aaaaand it's down again
Readit Newsthadjo commented on Addressing GitHub’s recent availability issues github.blog/2023-05-16-ad... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
I'm seeing a message to download the page on safari and a 403 on Chrome. Anyone else?
thadjo commented on The bottom is dropping out of Netflix pajiba.com/tv_reviews/the... · Posted by u/bryanrasmussen
I unsubbed for two major reasons:
1. Netflix is boring
2. Their recommendation algorithms didn't solve 1.
The root cause of it all is their odd focus on expensive originals over third party content. Their catalogue is just not deep enough if you remove all the subpar content. Before using Netflix I engaged in massive piracy for over ten years, and I'm considering it again - this time in smaller amounts, because I don't have that much free time anymore.
Came here to say the same. I cancelled two months back and I really don't miss it. On the other hand if HBOMax hiked their prices to $30/mo I wouldn't blink.
For me I associate the big red "N" with bad content. So when I open Netflix and see the red "N" plastered on every thumbnail the algo serves up, I immediately wanted to close the app. I eventually felt tired of batting away their originals to find good content so I unsubscribed.
I don't know how many other people actually feel the same way, but it seems pretty clear to me that their subscriber base doesn't like Netflix's original content as much as Netflix does.
pretty wild how these outages are basically just tolerated now. folks just get some coffee refresh HN a dozen times and then resume work when it comes back online. no huge uproar, no exodus from GH
The status page appears to be down now as well.
yep I'm seeing that too - wow.
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obligatory comment about status page showing seas of green: https://status.aws.amazon.com
Instead there is a lot more interest in using green hydrogen for industrial purposes or as a key building block for cleaner fuels like methanol. Currently green hydrogen is expensive to make and sucks to transport. But it will likely get a lot cheaper to produce in the next 10 years and you can convert it into fuels that are easier to transport.
There is recent episode of Volts that interviews a startup trying to do this: https://www.volts.wtf/p/making-shipping-fuel-with-off-grid#d...