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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • HDHomerun is the commercial solution that is relatively painless assuming you have something that can run a client that supports it

    Open source, you probably want to look at tvheadend and a USB DVB-T tuner (hauppauge still make decent ones I believe) attached as the next most straightforward option, it can take a little bit to get set up but it’s pretty seamless once it is. Same caveat about clients






  • I mean yes, but also no

    The job apocalypse is absolutely not something to forget.

    It’s a much greater threat given it will require us to change the world economic system to one that doesn’t require everyone to have a job to survive. The alternative? Everyone in slums and poverty.

    The media will be desperate to point you to anything other than that because it’s an existential threat to their owners.

    A little surprising to see this from the Guardian given they have a different ownership model to most outlets, but I guess it’s a good reminder that all media will defend money if push comes to shove















  • Creative accounting would just make the margin zero for the purposes of the calculation. It’s a lot harder to magic away total revenue

    Also the purpose of the fine is not intended to be a slap on the wrist, it’s intended to be a strong deterrent to ensure companies do everything they can to ensure the law is followed. Most companies won’t take the risk of skipping compliance on something that could wipe the business out