Comments by "HalfSourLizard" (@halfsourlizard9319) on "How Nebula Works" video.

  1. It's an awesome win for free/open source ... To be fair, though, it doesn't really compete directly with any Adobe product; it's more in the same space as Autodesk's stuff (3ds and Maya).
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  2. Gods use inexplicable magic; humans use mathematics, science, and engineering to make incremental progress.
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  3. It's not that surprising: Compute / storage / bandwidth all become cheaper over time as tech advances.
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  4. Have you ever used an Electron app? They suck.
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  5. You do realise that they control their website that sells lifetime subs ... and can disable that as an option if they've sold the max number that they're willing to ... right?
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  6.  @Gamah1991  Ah, can't say; I mostly listen but don't watch. Assuming that all subs would convert to lifetime is ... dubious!
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  7. Odd argument you're making there: If everyone paid Netflix a large, one-time fee ... they'd have ZERO incentive to maintain quality.
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  8. really, really, really long trunks
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  9. It's amazing how many hard problems can be solved by caching ... and how many hard problems cache invalidation creates.
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  10. Making & testing hypersonic planes, I should imagine!?
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  11. 1) Not everyone is going to buy a lifetime membership. 2) I suspect that somebody's thought through those trade-offs quite carefully ... and they'll stop selling lifetime memberships when they've raised ... whatever number they're trying to raise for current expansion. 3) They're trading 0% equity, which is a better deal than any VC would give them.
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  12. Then ... tough titties!? All investment involves risk.
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  13. Starts with 14.4k!? Wat!? Teletypes were doing like 45baud in the 1950s.
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