#just an internet connection to some streaming service’s server. and if they decide to pull the plug you aren’t getting that media back

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“The only time it’s okay to pirate is when something isn’t available to buy. Otherwise it’s wrong and bad.” Babe how are you going to watch something when it becomes unavailable if people weren’t pirating it before it became unavailable.

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How Latency Affects Gaming and Ways to Improve It

In the realm of gaming, whether casual or competitive, every millisecond counts. The term 'latency' might sound technical, but its impact on your gaming experience is both profound and palpable. Known commonly as 'lag', latency is the time it takes for a signal to travel from your gaming device to the game server and back. The lower the latency, the more responsive and in-sync the game will feel; the higher the latency, the greater the delay, often resulting in a frustrating experience where players feel out of control or out of touch with the actions occurring in the game world. Latency issues can be the bane of online gaming. Imagine playing a fast-paced shooter or a precise strategy game where every action counts. High latency can make your avatar or units appear to stutter across the screen, respond sluggishly to your commands, and in worst-case scenarios, cause you to lose encounters that you otherwise would have won. A delay of a few hundred milliseconds can decide whether you land that critical strike, dodge an enemy attack in time, or execute a perfect racing line. For gamers, particularly those competing at higher levels, ensuring low latency is as crucial as the skills they hone. The inherent challenge with latency is that it is affected by a multitude of factors, not all of which are immediately within your control. Your physical distance from the server, the route your internet connection takes, and the quality of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) all play significant roles. Even within your home network, things like the quality of your router, whether you're using wired or wireless connections, and background network traffic can influence your game's responsiveness. But fear not, there are measures you can take to tame the latency beast. First and foremost is the type of internet connection. Wired connections, such as Ethernet cables, typically provide more stable and lower-latency connections than Wi-Fi. If you're serious about reducing lag, cable up wherever possible. For those tethered to wireless due to logistics, ensure your router is high-quality and appropriate for gaming, often indicated by features that prioritize gaming traffic known as Quality of Service (QoS) settings. In addition to hardware solutions, scrutinize your choice of ISP and their plans. Some providers offer 'gaming' packages designed with low latency in mind, routing traffic in a more direct, uncluttered path to popular game servers. Also, consider tweaking in-game settings; sometimes graphics or network settings can be adjusted to favor speed over visual fidelity. Software, too, can lend a hand. Modern gaming devices and PCs now often come with built-in features or downloadable software aimed at minimizing network latency. These can range from operating system optimizations to specialized gaming overlays. Keep an eye out for updates or patches for both your hardware and games—they may contain improvements for network performance. Finally, remember that network traffic within your home can congest your connection. Multiple devices streaming, downloading, or even just performing large backups can saturate your bandwidth, leading to higher latency. Schedule these activities during downtimes or set up network rules to keep your gaming traffic on the fast lane. While latency is an often-inevitable aspect of online gaming, it's by no means a fixed barrier. With a methodical approach to optimizing your hardware setup, internet plan, and network traffic, as well as making use of gaming-centric tools and services, you can pull the reins on latency. This can sharpen your competitive edge or simply let you enjoy your gaming sessions with the seamless reaction times that developers intended. So, charge forward, intrepid gamer, and may your reflexes—and your connection—be ever swift. Read the full article

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Break Through

Break Through - Kidge Month Day 8 Prompt Fill Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender Pairing: Kidge Summary: Third part that goes along with these: [One, Two]. With leads and intel running out, Keith and Pidge take a break from their Garrison investigations to grab a bite and maybe raise their spirits. Standard Disclaimer: If you read and enjoy this, please give it a like/ reblog so I know if I should write more.

She dragged one hand through her hair and let out a loud, infuriated growl. "How are they doing this?" Her voice came out more as a screech than a shout, which caused her partner to wince a bit. A part of her said she should feel guilty, but the much larger part of her was just pissed. “There’s no way that they’ve upped their security this much in less than two months! I shouldn’t be running into this much trouble trying to track down files!”

"I don't know, but we'll figure it out. We’ve already had smaller breaks in this whole thing," He said, a bit of frustration starting to tinge the edge of his words. He pushed another pin into the cork board they used with more force than necessary, clearly trying to keep a handle on his own irritation.

She glared at him over her shoulder, reaching up to push her hair out of her face. "We've been at this for five weeks and we've gotten almost nowhere!"

He glared back at her before indicating her laptop with one hand. "We know there's a missing audio file; that's a huge step in the right direction!" He glanced back at the cork board to verify where they pin had been placed. It was covered in a maps and photos, with pieces of colored yarn attaching each map to its corresponding photo. She could see the familiar spark of determination in his dark eyes as he observed all they’d discovered so far. "It's only a matter of time before we find it."

She scoffed, feeling no where near as certain as he did. "Unless they completely wiped the hard drive. They wouldn't want potentially damning evidence like that just sitting pretty for someone with a little bit of hacking skill to find. It's a huge liability that they can't afford," She grumbled, closing her laptop and shoving it aside. For as much as she wanted to keep going, a part of her felt so tired. She’d been working tirelessly since two and a half weeks ago, when she’d first found the clue in some confidential emails that there was a final audio log picked up from the Kerberos mission. “The Garrison is run by a bunch of assholes, but they’re clever assholes, Keith.”

Keith stared at her before sighing, setting his hands on his hips and looking down at his boots. "Maybe we need a break to help clear our heads. We can get some food or something,"He suggested, lifting his gaze again to look at her. She didn’t look over at him, though, and instead decided to focus on the tiny hole starting to appear in the old socks she was wearing. "Wanna go to the new Denny's they opened up?"

"Whatever," She sighed, stretching her legs out and getting up.

She toed her sneakers on while she pulled her hair back in a messy ponytail, wanting to just get it over with. Her stomach roiled quietly, clearly thrilled at the idea of food, but she didn’t want to yet. She wanted to stay and work more, try to find an answer. If it was there, surely she could find it with a little more time! But no, just because she was feeling a little frustrated, Keith decided they needed to stop any progress! Did he just not care about the fact that the Garrison was spitting outright lies about what had happened to Shiro, Matt and her Dad? She’d noticed he seemed more interested in whatever strange energy reading he’d been tracing through the desert.

She was silent the whole ride to Denny’s staring at the window, stewing in her resentment at Keith for dragging her out.

Despite it being well after midnight, there was a modest crowd at the restaurant. Not enough people that it looked like they’d need to worry about waiting long for service, but certainly more than she’d been anticipating. Normally when they felt the need for post-dinner-pre-breakfast pancakes, they were the only diners in the place. They had to wait a moment while the server dropped some drinks off at one table before being greeted properly.

