thevagrant

Check your settings. I experienced the same until I altered Apple TV settings that fixed Disney+. If I recall, the setting was Match content or Match dynamic range (not near tv right now to confirm exact name)

The book "Commodore: A company on the edge" covers a bit about early MOS. It was quite fascinating. Worth a read if you are interested in the era.

Its amazing what Chuck Peddle accomplished

Solution for my kids was buy or borrow whatever books they show interest in.

If they like reading comics, then get a stack of comics.

I allowed them to stay up later (if they want) but the condition is that time only can be used for reading. They really enjoyed that and it helped.

In time they traded the comics to fiction novels and their reading ability kept improving. They now get books from the library on their own and read quite a lot for their age. No parental pressure needed, they are addicted.

It's a shame. I'd happily take good books (low cost or free) but storage and shelf space is the problem.

I used to imagine running some kind of second hand book business (non profit) when I retire. Sad that these days it may not be feasible.

At the time, Sega did ok marketing the dreamcast. They had a huge line up of titles. It was almost everything one could ask for.

The issue was Sony released the PS2 a year later and convinced almost everyone it was far superior with the emotion engine.

Most people I knew at the time were convinced PS2 was next coming of Jesus and worth waitng for. Few people had multiple consoles, so Sega really got crushed by the competitive market and accumulated losses from their past mistakes.

That's pretty cool. Are you on target to ship?

I would also recommend writers to keep their digital books up to date and current. The book should not be considered finished the day it is released.

Jeff Geerling gave his devops books away (free) on multiple occasions. I chose to pay for them as he kept working on and improving them well after release.

If more writers took this approach, the quality would increase.

Those are two separate issues.

A tariff helps balance the playing field for US manufacturing and does not try to solve the hacked car scenario

US needs manufacturing and tariffs unfortunately are in part necessary

Ok,happy to be wrong in that case. I'm not sure where I read buybacks can be manipulated so I won't speculate further.

I've heard that buybacks can be weighted toward purchasing stock back from management and staff before buying back from the market.

If this is true, then I'd prefer dividends. I can put the capital in another company if I choose.

Buybacks seem like another lever to help management class cash out as a company starts to slump.

That does not sound correct. Sun exposure is still linked to melanoma risks. Regular sun exposure does increase protection (due to melanin in skin?) but doesn't remove the risks.

Being active in the sun for long period in New Zealand or Australia for example would put you at higher risk for melanoma due to higher UV exposure

In the case of infants, sometimes their ability to break down bilirubin is reduced. small amounts of sun exposure could be recommended

My understanding is when children are born they may get put under a uv light for this. Your grandparents knowledge may be prior to modern treatment

Panzer Dragoon made it to 1st gen Xbox iirc.

Saturn and following on, the Dreamcast were quite good and deserved more success.

It's probably too late but Mozilla should have pushed on with FF OS or some kind of operating system strategy.

By now they could have had it on large market of cheap phones with an app store to give some revenue. The phones with USB C could be a basic PC, like they envisioned in design concepts back in 2010.

Add slick, basic desktop to growing market of raspberry pi like devices... they'd have integrated their browser everywhere.

The chance to offer a phone that is also a PC is something no companies want to offer. They can't risk cannibalizing their existing products.

Mozilla should have done it.

Anyone curious and don't know my reference, search for 'mozilla seabird concept pico projector'

Is there any alternative archive?

That's what I was getting at but didn't articulate it well enough.

I'd pay per title if the prices were reasonable. It does seem like a missed opportunity. I know plenty of people in their 40s who'd more likely slap money on retro titles than they would on any new game.

I don't know why apple can't just make an exception for Mozilla and call it a day.

PCBoard was great. The documentation and ability to extend it was amazing. I remember when the company shut down. I felt quite sad about it. The BBS culture was interesting. The anticipation of dialing in and sending a message, then dialing back to vheck for a reply, only to realise you might be tieing up a line preventing a reply from being written.

Internet forums never were quite the same to me.

Sega made a Genesis mini a few years back with 40 games.

Would be great if they made a console that let you play most games from master system, genesis, saturn to dreamcast.

My point is that the client has been given a mixture of plug-ins, some free and some licensed. Not all are designed / architected in a manner to be modified or extended. It can be a mess.

The plugins don't always upgrade easily or work well together in the future.

Wordpress is ok for some situations, I'm not against using it. I've seen enough times where it's been used and another solution Django or Drupal may have been a smarter long term option.

They often get handed a website in wordpress with a bunch of random plug-ins that break during future updates (or require ongoing license payments they didn't anticipate) The plug-ins being a mixture of free and proprietary that can't be easily extended to add features

As a big fan of the BBC Micro:

When I heard of the BBC micro:bit, I was hoping for a raspberry pi like device with the software of the original BBC Micro.

Anyone know if that's available?

Exactly. Many places I've seen pick wordpress only to realise it isn't working. they go to another agency who recommends them a new website in.. wordpress.

They could have stayed with Drupal. V9 and 10 are much improved

I can't agree at all. At least Apple patch some issues on older unsupported devices. It is likely they have some reasons for choosing what to patch and when. e.g risk assessment, knowledge of what exploits are occurring etc. They have teams constantly working at this.

Android on the other hand has a lot of devices with no patches at all. Pot luck and pray that Google saves the negligent manufacturers via play store patching.

If someone has to choose between the two (using an outdated phone), it's sensible to stick with Apple.

I myself use android and still recognize what Apple does right.

I noticed recently when repairing my taps that rubber seals had degraded and touching them left black sludge on my hands

Amusingly, this is exactly something that happened to me (cleaning the yard and overgrown trees then not allowed in the house)

It's easy to judge without knowing the situation.

I can assure you, I am empathetic as are the rest of the family. The person in my life (my father) is not forced to do anything and they continue to do as they please. They don't want help, so we do not pressure them needlessly.

I believe people have their habits and we must accept them to an extent. Unfortunately sometimes ones way of living can negatively affect others close to them. My mother is the one who had to live with this. She is the one most deserving of sympathy.

I did write my original comment in a distant and judgmental tone. It was to write what I had observed through experience about the behaviors related to hoarding.

It may sound negative but, my father is my father. I don't dislike him.

I think the brains ability to organize items becomes overwhelmed. hence you get this strange situation like you described.

They don't seem to be completely aware to the problem of decay (water damage, perishable item mixed with valuable item etc).

Perhaps their brain remembers the 'original state' of the item and glosses over the decay happening in front of their eyes.

That's fair, I'm not saying it's their daily persona. It is what happens when family try to intervene. I agree it may not be the same for every individual