MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
He’s term-limited anyway. Just hope he doesn’t pave the way for Le Pen or some other out and out fascist to take over for him.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
It's to do with licensing fees. Just hosting a show carries a cost for the streamer, and if it isn't driving growth or retaining customers enough to justify that cost, it's going to get cut. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/29/streaming-services-remove-movies-shows-heres-why.html
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
Also a planet-burning machine. They’re very versatile that way.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
Something like a syndication model makes a lot of sense. Certainly more sense than every studio or legacy network trying to operate its own streamer. I also see a lot of potential in FAST services like Pluto, Freevee, and Tubi. Locking old content behind a premium-priced ad-free streamer isn't necessary.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
I read about this in Mary Beard's SPQR. Highly recommend that book if you're just starting out learning about Roman history, particularly Cicero.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 66%
Err, what?
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
I'll add to this family-sized apartments. US building requirements steer developers to studios and 1-beds and make it very hard to fit good 3-bed layouts on a floorplate and away from smaller buildings of any size. A lot of it, actually, comes down to egress requirements that don't allow point-access blocks. Read more here: https://www.larchlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Larch-Lab-PAB_Policy-Brief.pdf
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
If you’re on Apple platforms you can try NetNewsWire. Comes with a Safari extension that you can use to easily add a feed and it syncs with iCloud and/or Feedly. Edit: grammar
Did you all know that you can leave your reader in airplane mode and return a borrowed book early so the next person on the waitlist can get it? As long as you keep your reader in airplane mode, you can still read your book. Also works to keep a book past its due date if you need more time to finish.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
Best to go with chargers with replaceable cables. If you do that, I don't see any reason the charger shouldn't outlive the phone.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
Spacetime is really a wonderful channel. The way they make actual quantum physics comprehensible to normal people is incredible.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
She’s built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
That’s my problem, actually. I very much do not want music bundled with ad-free YouTube. I’d pay a reasonable price for an unbundled version, but the Premium family plan is more than the top-tier Netflix or Max subscription.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
They already sent a legal warning to them but apparently didn’t realize that Invidious doesn’t use their API and never agreed to any terms of service.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
Also Kanopy and Hoopla
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
“Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!”
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
Same for Beehaw.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
Also you can't block communities on Mlem, which is really annoying if you don't want to see all the yiff content
Anchorage, Alaska is considering a dramatic simplification of zoning codes to address their housing shortage. The proposal divides the city into just two residential zones, one for areas with municipal services and one for areas on wells and septic. Not only greater density but also compatible non-residential uses would be permitted.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
I'm 40% (insert thing)
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
Odd-numbered interstates travel north-south, even ones east-west.
Oh and the numbers start in the west and south and get higher the further east and north you go. So the west coast equivalent of I-95 is I-5.
MerrickGreen 1y ago • 100%
On iOS there’s Yattee and you can use Piped on a browser or as a PWA.