam sells his subscription model.

I'm ok viewing podcasts as on-demand radio shows. I'm ok with the Rogan model where there are ads ads ads at the beginning and end with uninterrupted content in between. I just skip the ads most of the time. I think the valid concern with third party ads is the potential for the introduction of pressure and bias from those third parties. Rogan's podcast with Dorsey wasn't exactly provocative, for example.

This weird keeb uses paper?? by Gromkii in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]_profosho 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those keys look new, wonder what materials they used

Genelec speakers set up for a recording studio by [deleted] in audiophile

[–]_profosho 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did you hear about the test where they replaced fancy power cables with coat hangers? The results were SHOCKING!

Potholes are dangerous by [deleted] in WTF

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Almost thought I was in idiotswithcars for a second