XTL

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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Why did the reuse old master tapes?

Money. Or the perception that there isn't money to be gained from the replication and maintenance of the archives.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Paper doesn't last, is hard to store, and the information density is miserable.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

And for bigger data sets, the capacity isn't there. And writable media is getting more rare. Probably because of the same reason.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

That's of course followed by putting in a strong dictator who makes it all work

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Probably literally billions are saying he should be in prison.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Might be the usual confusion about local emissions and particles or something.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It would be so cool to have an actual functional system for expelling the worst of us

There is, but somehow death sentences are kind of controversial.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 months ago

You can be sure the world has never heard of whatever that is.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As a post this contains nothing but a headline and a link. It is a bad post unless you're only interested in the link. There isn't even any relevant discussion or comment from OP.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

That's right. Got my words mixed.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There aren't, really. There are a few antiques and half baked things.

A big problem is that these days, unless you're the size of Apple or Samsung, it's impossible to get a reasonable hardware soc and modem other than one which only runs a soon obsolete blob laden android which is going to be EOL before you've even finished your design.

The hardware is not there. The firmware/hw data/platform isn't there even to begin OS work with. And there's a global shipping, regulation and mobile operator hell waiting on the other side. And a product lifecycle that's only a few years long.

Yes, I've worked for phone manufacturers.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

My first thought was "imagine if Putin could have afforded her".

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