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Cable vs streaming tech? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

These are all really good answers, but yours really nailed it for me. Such a fascinating development and change in infrastructure. Thank you for such a well thought out and informed reply.

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Cable vs streaming tech? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I've never known cable providers of failures to broadcast live TV in its history. MASH (not live) amongst many others had 70-100+ million viewers, many shows had 80%+ of the entire nation viewing something on its network without issue. I've never seen buffering on a Superbowl show.

Why do streaming services suffer compared to cable television when too many people watch at the same time? What's the technical difficulty of a network that has improved over time but can't keep up with numbers from decades ago for live television?

I hate ad based cable television but never had issues with it growing up. Why can't current 'tech' meet the same needs we seemed to have solved long ago?

Just curious about what changed in data transmission that made it more difficult for the majority of people to watch the same thing at the same time.

[Meme] Which movie was this for you? in c/movies@lemm.ee

[–] betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I love me some bad movies!

Hey Lemmy give me an album to listen to in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow One of the greatest albums of all time. If you like Dilla and DOOM that's the only logical choice.

China hacked Verizon, AT&T and Lumen using the FBI’s backdoor in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Same. The OP article is interesting, but was hoping for more than a few wiki links of past instances. Is there more verifiable evidence for this instance? Don't doubt the claim, just curious.

Trump election conspiracist Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison by Colorado judge in c/politics@lemmy.world

Astronauts stranded in space due to multiple issues with Boeing's Starliner — and the window for a return flight is closing in c/space@lemmy.world

[–] betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This also might be the thing the first astronauts warned us about a private space industry. Sure, they can innovate faster and cheaper, but not as safely. There's a 60 minutes interview with musk crying because his astronaut idols didn't see eye to eye with him on privatizing space.