He offered them a small smile. He seemed a bit tired, but the smile was still genuine. "Good evening. Just two for you?" He asked as he reached to grab two menus.

"Yes, please. Thanks," Keith said gently. They were led to the dining room and were given a corner booth, with an empty booth between them and another pair of dinners. Pidge immediately scooted in as far over she could, glaring out the window again. While she did that, Keith ordered their drinks and opened his own menu. "You know, sitting there and pouting won't accomplish anything, Katie."

She looked over and glared harder, miffed to find he hadn’t even lifted his eyes from the page to address her. "Maybe if I was at my computer I'd be able to do something,"

"Patience yields focus, you know," He commented casually, tilting his head a bit as he looked over an item. She couldn’t help but roll her eyes at his words and how completely cliche they were. Where had he heard that from, she wondered. The server returned with their drinks and then headed off again at Keith saying they needed more time. She pulled her own drink over and took a sip, unsurprised at the taste of Dr. Pepper. He knew her so well. "Hmm. If I order some mozzarella sticks, would you have some?"

"Where did you hear the hoakey nonsense?" She asked as she stirred her ice with the straw.

He looked confused, finally tearing his gaze from the menu to look at her. "Well, I'm not hungry enough to eat a full meal and a whole order of mozzarella sticks on my own. Plus, I know you like them, too, so it just made sense to ask,"

"What? No, not about the mozzarella sticks," She said, taking another sip before opening her own menu. She may as well figure out what she wanted for herself, too. "That thing you said just now, about patience and what not?"

"Patience yields focus?" He repeated, clearly confused.

"Yeah, that. Where did you hear that from?"

"Oh, Shiro used to say it all the time, when I'd get pissy about stuff with the Garrison. It... It's helped me a lot through this whole situation, remembering what he said back then," He admitted, suddenly seeming uncomfortable. He tore his gaze down, swiped up his water, and started chugging it, as if trying to wash the taste out of his mouth.

"Oh," She trailed off, looking away for a moment before looking back over at him. And, this time, she really looked at him. She had enough time of knowing him to be able to read his subtle gestures. One hand was gripping his water like he was trying to shatter it, the other drumming along the table. His eyes had returned to fix on the menu, but they weren’t registering the words on the page, cloudy with pain. Her own heart lurched, knowing that look and that pain all too well. She looked back down at her drink as shame swallowed her whole. "I'm sorry."

He perked up in surprise and looked at her, blinking rapidly to recompose himself. "For what?"

"You're going through all of this junk, too, and sometimes I forget that. I need to be more aware that I'm not going through this all alone, that you’re trying just as hard as I am,” She admitted, peeking up at him as she spoke.

"It's okay; it's not like I don't occasionally forget myself," He said, offering her a small half-smile in return. Some of the shame wiped away and she squared her shoulders a little bit more as he returned his attention to the menu, turning the page and looking at the dinner options. "When we get back to the house, we should watch a movie or something. Oh, or we could listen to music and just veg out."

“You mean like we used to do on the Garrison roof?” She laughed.

“Yeah, only way better, because we can play the music as loud as we want,” He said with a sly smirk.

“Yeah, but can you even get your stereo up there? Since, you know, you don’t just use streaming sites like the rest of modern society,” She teased, peering over the different breakfast options. She wanted the mozzarella sticks, but pancakes also sounded really good.

He laughed back and took another, smaller sip from his water. “Oh, please! Your streaming sites are only good when you have internet connection. Having a physical copy of the album to use is a great approach; especially with bands or albums that are particularly great,” He retorted.

She opened her mouth to respond before a thought occurred to her, causing her to gasp. “Keith, you genius!” She squealed, reaching across the table to grab his face and pull him closer.

He looked stunned and stared back at her, blinking slowly, before chuckling. “Ah, made you see the light of day?”

“No, what you just said! That it’s good to have a physical copy of something, in case you can’t access it otherwise! That would also be a great approach when dealing with sensitive materials, such as classified files from a computer? Burning a physical copy to keep tucked away somewhere safe, so that you still have a record of it, to maybe assure that people snooping around on your computer can’t find it?” She pressed further, lowering her voice as she spoke her last few words, not wanting to risk being overheard. They hadn’t encountered anyone from the Garrison in their time off base, but she was still a fan of being safe rather than sorry.

He sucked in a quiet breath, eyes widening. “It’s a huge liability they can’t afford, but they also can’t risk not having it, in case of the higher ups wanting it,” He breathed out.

“Exactly,” She hummed, letting go of his face and slumping back in her seat. Her lips turned up in a grin. “Celebratory mozzarella sticks?”

“Fuck it, let’s go all out. Celebratory mozzarella sticks and celebratory milkshakes,” He said with a smirk of his own.

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Big Data From Enterprise AI Will Unleash The New Era Of AI-Driven WAN And AIOps

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Big Data From Enterprise AI Will Unleash The New Era Of AI-Driven WAN And AIOps

Female IT Server Specialist Standing in Data Center. View from Rack Server Cabinet with Cloud Server … [] User Interface Icons and Visualization in the Foreground.

This year, with many enterprise AI initiatives and distributed networking capabilities promising more resiliency, the fourth generation of network infrastructure integrates SD-WAN with AIOps. With Juniper Network’s acquisition of 128 Technology, companies see the future beyond SD-WAN to AI-Driven WANs. As AI-enabled technology generates mountains of Big Data, lowering the cost of infrastructure maintenance and network overhead is a must.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Bob Friday, CTO of MIST Systems, the AI company behind Juniper Network’s Intelligent Network Solutions, such as the Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, WAN Assurance Software, and more. MIST AI is the brain behind Juniper’s AI-Driven WANs and AIOps.

Conversational AI Is Powering AIOps

Conversational AI is not only transforming customer service. It is also changing IT Support. Network Support historically required a handful of network engineers monitoring and supporting a vast amount of network infrastructure. With Enterprise AI initiatives, data and devices multiply exponentially, and WAN innovation has to keep up. 

Bob Friday says, “A few years back, when I was in Cisco, I saw a paradigm shift from managing devices to customers wanting end-to-end visibility. It wasn’t good enough to know that the network was working. But, they really wanted their customer or device to know that the connectivity was good. We decided to build something that can answer questions and manage the networks on par with domain experts. Now, our AI technology is getting to a point where it can answer very difficult questions like, why does a person have a bad internet connection?”

Recently, the industry’s move to SD-WAN was also to lower cost and increase transparency. Support engineers needed a lot more efficient ways to diagnose and troubleshoot problems on the network. AIOps using an AI assistant to monitor and analyze network problems allows for a more proactive support model. 

