CommentRe:Fees (Score 2)42
How do they make any money if most of the transactions don't incur a fee?
The cost of processing any of these transactions infinitesimally small. If they charge 2% of all transactions over 2000 rupees and let's just say there are a billion transactions per month over that limit (a small percentage of the total transactions processed) and they average 3000 rupees, they are making 60 billion rupees per month (nearly 700 million USD/mo). They're doing OK.
CommentRe: The next step (Score 1)141
CommentPotentially unexpected AI response (Score 2)40
CommentTerrible Idea (Score 1)70
Also, I'm surprised they don't just allow it to listen in on the computer's Mic 24/7 for a wake word/phrase like "Hey, Clippy..."
CommentRe: Translation (Score 1)149
CommentYes, of course. (Score 4, Insightful)73
We prefer slight amounts of deviation. We like a little imperfection because this gives life to the sounds, and that is attractive to us...
Of course. That's why live performances by people who can actually sing are generally way better than auto-tuned studio recordings. It's also why things like microtonality are played with in a lot of music.
CommentRe:Of course they're dying (Score 1)142
Around here, a single POTS line will run you as much as $400/month.
We had a single POTS line for our alarm system that AT&T went from charging us $40/mo to over $1400/mo in a matter of two years until we convinced our alarm company to switch the alarm system to cellular. Crazy.
CommentRe:Machinegun Cinematography (Score 1)48
Like it or not, nominations generally happen for above average films with above average acting, directing, etc. Of course, every now and then they'll thrown in a Top Gun - Maverick, which had no business being nominated even if it was entertaining. It was schlock and although I quite enjoyed it, it was 99% due to nostalgia.
CommentFirst it was onlyfans (Score 2)60
CommentMoon (Score 1)42
CommentRe: NGL, NGL (Score 2)50
The second one is a more recent purchase. Itâ(TM)s a 32â Google smart cast TV we got a year or two ago for fairly cheap to put in our basement with an elliptical machine so we could pass the time better while exercising. That TV is hot garbage. I have since replaced it with a 4K TCL with Roku built in that is a great little TV.
CommentRe: Second wave (Score 2)78
CommentRe: Private as in not public (Score 2)133
⦠proof of a political or ideological motive is a necessary condition for the authorities to classify the facts as "terrorist" rather than "the act of a crazy man".
Skin color plays a larger role than âoeproof of a political or ideological motiveâ in how any given attack is described, at least in the US.
CommentRe: Do not use PleX (Score 2)22
My family has grown quite comfortable with plex. I have a HDHomerun and a lifetime plex pass for the LiveTV/DVR functionality. Works great. I started going through all my CDs and ripping them onto it in hopes of dropping my Spotify subscription and using Plexamp for music instead.
But if they were to automatically switch me to a public profile and put my & my familyâ(TM)s media consumption habits up online for anyone to view, Iâ(TM)d have to drop plex. Guess itâ(TM)s time to investigate jellyfin & emby again.