Yeah.... I totally respect that China doesn't want to support any of the sides in Russias aggression against Ukraine.
So let's fucking do this the Russian way by using proxies when purchasing products and services from China. China doesn't seem to have any problems with that.
Or does it all boil down to that China "unofficially" supports Russia?
Yeah.... I totally respect that China doesn't want to support any of the sides in Russias aggression against Ukraine.
So let's fucking do this the Russian way by using proxies when purchasing products and services from China. China doesn't seem to have any problems with that.
Or does it all boil down to that China "unofficially" supports Russia?
I don't know how to feel about this.
On the one hand, it's cool that they pushed old electronics way beyond the known limits, but on the other hand is 120p really an accomplishment?
Even my old Commodore 64 from 1982 was able to produce around 400p when pushed to the limit (I know progressive wasn't thing on tvs then. I'm simplifying things to not end up on a side quest here). The norm was 200p and exploring how far the electronics could go in that resolution would be far more interesting in my opinion.
If we're just focusing on framerate, I'm pretty sure it would be possible to reach over the kHz limit with 1p.
Essentially it would be possible to run 1p led-aray at 1MHz or more...
Google has worked hard to break up Microsoft's monopoly and Windows-Office lock in effect. The way Google designed Android and the eco system around it pushed out the model where you fully own your device. ("own" as in be in full control of what you bought).
Nowadays people are used to get things for the price of their personal data and/or spending half of the time using their device by watching ads.
As I see it, Microsoft has just adjusted their offering on the consumer market to what people are used to today.
Goldman Sachs is overhyped and unreliable.
I have the same experience as you do, but there's a reason that the big ISPs continue to be big: The majority of customers seems to prioritize a lower price than a better level of support.
(Also, I'm not just talking about ISPs. I meant customer support in general and how the view has changed from "keeping a customer is much cheaper than gaining one" to "cattle, cattle, cattle. If we lose one, there's hundreds to gain".)
Nice try. But let's play with the thought that there's no way we can let a rookie listen in on customer calls and gradually work their way into the role until they have enough experience.... What about hiring technicians/professionals that has been working with the products/services for 10 years?
That would be a way of getting competent customer support people, right?
And just to clarify my comment that you replied on: The problem today is that most often there's no career path for the customer support rookies and the pay is so lousy that most people just work customer support until they get something better.
That's definitively the correct way to avoid getting experienced people in the customer support.
Unpopular opinion and rant: Us, the consumers, brought this on ourselves. Not intentionally but it was a slippery slope.
No one I know did ever ask the sales representative "does your customer support answer within 5 minutes and will I always reach a representative with att least 10 years of experience, that has the authority to make real decisions?". No, but we were all very interested about the pricing of the service/product.
Then these "Please press 1 for...." happened.... and no one of us really cared about the change because the service providers offered a much lower price than the ones with customer support representatives with 20 years of experience. Since all of us went for the cheapest provider, the other ones had to cut cost to be able to offer their service on a competitive price level. So then there were no one offering competent support with representatives that knew their shit. And it slowly continued to go downhill...
So here we are with shitty services, which we pay for, where we all are treated as cattle.
If people at least started to ask for better customer support there would someone, who wants to climb the corporate ladder, creating a PowerPoint presentation with a real VIP Service Level. Of course it will cost more money, because real people cost money, but we would att least get what we want.
But no. Consumers will still go for the lowest price.
You really don't understand how Blu-ray works, do you?
Regarding Blu-ray as a medium for movies: Sony isn't able do that kind of damage.
Blu-ray Association would go bananas:
That's interesting. My experience is the exact opposite. Do you have any links to information on paying Dropbox customers?
Of course it's clear the China is helping Russia.