Bob Friday says, “The other paradigm shift is going from CLI to dashboards. I think right now, networks are getting so complex. These dashboards are even too much data for the average person to deal with. There has to be a better way for Network Support personnel to interact with the network. You want the AI assistant to answer these questions and become a member of the support team.” 

Bob Friday says, “Conversational interface for me was a kind of guidance. It gets rid of the dashboard and provides an easier way to get data.”

Trust Is The Key To Responsible Implementation of Conversational AI Interface

From the beginning, it was apparent to Bob that trust was a big issue in incorporating the conversational AI interface into a network support team’s day to day work. AI is good at spotting patterns and establishing strong correlations. Troubleshooting standard network problems immediately points to strong cause and effect relationships. If a server is down, then chances are you are going to have connectivity problems.

Bob Friday says, “If you hired a new person, you’d ask, how do I trust this person? Our AI assistant has to demonstrate how it got the answer right. You are having connectivity problems because your DHCP server is down. So, you have to present some evidence to gain trust. Why would someone trust the AI assistant any more than a new hire?”

Bob and his team started developing the AI’s capability to figure out time-consuming problems for support personnel.

Bob Friday says, “We’ve gotten to the point now where we can probably 97% accurately detect connectivity on ethernet cables. That’s something that would take a person a long time to figure out. That’s the type of problem for AI to solve.”

The key for AI is the feedback loop that allows it to improve from learning to solve simple problems and solve more challenging problems. Unlike a human engineer, AIOps can collate vast amounts of information from different network nodes quickly to solve a problem.

Bob Friday says, “In the cases where Marvis didn’t quite get the right answer, once the human sees the data, they can say that you got close. It’s a quicker way for the administrator to access the data rather than logging into many machines and going through all of these dashboards. Marvis can get the administrator closer to the solution. ‘Hey, it’s these three things. I found three possibilities.’ Then, the administrator can figure out the rest.”

Trust also comes from the type of data that AI is ingesting. In the network support area, data related to networks are structured data that fits a logical framework. AI can make good decisions based on a logical path of inference. 

Proactive Support Reinforces Accountability

AIOps adds a different layer of transparency to the support model. Historically, IT support had a hard time dealing with vendor infrastructure and software. Now, AIOPs can allow a more proactive diagnosis of potential issues. This proactive environment enforces a new type of accountability.

Bob Friday says, “AIOps is almost vendor-agnostic. Before, you typically had to log into a router or switch to figure out what’s going on. But, now you have AI and all of that data, customers don’t have to wait to tell us there’s a problem. Customers can say that we know there’s bad hardware or software in your network. So, customers don’t have to fight with their vendor to get them to admit there’s a problem. You can just send a bunch of evidence. AI turned that full support model upside down.”

To figure out the solution to a problem, AI can comb through more data from various sources. For instance, to answer a question about the availability of a data center, there are many factors. AI can comb through data from many sources quickly and more effectively.

Bob Friday says, “If I’m trying to answer a question about the data center, eventually we want to be pulling data from the weather forecast. What’s the probability of these servers overheating? Well, so it’s 120 degrees outside, you don’t have enough air conditioning, you may want to start predicting that. AI starts with what question you’re trying to answer. You tend to want to pull data from as many sources as you can to answer that question.” 

Edge AI and increased IoT sensor data on a complicated distributed architecture make AIOps almost essential going into the future. Endpoint security is one of the biggest concerns as more devices connect to the network.

Bob Friday says, “I think what you’re starting to see is, as they spot  more sensors on the network, that don’t have endpoint security on them, they’re looking to AI to help keep an eye on what are all these headless devices doing on the network?”

Bob Friday says, “Security has been an early adopter of AI. If you look at the user entity, behavior analytics, that segment of the market, they’ve been an early adopter of trying to use ML machine learning and AI to spot anomalous behavior and traffic flows. You can try to create risk scores. On the connectivity side, we’re creating connectivity scores on, how good is your connectivity experience?”

The Future of Increased Connectivity

AIOps and AI-driven WAN will help to support increased connectivity of mobile devices all over the world. With the advent of 5G, streaming will become ubiquitous. New types of emerging technology that require reliable, low latency connections will emerge. 

Bob Friday says, “We are going to see probably more devices connected to the Internet than people. Machines talking to machines is going to become the dominant traffic on the Internet. I think it’s clear that we are going to have more devices connected.”

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A Tech Gift Guide for the Savvy and Security-Conscious 

When it comes to holiday gift shopping, no category of purchasable goods offers quite as much promise as personal technology. It’s now a standard go-to. Don’t know what to get dad? How about some tech? He loves tech. Don’t we all? Well, sometimes. For as much convenience and life-enhancing gee-whizardy as technology can offer, it can just as easily introduce complexity—or worse, risks to our privacy or personal security. This gift guide offers a run-down of tech gifts for the already-savvy people in your life who care about security and privacy.

RFID-Blocking Wallets and Fabric

Think your credit cards and ID are safe from prying eyes when they're tucked away in your pocket? Not necessarily. Thanks to a form of wireless pickpocketing known as RFID skimming, nefarious third parties can use an RFID scanner to wirelessly pull data from the little radio frequency ID chips now found in many of our passports and credit cards. RFID-blocking wallets are a fashion-conscious approach to this wireless security conundrum. Using a special material designed to block such radio frequencies, these otherwise normal-looking wallets prevent any such data-skimming from taking place. 

Not a wallet person? The same anti-RFID material can be found in fabric sold online, which can be used to hand-craft whatever privacy-conscious fashion accessory you can dream up. 

Private Internet Access VPN

It may not have the most festive ring to it, but giving someone the gift of online anonymity and data encryption can wind up being the most priceless thing they receive all year. A VPN like the one offered by Private Internet Access will not only secure and anonymize their web-browsing activity—potentially sparing them the costly headache of unwanted eavesdropping and data leaks—but the IP cloaking feature of VPNs has more fun perks, like allowing users to access streaming movie libraries not normally available in their country. And yes, the anonymity is great for porn. Whether it’s used for entertainment or more buttoned-up professional purposes, the added layer of security offered by a top-shelf VPN like PIA’s is pretty much a must-have in our increasingly online modern lives, and they’re offering VICE readers two free months of service. at the link above (payment plans run for as little as $2.19 a month).Password Manager Subscription

If you're online these days, it's unavoidable: You need a password manager. The days of guessable pet name passwords and hand-written sticky note reminders are (hopefully) well behind you and anyone you love and respect enough to buy gifts for. But as the number of passwords in our lives—not to mention their demand for special characters and indecipherable nonsense—increases, it becomes nearly impossible to keep track of them all across our various devices. That's where password manager apps like 1Password and Dashlane come in, allowing people to store all of their passwords in a centralized location that syncs across devices—and help ensure those passwords are strong enough to keep all their online accounts secure. 

