• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Can the world just STOP with it’s bullshit already??? Stop with everyday needing to obsess over trump in the news. Stop with finding new, and bizzare uses for AI when it offers no benefit, stop with companies scheming together to collectively cause inflation, stop with corporations buying houses to artificially increase rent, stop with 48% of the nation actively supporting political facism.

    JUST STOP WITH THE BULLSHIT!!! WHY ARE WE DOING ANY OF THIS???

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      5 months ago

      WHY ARE WE DOING ANY OF THIS???

      So people share and promote their coverage, so NBC can sell ad spots.

      If you’re commenting on the story, you’re boosting the story, and that’s exactly what NBC wants.

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      5 months ago

      Were you going to even watch the Olympics on NBC anyhow? Last time it played I tried to watch a few events and it was nothing but ads and profiles of people I don’t care about.

      Like I get you are upset but I don’t know why. For me it’s like hearing some Austrian version of Ticketmaster are being assholes. Ok, I don’t live in Austria and if I did I still probably wouldn’t use whatever version of Ticketmaster they might have there.

      Why is it so important to hear Al Micheals tell you about what you just saw? Do you even have a cable TV subscription?

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        5 months ago

        You don’t need a cable subscription to watch NBC. Just a regular old bunny ears antenna. You could even use one from the 1940s if you want!

        I know not many do, but I even have a lifetime paid subscription to TIVO. So I can just record things whenever, and watch them whenever, without the ads. I never watch live tv…but I watch tv that was recorded as it was live.

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          5 months ago

          You could even use one from the 1940s if you want!

          Assuming your tuner was manufactured later than around 2005 and supports ATSC digital broadcasts. Also makes me wonder when you got your TiVo. I thought they were dead long before everything went digital.

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            5 months ago

            The antenna type doesn’t matter. If you don’t have a 1940s antenna, technically you can use a paperclip. It may not be strong enough to recieve the channel depending on local interference, but it might pick up the station with a strong enough signal. And anyone still using a tv with a tuner made before 2005 already has a tunerbox. Back in 2010 my dad even got one for free from the government.

            Tivo never died. They’re still alive. I got mine in 2012. I estimated it takes 3 1/3rd years for it to become worth it to do lifetime service.

            That was 12 years ago. Although I did have to spend $100 on a new hard drive.

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              5 months ago

              Huh. Didn’t know TiVo was still around.

              We use a Tabo at home. Like TiVo, but primarily for network access from phones/media streamers. Has a similar lifetime subscription too.