[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 112 points 8 months ago

There are a bunch of free channels on the internet that some TVs can just stream without a dedicated app. These channels are supported by ads like cable/whatever channels, but not locked behind a subscription. VLC is supporting whatever formats they use to allow (or make it easier; IDK) people to watch them if they want.

The other part is that they're working on web assembly to allow sites to use VLC as their embedded video player.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 101 points 9 months ago

The scary part is presenting it as a fucking privacy feature with no consequences.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 105 points 9 months ago

"Frankly, Kimmel’s fake requests were funny, but what he did was clear violation of copyright law,”

How?

Cameo sounds like work for hire to me. You pay, it's yours.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 127 points 10 months ago

If you're actually expecting people to transition without asking for help on a regular basis, you don't know people.

You just made yourself their IT guy for life.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 69 points 10 months ago

No shit.

It's never been a secret what incognito mode does. Websites have always still been able to do whatever they want with your traffic, because the browser doesn't control that in any way.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 73 points 10 months ago

Suits like this should permanently get everything you own, including subsidiaries and parent companies, placed in the public domain immediately.

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One day after a mutual parting with the most decorated NFL head coach in history, the New England Patriots hired the man to succeed Bill Belichick. Jerod Mayo is set to become the 15th head coach in franchise history, according to league sources briefed on the matter who were not authorized to discuss it publicly.

An introductory press conference to formalize the move is expected for the middle of next week.

Mayo, 37, will become the NFL’s youngest head coach. His ascension has been long planned. The team never reached out to a single other person for the role, including hot names like Jim Harbaugh, Mike Vrabel or even Ben Johnson, per league sources.

The Patriots wrote into his contract last January that Mayo would succeed Belichick as the next head coach. Because they did that and because they communicated that with the league, they were not required to conduct a full coaching search following the Rooney Rule.

Even when well-known candidates became available this week, Robert and Jonathan Kraft stuck with their plan. They’ve been confident for over a year that Mayo will make a good head coach, and they didn’t deviate from that plan this week.

In March, Robert Kraft said that Mayo had “no ceiling” on his ability to coach. He called him an “heir apparent.”

Now the Patriots are just finalizing what they’ve long planned.

Why were the Patriots not required to interview anyone?

The Patriots were able to hire Mayo so quickly because of language in Mayo’s contract that was unknown before Thursday evening and because of stipulations in the league’s anti-tampering policy and Rooney Rule, which typically requires teams to conduct in-person interviews with at least two external minority candidates.

When the Patriots re-worked Mayo’s contract last year to entice Mayo to turn down head coaching interviews elsewhere, they established in writing that Mayo would be the successor to Belichick. They then communicated that with the NFL.

A condition in the Rooney Rule and anti-tampering policy allows teams to bypass the typical interview process if they establish in writing a succession plan and communicate that with the league before the start of the season. Three teams have made use of this provision before: the Baltimore Ravens in hiring general manager Eric DeCosta, the Indianapolis Colts in hiring former coach Jim Caldwell and the Seattle Seahawks with former coach Jim Mora Jr.

So the Patriots knew all along that they wanted Mayo to succeed Belichick. And they didn’t deviate from that plan even with big names like Harbaugh and Vrabel on the market. — Chad Graff, Patriots staff writer

Why do they like Mayo so much?

Simply put, everyone seems to gravitate toward Mayo. Mayo was drafted by Belichick with the No. 10 pick in 2008, then went on to be a team leader as a linebacker. He entered a locker room fresh off the team’s 2007 undefeated regular season that was filled with star players — and quickly earned their respect, becoming a captain his second season. When he was injured toward the end of his career, Mayo grew close with Steve Belichick, Bill’s son, and studied film with him.

He didn’t initially enter coaching after retiring as a player in 2015, opting to explore other interests including in business. But Belichick lured Mayo back because he was so impressed with Mayo as a player and thought Mayo had a calling to be a football coach. Now, it seems the 37-year-old is poised to succeed Belichick. — Graff

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 100 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is leading an investigation into the incident, said pilots had reported pressurisation warning lights on three previous flights made by the specific Alaska Airlines Max 9 involved in the incident.

As bad as it is if a manufacturing issue caused a piece to fall off an airplane, there's a huge amount of negligence in an airline continuing to fly an airplane that has triggered pressure warnings multiple times without investigating and resolving the issue.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 92 points 11 months ago

They already fucking do.

They just pretend pre-roll trailers aren't ads.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 71 points 11 months ago

reportedly cost the studio roughly $42.6 million dollars to make, with a net profit hitting over $49.7 million. Approximately $7 million past the breakeven point,

That's not what profit means.

Their complete butchering of the basics makes it really hard to take their analysis of cash flow seriously.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 86 points 1 year ago

Absolutely insane.

I can understand extreme cases, like some sort of disputed IP where their contact to sell the content turns out not to be with the actual rights holder, resulting in no longer serving the content (with an unconditional full refund). But past that they should be legally required to host the content until the heat death of the universe.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 68 points 1 year ago

"Selling shares before the announcement" was a pretty egregious misrepresentation. He has scheduled pre-registered sales on a regular basis because he gets paid partly in stock.

It was always going to be relatively soon after a sale of stock.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 83 points 1 year ago

Imagine competition being a bad thing. Is anyone complaining that there are too many laptop choices?

Steam opening SteamOS to other handhelds would be huge, though. Windows is painful.

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