YubiKey 

Multi-factor authentication, as you’ve likely heard countless times, is an absolute must for securing your online accounts and data. But did you know that this added layer of security is available in the form of a cute little USB dongle? The YubiKey is a small, physical device that plugs into your computer or other devices and uses four, multi-protocol security keys to authenticate you as the user of that device. This handy little gadget can be used to add multi-factor authentication—used in conjunction with a standard password or passcode—or eliminate the need for a password all together.  Can’t complain about that. 

A Microphone Blocker 

You really can’t be too paranoid these days. If you’ve ever opened Instagram only to see an advertisement for the very thing you were just talking about with your partner in the kitchen 20 minutes prior, you know how, uh, surprisingly observant our devices can seem. And truth be told, it isn’t all that hard for hackers or other third parties to use the microphone on a compromised laptop or mobile device to eavesdrop on its owner. Is it likely? Probably not, but we’ll leave that for you—or the privacy-obsessed techie on your holiday shopping list—to decide.  When in doubt, a microphone blocker like the $7 Mic-Loc will plug into a device’s 3.5mm audio jack and use a special semiconductor circuit to essentially trick the device into treating it like a live microphone while actually blocking all audio output. Sound crazy? For less than ten bucks it can’t hurt. 

Fashion That One-Ups the Surveillance State 

Pretty much everywhere you go these days, you're being watched. Sound insane? Well, whatever. It's true. Between private surveillance cameras outside local businesses, street-level cameras installed by government agencies, and all of the various internet-connected video camera technology woven throughout day-to-day life—be it on people's doorbells, drones flying above, or everyone's smartphones—most of us are on video way more often than we likely realize. Much of these are innocuous, run-of-the-mill video security feeds that nobody will ever see. But some of it is monitored and even analyzed, often using machine learning and facial recognition technology. The police have even used images from social media to identify people at protests and other events. 

Freaked out yet? It's fine. You can buy a disguise. As the surveillance state has blossomed, a number of creative and fashionable products have been designed to resist it. Phantom sunglasses use a special infrared-only reflective material that makes it harder for facial recognition technology to properly detect the face of the person wearing them. And Adversarial Fashion offers a whole line of a shirts, hoodies, and other products emblazoned with patterns designed to activate automated license plate reader cameras and fill their databases with "junk" data and disrupt their ability to monitor people. 

Raspberry Pi 4

When shopping for the biggest, most beloved dweebs in your life, it's hard to go wrong with a Raspberry Pi. Championed by techie maker types since 2012, these palm-sized, dirt cheap minicomputers are not only impressive for the computing power they pack–They have practically unlimited uses. Sure, Raspberry Pis are powerful enough to use as a desktop computer. The newly-released $70 Raspberry Pi 400, with its computing guts packed inside a functional keyboard, is designed to do exactly that. But the true magic of the Raspberry Pi is the endless list of useful, creative, or truly unexpected things they can be used for. People have used the Raspberry Pi to build retro video game consoles, control robots and smart home gadgets, run web servers, mine Bitcoin, stream music, run Twitter bots, and just about anything else that a huge community of DIY creative nerd types can make a tiny, powerful computer do.

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The Top 3 Streaming Apps For the Professional

As a professional, one of the most important things you can do is to make sure you can de-stress. After a long day of working and grinding in a fast-paced environment, you have to find a way to relax your mind. One of the most common ways to turn your brain off of work mode is to find a source of entertainment. Nowadays, there are a plethora of choices to pick from, but some are much better than others. Today we analyze the top 3 streaming apps available and see which one offers enough of a variety and flexibility to fit your professional lifestyle. The guidelines that we are judging are based on five categories. These categories are specific to the average person. The categories are the flexibility of devices, the variety of contents, ease of access, pricing, and quality. Our competitors were chosen based on the amount of subscribed users. In the order of subscribers, we have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video. Sling, Playstation Vue, DirecTV Now, and Youtube TV out of it, because they are not just streaming apps but an alternative to cable subscriptions. Also, HBO Now, Showtime, and Starz are available as add ons for Amazon and Hulu.

Streaming Apps

Netflix

Flexibility of Devices Netflix is by far the most flexible streaming platform you can subscribe to. They started on August 29th, 1997, as a direct competitor to Blockbuster (a video rental place). By allowing a more streamlined pricing structure and ease of use, Netflix single handily destroyed Blockbuster. With the rise in fame, and the convenience of fast speed internet they introduced video streaming in 2007. As a pioneer in the video streaming segment, the company took its time to develop accessibility through various hardware. As of right now, you are able to watch Netflix on over 42 different hardware and software, and any modern smartphone powered by iOS, Android and even Windows Phone. Furthermore, they allow you to download the video for offline viewing on tablets, cell phones, and laptops. There is no one device that is incapable of streaming Netflix as long as it is internet-powered. Variety of Contents The approach that Netflix took for their video content has influenced all the other streaming platforms. In 2018, Netflix had nearly 90,000 minutes of original content. They all range from comedy, drama, sci-fi shows and movies to documentaries and animation specials. Netflix also offers a 4K UHD streaming option if you fancy that quality. Just be prepared for the price, but it is worth it. If you are looking for a broad choice of original content you can not go wrong with Netflix. On the other hand, they used to have a lot of television shows from cable networks, but that is slowly changing. As the pioneers of online streaming, they have shown that it is possible to generate high profits through a streaming platform. A lot of the cable networks are now working on their own platform. Furthermore, Netflix does not allow you to add additional subscriptions with theirs, as Hulu or Amazon can. Ease of Access Signing up for Netflix requires little to no effort. Beyond the fact that they are available on almost any hardware you can think of, you are usually directed to their website to sign up. There was a time when you could sign up on the Android or iPhone app, but Netflix now redirects you to their website.

Original Content is Front and Center Pricing Netflix really stands out with pricing. They offer streaming-only plans and plans with DVD/BluRay rental included. However, since we are looking at purely streaming options, the prices are below. Basic Non-HD$8.991 StreamMid Tier HD$12.992 StreamsHigh Tier Ultra HD$15.994 Streams The prices are current as of 18 July 2019. Be warned, Netflix has had continuous price increases since it first started, so the price can change at any minute.

