The article is kinda weird.
Author is most probably suffering from mouse but blames keyboard.
As an argument article against modern keyboards describes physical parameters (like distance between rows of keys) of typewriters.
And the schematics of hand positioning while using keyboard - they're just unrealistic. Mostly because it's really hard to even place your hands that way without training.
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Why there are papers on the floor near each table on the photo in the article?
grimskin commented on Microsoft's eBook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM wired.com/story/microsoft... · Posted by u/fogetti
Did you pick 1984 because ironically it was once wiped from all kindles?
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18am...
I'd like to be devil's advocate here - in case of Orwell books, given that publisher had no rights for them, the situation is similar to the selling of stolen goods.
grimskin commented on Earbuds are bad for your hearing onezero.medium.com/why-ai... · Posted by u/bra-ket
Or more accurately reworded (but less exciting) loud music is bad for your hearing. Many people choose earbuds that are not isolating intentionally because they want to be aware of their surroundings and thus don't increase the volume to compensate.
I'd say it's just another iteration of "headphones will kill your ears". The same stuff was around when walkmans became a thing.
grimskin commented on Apple’s $9 engineering marvel no one wants (2017) misfra.me/2017/12/12/appl... · Posted by u/wheresvic1
> nor charge an iPhone from a Mac using the cables that come with the devices.
Portable Macs, sure. But USB-a charging ports are everywhere now - powerboards, wall outlets etc. If apple included a type-c to lightning cable you/someone would complain it doesn’t work with those.
Well, you see, this is about products from one brand being able to work as one ecosystem - what we had previously and what we've lost.
Before I had to upgrade my work laptop, when I've got to the office I could just plug my headphones from phone to laptop and that's it - now I have to keep additional ones.
Phone battery run low - I could've just plugged it into a laptop with one cable - now I have to use adapter/charger.
Before all that, if you had to replace your phone/tablet/laptop - you just did that and everything was working as before. Now you have to buy adapters to connect one apple device to another. And don't get me started on travelling.
grimskin commented on EU to move ahead with cultural quotas for streaming services techcrunch.com/2018/09/05... · Posted by u/Kemet
Netflix already offers only a fraction of its US titles in EU member states.
And you'd be surprised. The UK, France, and Germany combined already outproduce America in terms of movies [1] (quality may be a different story, of course).
I am indeed surprised, thanks for the link. So, it's definitely doable. But still, it will require investments just to keep existing entries available.
grimskin commented on EU to move ahead with cultural quotas for streaming services techcrunch.com/2018/09/05... · Posted by u/Kemet
> I don't understand. Do the Dutch hate their own programmes? Why would they bother making shows they don't want to watch?
Same reason any culture creates art, by choice. Not all art has to be accepted (or forced) and many times the value to its creator and/or a small subset of patrons is enough to justify it.
>> if your culture is so great France and Germany you wouldn't need these subsidies. Netflix is not a public broadcaster.
> I'm not sure they need them, just that it helps promote it
I added more context to the original quote. I assume the original poster didn't mean "subsidies" as financial assistance, but instead misused the word to mean restrictions on foreign content. I think most agree grants for the arts have value due to some forms of art being unsustainable on their own.
> I assume the original poster didn't mean "subsidies" as financial assistance
I, obviously, have no idea what original poster meant but forcing streaming services to buy local titles is, basically, financial assistance.
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grimskin commented on EU to move ahead with cultural quotas for streaming services techcrunch.com/2018/09/05... · Posted by u/Kemet
> 30% for each country seems really high to me.
The article misstates what the proposal actually says. It's a quota of 30% on "European works". The term is defined in Article 1 (1) (n) of Directive 2010/13/EU [1], which the proposal seeks to amend; it includes works originating in the member states, works originating in countries that are parties to the European Convention on Transfrontier Television, and works coproduced based on agreements between the EU and third countries. (There is an additional provision ensuring that the movies are actually produced mainly in these countries and not just through letterbox companies having a legal presence there.)
So, Netflix can definitely offer French movies to Belgian viewers in order to fulfill their quota or British movies (even after Brexit, the UK will remain a party to the European Convention on Transfrontier Television) to Irish viewers.
An overview on the state of the legislation can, as with most EU legislation, be found on the European Parliament's legislative train website [2].
[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:...
[2] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-connec...
Ok, let's say that any title made in EU will suffice for every EU member. Still, for every 100 non-EU (basically, US) titles Netflix would need to get 50 EU titles. And I don't think that amount of movies/series/etc produced in US is only twice as big as in EU.