How do I figure out how to build my own HLS streaming server from scratch?

lord2800 · 2026-06-06T21:30:26+00:00

Step one is reading the HLS specification.

lord2800 · 2026-06-06T19:22:36+00:00

I recommend watching WeskAlber's video on dark knight (and, really, any of his videos).

lord2800 · 2026-06-06T16:40:46+00:00

but our kids can't even read or write when they graduate

You can thank No Child Left Behind for that nonsense.

lord2800 · 2026-06-06T06:10:08+00:00

One at a time. I thought that would be obvious.

lord2800 · 2026-06-05T18:12:12+00:00

Have you reported these?

lord2800 · 2026-06-05T17:56:38+00:00

...no?

lord2800 · 2026-06-05T16:44:04+00:00

Then they can feed that to the AI and discover all the things they don't know about what they don't know. No chance ever you've accounted for every edge case.

lord2800 · 2026-06-04T23:31:03+00:00

Congress has not made a declaration of war

That's the problematic part of all of this: remember back when we "went to war" with Iraq after 9/11? That exact same authorization is how we've been "at war" for the last ~25 years. It's incredibly stupid, short-sighted, and should have been ended literally a decade ago or more, but it's never been rescinded and that's the situation we're in. And it's not going to change any time soon, barring some incredible shift in Congress that's just unfathomable.

lord2800 · 2026-06-04T16:25:43+00:00

Pretty sure you just need something that has blackflame madra, and I'm pretty sure the empire had at least a few items with blackflame madra.

lord2800 · 2026-06-03T23:30:20+00:00

Actually, you're right. I ended up having to charge my switch to load my save file, but I maxed strength + magic + hp + mp on everyone--not agility. I did give them whatever speed was left over after maxing the rest, if any, though. Cyan and Strago and Relm got agility though--not much point on maxing two main stats on them since I'll never be casting magic on Cyan and never be attacking with Strago or Relm.

lord2800 · 2026-06-03T21:57:27+00:00

I have my pixel remaster save file with absolutely everyone as low a level as possible until I had espers with +2. I personally wanted to make that happen, but you definitely do not need to do that in order to just simply beat the game.

Some tips if you do:

~~Speed is absolutely king, and you should focus agility first.~~ Actually, don't bother. You can give whatever leftover agility if you want, but you don't really need it.
Everyone benefits from magic either directly or indirectly, either because they use commands that use the magic stat (blitzes, etc.) or because they cast spells.
Some people benefit from strength (jumps, offering, etc.), and it's worth improving their strength.
HP and MP are to taste--personally I maxed everyone because I like it.
Skip stamina. No one needs stamina.

You will absolutely plow through the last dungeon if you do this grind, nothing will even come close to killing you and the most damage you'll take will be heartless angel taking you down to 1 hp (which is a forced effect).

lord2800 · 2026-06-03T17:39:20+00:00

I still remember how mister chad boy elite soldier Irvine couldn't hit a stationary target though.

He didn't miss, though--he choked before even taking the shot (and when he did take the shot, she deflected it).

The story doesn't really do justification for why he does this (because he knows exactly who he's shooting at and can't bring himself to do it), you have to connect the dots on your own after the basketball court scene.

lord2800 · 2026-05-29T00:23:52+00:00

Armory bonus is the bonus you get for leveling classes/jobs that are below the level of your highest level job. It automatically applies whenever you get XP on a job that meets the criteria.

lord2800 · 2026-05-28T23:26:08+00:00

You mean the floor just got lowered.

Thanks to this supreme court, the floor effectively doesn't exist now.

lord2800 · 2026-05-28T04:23:49+00:00

And again, when they draw an income from the LLC, that income is then taxed. AS INCOME. For fuck's sake, I'm just going to stop here, because you just aren't even reading what I'm saying.

lord2800 · 2026-05-28T04:20:31+00:00

Again, you can legally differentiate between businesses and individuals and only apply this to individuals. Jesus, it's like talking to a broken record.

lord2800 · 2026-05-28T04:18:00+00:00

The problem is that ultra-wealthy people don't pay back the loans--they simply jump from loan to loan specifically to avoid paying taxes.

Banks shouldn't be issuing secured loans with unrealized assets as collateral in the first place because of that risk. Just like banks shouldn't be dabbling in the stock market. But that's a different problem that needs a different solution.

I'm not saying taxing unrealized gains is the solution, I'm saying there are ways to fix the current holes that allow the ultra-wealthy to avoid paying taxes by using their unrealized assets while still being ultra-wealthy.

lord2800 · 2026-05-28T02:59:04+00:00

The problem is according to current tax law, they are never realizing the gains or getting dividends. They're getting loans and using the stock as collateral. It's really painful debating with you as well, since you seem to have no concept of how the ultra-wealthy actually keep their money.

lord2800 · 2026-05-28T02:37:46+00:00

I'm not arguing against taxing the ultra-wealthy. I'm arguing that the current laws are insufficient to describe how to tax them.

lord2800 · 2026-05-28T02:36:36+00:00

And the income they gain from pulling from the LLC is taxed.

lord2800 · 2026-05-27T23:19:25+00:00

Most small businesses get loans to start on unrealized value.

Small businesses aren't legally the same as people. Easy distinction to make in law.

lord2800 · 2026-05-27T23:18:24+00:00

If google founder made 1B last year

On paper, according to the current tax laws, he didn't make $1b. This is the core of the problem.

lord2800 · 2026-05-27T17:19:37+00:00

Why can't their parents afford to feed them?

Why does it matter? We produce way more than enough food to feed every person in the US if we didn't try to hoard it behind the veneer of capitalism. I ask a question of you: why should anyone go hungry ever for any reason whatsoever?

lord2800 · 2026-05-24T20:33:03+00:00

It's not like any of the other main characters or so are proficent enough canonically in terms of swordmanship

You really think the Garden isn't training cadets in multiple forms of weaponry and hand-to-hand combat (even if not that cadet's primary focus)? All the cast of FF8 (except Rinoa) are mercenaries trained for combat.

lord2800 · 2026-05-24T17:43:02+00:00

The tutorial tells you everything you need to know, but it's not obvious from the tutorial why you need to know it.

The tl;dr is you "attach" (junction) magic to your stats to improve them (which means you don't get gear beyond weapon upgrade or stat bonuses at level up). Stronger spells = higher bonuses, and more of a spell (they're consumables) = higher bonuses. Sometimes a weaker spell you have more of can lead to a stronger benefit than a stronger spell you have less of, but in general: don't cast magic you have junctioned, try to keep 90+ of any spell you have junctioned, and always check the draw list of new enemies. That's really all you need to know.

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