Prime Video

Flexibility of Devices Amazon Prime Video is an automatic extension of an Amazon Prime subscription, but you can sign up for it by itself. Their video service was put into place on 07 September 2006. Originally, the service allowed you to download digital movies/videos that were purchased through Amazon. Yet, once Netflix started gaining steam Amazon changed course, rebranded and became a video streaming platform. Amazon is in a great position. As a hardware manufacturer and a software developer, they provide access to their service from in-house devices. Choices range from the FireHD tablets to the Firestick (popular) and the Fire TV. Amazon says that the service is available on hundreds of streaming media devices. I am willing to say that Amazon and Netflix probably support the same amount of devices. There won't be any issues finding a device to watch your Prime Video content. Variety of Contents Amazon has taken a Netflix like approach to content variety. On top of producing their own content, they host other content from various different sources. Amazon is unique because, on top of a Prime subscription, they work as a hub for your streaming services. You can merge your HBO, Showtime, Starz, and plenty more with your subscription to Prime Video as channels. The downfall is that you have to pay for each additional "channel." The overall cost could possibly end up being more than a cable subscription. If you do decide to commit exclusively to Prime Video then it would be best to have a firestick. The firestick will work as one device that has the best integration with Prime Video and have all your subscriptions. One big perk for Prime Video is the exclusive contract they have for Grand Tour. That is the only place you can get exclusive content from the trio that was formerly in Top Gear. Amazon also allows you to stream up to three devices on one account. The exception is that you can only stream the same show on two devices at once, but they do support offline viewing.

Lots of Personalized Information Up Front Ease of Access There is not one bit of complexity navigating Prime Video. A minimalist appearance guides you towards whatever genre you are looking for. The top section highlights Prime's original content. Beneath that is your watch next based on what you were watching beforehand. Finding new content is very simple also. The addition of the Amazon marketplace allows you to purchase digital movies you may want to watch if it is not available on Prime Video. The app is very responsive also, and I have never dealt with any lag. Running on Amazon's servers, you can rest assured the service will work whenever you need it. Pricing There are two ways to subscribe to Prime Video. Amazon does make it fairly easy to sign up and get going. However, just like Netflix, they redirect you to their website when trying to sign up. Sign Up Through Amazon Prime$119.00*3 StreamsAmazon Video Exclusive Sign Up$8.99 3 Streams *Subscription includes access to Amazon Prime 2 Day shipping.

Hulu

Flexibility of Devices Hulu was founded on October 29, 2007. The service was originally launched with a focus on having access to cable shows. In 2010 Hulu added the option called Hulu Plus. This service provided undelayed access to new show episodes and full seasons of the shows available to stream. Overtime, Hulu has evolved to add movies and live tv. Hulu is now owned by Disney and will operate as a bridge to Disney+ (future streaming service) and ESPN+. Hulu falls under the same device category as Netflix. If you can connect your device online, more than likely you can watch Hulu. The biggest drawback for Hulu (as Netflix lower-tier plan) is that you can only stream your show on one device at a time. However, unlike Netflix single stream Hulu offers HD on their basic plan. In addition, Hulu does not offer offline viewing of your content. Variety of Content Hulu contains a variety of contents. If you love cable tv shows, or local networks primetime shows Hulu has you covered. To name a few notable partners, Hulu has Bravo, E!, Fox, NFL Network, and Syfy (full list). They maintain an up to date library of shows, and they are available for streaming at any time. Due to competition, Hulu is suffering the same way that Netflix is suffering. A lot of content providers are pulling their shows from Hulu to launch their own service. Long termwise, Hulu and Netflix are holding the short end of the stick. Unlike Netflix though, Hulu is not pushing the same amount of money towards original content. Unless a specific show is on Hulu that you like, their choices are not as vast as Netflix or Amazon. Yet, they do allow you to merge your HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, and Starz like Amazon.

Bright, Colorful, and Beautiful Layout Ease of Access Signing up for Hulu is as simple as Netflix or Amazon. They also redirect you to using a website to sign up for the service. They have a simple layout that prioritizing one show at a time on the home screen, under Hulu Picks. A simple swipe up gesture reveals more shows (one at a time) under the Hulu Picks section. Of course, those shows are the Hulu original shows, then a few more swipes will have suggestions from other networks. A swipe to the left with show another section with shows. This layout does require more work to see the options they have. While the app is not slow by any means on any device, it does require more work. The layout requires more work to discover new shows. To see a list of shows available you have to either already made a list of your choices or start taping all over the place. In terms of design though, it is a very beautiful app to look at. Pricing Hulu pricing is not complicated at all. I would say the pricing structure is the simplest of the two, and the most affordable by the base price to features. Some plans include advertisement mid-shows, so be prepared for interruptions. Hulu Basic$5.991 StreamHulu (No Ads)*$11.991 Stream

Overall

In my opinion, all three plans provide enough of a variety and differences to justify their existence. Netflix is slowly becoming known for their original content. They specialize in targetting modern topics and bringing them to light. You can not go wrong with a Netflix subscription, their library is as diverse as every. However, they can only be valuable if they can keep churning out original content in high quality. Amazon subscription is a hard sell. While they do have Emmy winning contents, the choices are not as vast as Netflix's. The ability to have premium channels from HBO and more creates a bubble of simplicity. However, the Prime Video service is valuable as an Amazon Prime subscriber. Individually subscribing to Prime Video is a tough sell, as they need more content. Hulu is by far the cheapest most affordable plan compared to the other streaming apps. That affordable plan does include key restrictions such as having only one stream at a time and commercial interruptions. They have more content available than Amazon, but much less than Netflix. With Disney at the helm of Hulu, they are headed towards a collision course with Disney's own service that is launching in 2019. Overall, out of all the streaming apps, my recommendation goes to Netflix. Once Disney's service launches with all their movies, then the game may be different. Read the full article

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Data Recovery: 10 Most Effective Computer Backup Tools

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Nov 9, 2017

dreamt of a podcasting event. the host likely recent hot leaker, Guo wengui(@KwokMiles), who revealed lots of dark secret of CCP high ranks. the first version was cancelled and the Guo decided to remake. a new van pulled in, likely as an award for publishing, but its tire is half empty. I among other volunteers push the van to podcasting stage. I also handle the microphone, wire connection, recording etc. yesterday really over elated. a planned event aid by my elder brother realized: renew woz's dearest domain, woz.fm for 2 more years now that migration to new registrar who support 4 years ahead to subscribe. our first registrar, godaddy forbidden more than a year to renew the domain, so every year I was anxious about it, and last year I really paid more for the domain after it enter recovery mode strangely before expire date. also, the domain under icann's administrative increases price $25 since next month. so I badly want to save the ￥500 before new renewal charge complies. I never thought I would raise money from my hometown relatives who mostly live average wealth. but God know its OK. my kid brother who has a small mill & bought 2 large houses, dishonored me heavily each time I ask for loan, did same lest my more aid requests. but my 2nd elder brother, my childhood main enemy and in recent years whose contribution to our old family, esp his favorite fishing skill brought more colorful meals in our old family times, warmed my heart and turned me into gratitude, and started to appreciate his loneliness. this time he touched by my cause & urged my kid brother leased the loan from him own proxy, even his family was not so capable to loan me. God dad, now I gained loans from both my sisters and brothers, each ￥1200. 2017 designated to be blessing, like yesterday's shallow snow here. God dad, grant me grow our fortitude against harsher siege PRC surveillance setup us. let my ancestor's gift and needed support reach us in time. let copycat tyrant missing in frustration. bring holy glories on shinny earth. bring me Royal China and my Crown Queen from Japan, Asoh Yukiko to broaden my life entrenched so far here from limelight.

