You’re not alone.

On a good large screen, 1080p is a noticeable upgrade from 720p.
But the distance you’d have to sit at, to get much out of 2160p over 1080p, is just way too close.
However the High Dynamic Range that comes with 4K formats and releases IS a big difference.

On the other hand, storage is pretty cheep. A couple cents per GB really.
But you’re talking more about bandwidth, which can be expensive.

But yeah. You’re not alone.

I’m stupid. That’s obvious in retrospect. Thank you

What’s TTC?

I tried to look it up and found:
Trying to Concieve with a bunch of Christian advice.
Thinking Theologically Conference which looks like an apologetics workshop.

Neither makes a lot of sense for him to bring back

That was the original idea behind Hulu.
But Netflix had a much better UX and ate their lunch.

That seems like an awfully judgmental rant, for a thread about how nice Star Trek fans are.

Or re-release the same book with a different title.

The issue there is that metal unibody deigns, attenuate RF signal strength. While they can work, it is a tradeoff.

That’s the thinking the article is arguing against.

But I do have an example.
High end polycarbonate prescription lenses for glasses.
The high index, thinnest, lightest lenses, are plastic. Not glass.

Edit: Thinking more, I wonder how much more expensive it would be to use the same polycarbonate material on phones.
It would certainly be stronger and less prone to breaking. With good coatings, it would be just as scratch resistant.
It would offer the same premium look and similar feel as glass. Just lighter.

The filters and music are certainly doable.
I’m not sure the endless scrolling is something that should be emulated.

Gratis versus libre

I was an avid Usenet user, until torrents were invented.
I’ve never needed to go back.

Both feel they are you. And it’s only one point of view, during the time you both exist, that’s lost when one of you dies. The second you persists.

If you have two drive in a RAID 1 array. They have the same data. If one dies, it doesn’t matter. Everything important is preserved without interruption.

But the Starman typing today, doesn’t get to see tomorrow any way. They get replaced by the next Starman.

And that happens naturally all the time.
The person you were yesterday, or even a minute ago, never gets to see who you are now.

Your consciousness is always different. Ever changing. Never fixed.
In fact it’s the change in your consciousness that inspires an change in identity.

They are separate individuals.
They are also the same person.

Identity and individuality don’t need to be linked. Neither is dependent on the other.

Yes. You watch yourself die, and you continue being you.
You’re always doing exactly that already.
Every moment of every day. You replace yourself, with a new self.

But consciousness doesn’t persist through sleeping or anesthesia. It stops, then starts again some time later. The continuity of memory seems persistent to the consciousness, so it can’t really tell the difference. Because it would be impossible for a consciousness to perceive it’s own down time.

And it’s not really accurate to say a new consciousness is created. It would be more accurate to say the same consciousness is recreated.

Yes! Great movie!