Nov 2, 2017

this post designated to be brief: I just want to report my satisfaction yesterday and today. yesterday I blogged without dream's escort and narration went smooth. this dawn I dreamt my temporary habitat in a remote place, say northwestern China. I managed a lot and barely got aboard, on train or airline, to Harbin, my current provincial capital. near last stop I found my destiny far from Harbin where almost half China apart from central China, my hometown. so intensive triumph turned half completed in fact & overestimated, I didn't regret but knew new journey ahead homecoming. then I woke up from vivid dawn sureal. yesterday I posted among boring, pale reality without nutritious dream. I contented with my work and avoid lunch. dining time I felt rewarding, and all female local people I concern shown in daily jog refreshing outside around QRRS square. their kindness leaves me supplement to complacency. after settled in dorm and TV time began, my kodi under heavy surveillance. search result of my favorite episode appeared but playing back abrupt quit before rolling up. still I harvested via youtube which much readier accessible. I learned current world affairs, some situation in China first hand there unmistakable. I also enabled gzip on my web server for speedier page load, after google reports test result on my site performance via gmail promotion. that's really nice to boost my site for greater audience. I have no other means to improve our voice, Royal China's emerging gospel, for world and our people beside this tiny technology. God dad, I really enchanted by podcasts' companion all day long during deadly siege by PRC tyranny, thx for the commodity, grant us freedom of voice & informative stream on base of poverty prevails mainland China with dying surge of ghost communism. bring me sooner my Royal China to broaden national. bring our Christmas day gift on time and cure our need of support of our living as well as investment in cyberspace. bring me sooner my Crown Queen from Japan, Asoh Yukiko, to extend my life folded so many years alone. dad God, let me resilient as usual.

Nov 1, 2017

Its a sunny golden autumn morning. in the week I hardly in detailed dream, but still I felt so blessed. internet in PRC tightened much since the ccp congress. ai powered surveillance periodically disabled my internet upon triggered key word or something other incurred self-posed punishment. it can be dozen times in an hour. quite boring and spiteful. in the beginning of last week I almost thought I will be idle totally, but then on Wednesday I saw tasks: reinforce zhone dynamic sites with ssl from let's encrypt, a website promotes ssl worldwide with its free certificates issued more than thousands hundred copies. dabbog.com backend webapp also need update after near 2 weeks delay since its official update. I contacted godaddy hosting but the support crew made it clear that as a main upgrade godaddy will free itself responsibility but let my alone to do the update lest failure of lost. I loathed to join security tasks for I lack hacker experience and IT security training. after a day scrutinized the operational I launched near dinner time to upgrade my site, and smoothly done in an hour. it really cheers me up with new confidence in server management. next day I prepare ssl upgrade. I previously thought cert installation is the core problem, but soon I was detained by domain ownership verification hours. for one of my registrar's dns strangely didn't support root level text record, I have to single out a domain under the registrar for single certificate. then I got my first let's encrypt cert installed for 3 domains verified by dns txt record. cost some more time google web server's .htaccess hacking not to block file upload to server for verification, the another ownership of verification method adopted smoothly and 2nd let's encrypt cert installed. both likely least cost while my option one is server extension installation which has more impacts on linux os. its really marvelous to see zhone sites' ssl green & formally. since my first website on google cloud my ssl which is self-signed, never independent without malware's precaution and more click through before homepage load out. I also spend little more time to rip off http source of header & footer images to ensure full site ssl. in the weekend, ie Sunday, I demonstrated my work narrowly done in Saturday to my son, woz. my site traffic also booming recently, thanks God and faith we beholding. now its another Wednesday aimlessly, God dad, bless us with some engagements. bring me sooner my Royal China, and my Crown Queen Asoh Yukiko, for family & homage. grant us year end bonus to sustain my small investment online, and our business never so prominent in China history.

Oct 21, 2017

dreamt enter university again. the day is opening school day. I with other enrolled youth led to our school and dorm. through scenery natural hill, we passed through crowd parents to get seat in our campus. lately I carried my son explained to crowd what's philosophy in my view and why I study in university gain. my anxiety of dorm wet and over jammed disappeared at destiny chamber and I won friendship from alumni, includes alumna. my explanation turned like public speech, by which even myself moved. yesterday is salary day. I got ￥3060, 200 less than last month. even so, I arranged my monthly reunite my son in my dorm after cinema. transfering 4 domains from godaddy to dynadot almost done. dynadot home website online chat did wonderful support work. after 4 or 5 contacts including with godaddy support via land phone, I informed by dynadot crew that .io since 2017 July refuse in its whois database stores registrant information. so my long time dissatisfaction with godaddy for its hiding my registrant info with .io sponsor organization is not their fault but limitation of newly incursion. in review my smooth transfer I left positive comment on godaddy facebook page praising their gracious service. the comment arose comments at once. some of them questioned if I was godaddy's post bot. last night I read an article how insane Chinese parents flattered their kids' teacher mischief in their teacher and parent social circle via wechat, a PRC mainstream social app, and despise other parents' lawful requests for their kid's privilege like mobile not be seizure by school authority, bargain for favor of teacher. most poor Chinese just too feeble & coerced confronting organizations. that's why when I contact service providers in cyberspace I prone to be thankful even they are within my privilege: I am afraid to be punished for dispute with legal person. that reminds me long time in PRC society legal person stamp on nature person in lawless reality in socialism, and why PRC Chinese made their society a hell of institutional crime swarm: indifferent bureaucracy, warded gangster groups behaviors, shameless prey, brutal bully, hate & cry for others' transparency esp free media of voices. these characters all led to tyranny, like most mid-east countries where poorest & most violent led civilian only option, to exile. most PRC Chinese want to be a leader in an organization, for costless or at least cost efficient gains, just try to manipulate a puppet & behind curtain. and most forceful puppet is national army, largest dog or monster the tyrant invent to rein constitutionally, at cost of national surrender and sacrifice. that's the reasonable consequence of a society prefers superman/trojan horse, ie legal person to nature human. I at first thought I got the hidden truth about Chinese failure, and its cure, Capitalism, but then I saw more insane is extinguish of free speech/express, freedom of media, death of publicity. that also led me to review President Trump's efforts to blame American media. I first time felt dubious upon Trump's intention, esp my hero, former President G.W Bush recently criticize Trump, too, even undebatable Trump's self-discipline of American, and America first, both holy strategy I believe in. God dad, PRC stepping into new Empire. but tyrant lacks qualification to put him up for throne, like what happens in Russian shows, even the small bitch trying getting his new turn of Presidency, relentlessly. nobody except holy chosen leads to Crown. that's China future political landscape. thx dad God, bring me sooner my Royal China, with my Crown Queen from Japan, Asoh Yukiko, with new territory we vested.

Oct 13, 2017

dreamt at hometown saw my kid brother had affair with a new bride whose husband's name same as mine in the village. he is an adopted son of a couple lately had their own younger son. in half nap I heard water heat system just water pumped in this season first time against chill and made sound inside channel. then I dream my kid brother bathed with the girl together in our old family's natural earth heat spring tube. the adulterous bride is granddaughter of the only woman whose most life is introducing half wizard religion with her tool of fate-telling in the village. my passed mother first attracted by the far neighbor then introduced to my dad, who since then more closer to faith and treated the old woman friendly in his late life till elapse. the old woman's surname is Mao, the same as PRC legendary leader. she never had a child and a life time smoker which quite strange among villager women. the bride father is also adopted by the old woman whose shrank husband also in surname Zhu as the founder of the village Zhudajiu, once prince of Founder & Emperor of Ming Dynasty. my kid brother introduced I had 2 other options to bath in the village. one is my aunt's homemade, another far from village near the village's dam & fountain. I hardly settled in man-powered bath tube in my aunt house. my youngest elder sister helped me to heat the water and chat with me. I just put off most of my lower part clothes but remained my chest covered in the scenario, squatted in bath tube before the water warmed up when later my cousins, ie my aunt's children, returned & gossiped around. I just felt awfully inconvenient with rural water heat system esp bath tube in dream likes old time rural toilet, maokeng or shit pit. in the last week I almost settled transferring out 4 domains from godaddy to dynadot. at first my son's domain, woz.fm, refuse display transfer authentication code. contacted godaddy then it fixed. then zho.io stuck in missing whois information and new platform can't find my email to send me initiating verification email to start transferring. I phone called godaddy 3 times barely explained my problem by my poor English. next day the hard initiative procedure rolling into track. that's all wonders I experienced after empowered by my hometown relatives' aid, and wonderful American gift of discount of my web presence cost, near ￥1200. the whole week in unease and relief of awesome of resolving. dad God, last to settle domain will arrive next Tuesday. help us clinch it unshakably. the whole week I felt unreal with the gain. now launch me in new land of adventure lest outpaced. God dad, in long run, let my investment on domain & our web presence weightless financially, burden free while rampant accessory as civilian in western democratic market nations. let us harvest in content and purposefully resourceful. in the week I review lots of my passed life, what my life means to others, including my son and my people in PRC. I hope my free of routine job while remains productive and self-rely. Dad God, bring me sooner my Royal China to carry mission longer. bring me sooner my Crown Queen from Japan, Asoh Yukiko, for better homing. thx for this golden autumn morning, dad.

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Nov 9, 2017

dreamt of a podcasting event. the host likely recent hot leaker, Guo wengui(@KwokMiles), who revealed lots of dark secret of CCP high ranks. the first version was cancelled and the Guo decided to remake. a new van pulled in, likely as an award for publishing, but its tire is half empty. I among other volunteers push the van to podcasting stage. I also handle the microphone, wire connection, recording etc. yesterday really over elated. a planned event aid by my elder brother realized: renew woz's dearest domain, woz.fm for 2 more years now that migration to new registrar who support 4 years ahead to subscribe. our first registrar, godaddy forbidden more than a year to renew the domain, so every year I was anxious about it, and last year I really paid more for the domain after it enter recovery mode strangely before expire date. also, the domain under icann's administrative increases price $25 since next month. so I badly want to save the ￥500 before new renewal charge complies. I never thought I would raise money from my hometown relatives who mostly live average wealth. but God know its OK. my kid brother who has a small mill & bought 2 large houses, dishonored me heavily each time I ask for loan, did same lest my more aid requests. but my 2nd elder brother, my childhood main enemy and in recent years whose contribution to our old family, esp his favorite fishing skill brought more colorful meals in our old family times, warmed my heart and turned me into gratitude, and started to appreciate his loneliness. this time he touched by my cause & urged my kid brother leased the loan from him own proxy, even his family was not so capable to loan me. God dad, now I gained loans from both my sisters and brothers, each ￥1200. 2017 designated to be blessing, like yesterday's shallow snow here. God dad, grant me grow our fortitude against harsher siege PRC surveillance setup us. let my ancestor's gift and needed support reach us in time. let copycat tyrant missing in frustration. bring holy glories on shinny earth. bring me Royal China and my Crown Queen from Japan, Asoh Yukiko to broaden my life entrenched so far here from limelight.

Nov 2, 2017

this post designated to be brief: I just want to report my satisfaction yesterday and today. yesterday I blogged without dream's escort and narration went smooth. this dawn I dreamt my temporary inhabitant in a remote place, say northwestern China. I managed a lot and barely got aboard, on train or airline, to Harbin. near last stop I found my destiny far from Harbin where almost half China apart from central China, my hometown. so intensive triumph turned half completed in fact, I didn't regret but knew new journey ahead homecoming. then I woke up from vivid dream. yesterday I posted among boring, pale reality without nutritious dream. I contented with my work and avoid lunch. dining time I felt rewarding, and all female people I concern shown in daily jog refreshing outside around QRRS square. their kindness leaves me supplement to complacency. after settled in dorm and TV time began, my kodi under heavy surveillance. search result of my favorite episode appeared but playing back abrupt quit before rolling up. still I harvested via youtube which much readier accessible. I learned current world affairs, some situation in China first hand there. I also enabled gzip on my web server for speedier page load, after google reports test result on my site performance via gmail promotion. that's really nice to boost my site for greater audience. I have no other means to improve our voice, Royal China's emerging gospel, for world and our people beside this tiny technology. God dad, I really enchanted by podcasts' companion all day long during deadly siege by PRC tyranny, thx for the commodity, grant us freedom of voice & informative stream on base of poverty prevails mainland China with dying surge of ghost communism. bring me sooner my Royal China to broaden national. bring our Christmas day gift on time and cure our need of support of our living as well as investment in cyberspace. bring me sooner my Crown Queen from Japan, Asoh Yukiko, to extend my life folded so many years alone. dad God, let me resilient as usual.

Nov 1, 2017

Its a sunny golden summer morning. in the week I hardly in detailed dream, but still I felt so blessed. internet in PRC tightened much since the ccp congress. ai powered surveillance periodically disabled my internet upon triggered key word or something other incurred self-posed punishment. it can be dozen times in an hour. quite boring and spiteful. in the beginning of last week I almost thought I will be idle totally, but then on Wednesday I saw tasks: reinforce zhone dynamic sites with ssl from let's encrypt, a website promotes ssl worldwide with its free certificates issued more than thousands hundred copies. dabbog.com backend webapp also need update after near 2 weeks delay since its official update. I contacted godaddy hosting but the support crew made it clear that as a main upgrade godaddy will free itself responsibility but let my alone to do the update lest failure of lost. I loathed to join security tasks for I lack hacker experience and IT security training. after a day scrutinized the operational I launched near dinner time to upgrade my site, and smoothly done in an hour. it really cheers me up with new confidence in server management. next day I prepare ssl upgrade. I previously thought cert installation is the core problem, but soon I was detained by domain ownership verification hours. for one of my registrar's dns strangely didn't support root level text record, I have to single out a domain under the registrar for single certificate. then I got my first let's encrypt cert installed for 3 domains verified by dns txt record. cost some more time google web server's .htaccess hacking not to block file upload to server for verification, the another ownership of verification method adopted smoothly and 2nd let's encrypt cert installed. both likely least cost while my option one is server extension installation which has more impacts on linux os. its really marvelous to see zhone sites' ssl green & formally. since my first website on google cloud my ssl which is self-signed, never independent without malware's precaution and more click through before homepage load out. I also spend little more time to rip off http source of header & footer images to ensure full site ssl. in the weekend, ie Sunday, I demonstrated my work narrowly done in Saturday to my son, woz. my site traffic also booming recently, thanks God and faith we beholding. now its another Wednesday aimlessly, God dad, bless us with some engagements. bring me sooner my Royal China, and my Crown Queen Asoh Yukiko, for family & homage. grant us year end bonus to sustain my small investment online, and our business never so prominent in China history.

Oct 21, 2017

dreamt enter university again. the day is opening school day. I with other enrolled youth led to our school and dorm. through scenery natural hill, we passed through crowd parents to get seat in our campus. lately I carried my son explained to crowd what's philosophy in my view and why I study in university gain. my anxiety of dorm wet and over jammed disappeared at destiny chamber and I won friendship from alumni, includes alumna. my explanation turned like public speech, by which even myself moved. yesterday is salary day. I got ￥3060, 200 less than last month. even so, I arranged my monthly reunite my son in my dorm after cinema. transfering 4 domains from godaddy to dynadot almost done. dynadot home website online chat did wonderful support work. after 4 or 5 contacts including with godaddy support via land phone, I informed by dynadot crew that .io since 2017 July refuse in its whois database stores registrant information. so my long time dissatisfaction with godaddy for its hiding my registrant info with .io sponsor organization is not their fault but limitation of newly incursion. in review my smooth transfer I left positive comment on godaddy facebook page praising their gracious service. the comment arose comments at once. some of them questioned if I was godaddy's post bot. last night I read an article how insane Chinese parents flattered their kids' teacher mischief in their teacher and parent social circle via wechat, a PRC mainstream social app, and despise other parents' lawful requests for their kid's privilege like mobile not be seizure by school authority, bargain for favor of teacher. most poor Chinese just too feeble & coerced confronting organizations. that's why when I contact service providers in cyberspace I prone to be thankful even they are within my privilege: I am afraid to be punished for dispute with legal person. that reminds me long time in PRC society legal person stamp on nature person in lawless reality in socialism, and why PRC Chinese made their society a hell of institutional crime swarm: indifferent bureaucracy, warded gangster groups behaviors, shameless prey, brutal bully, hate & cry for others' transparency esp free media of voices. these characters all led to tyranny, like most mid-east countries where poorest & most violent led civilian only option, to exile. most PRC Chinese want to be a leader in an organization, just try to manipulate a puppet & behind curtain. and most forceful puppet is national army, largest dog or monster the tyrant invent to rein constitutionally, at cost of national surrender and sacrifice. that's the reasonable consequence of a society prefers superman/trojan horse, ie legal person to nature human. I at first thought I got the hidden truth about Chinese failure, and its cure, Capitalism, but then I saw more insane is extinguish of free speech/express, freedom of media, death of publicity. that also led me to review President Trump's efforts to blame American media. I first time felt dubious upon Trump's intention, esp my hero, former President G.W Bush recently criticize Trump, too, even undebatable Trump's self-discipline of American, and America first, both holy missions I believe in. God dad, PRC stepping into new Empire. but tyrant lacks qualification to put him up for throne, like what happens in Russian shows, even the small bitch trying getting his new turn of Presidency, relentlessly. nobody except holy chosen leads to Crown. that's China future political landscape. thx dad God, bring me sooner my Royal China, with my Crown Queen from Japan, Asoh Yukiko, with new territory we vested.

Oct 13, 2017

dreamt at hometown saw my kid brother had affair with a new bride whose husband's name same as mine in the village. he is an adopted son of a couple lately had their own younger son. in half nap I heard water heat system just water pumped in this season first time against chill and made sound inside channel. then I dream my kid brother bathed with the girl together in our old family's natural earth heat spring tube. the adulterous bride is granddaughter of the only woman whose most life is introducing half wizard religion with her tool of fate-telling in the village. my passed mother first attracted by the far neighbor then introduced to my dad, who since then more closer to faith and treated the old woman friendly in his late life till elapse. the old woman's surname is Mao, the same as PRC legendary leader. she never had a child and a life time smoker which quite strange among villager women. the bride father is also adopted by the old woman whose shrank husband also in surname Zhu as the founder of the village Zhudajiu, once prince of Founder & Emperor of Ming Dynasty. my kid brother introduced I had 2 other options to bath in the village. one is my aunt's homemade, another far from village near the village's dam & fountain. I hardly settled in man-powered bath tube in my aunt house. my youngest elder sister helped me to heat the water and chat with me. I just put off most of my lower part clothes but remained my chest covered in the scenario, squatted in bath tube before the water warmed up when later my cousins, ie my aunt's children, returned & gossiped around. I just felt awfully inconvenient with rural water heat system esp bath tube in dream likes old time rural toilet, maokeng or shit pit. in the last week I almost settled transferring out 4 domains from godaddy to dynadot. at first my son's domain, woz.fm, refuse display transfer authentication code. contacted godaddy then it fixed. then zho.io stuck in missing whois information and new platform can't find my email to send me initiating verification email to start transferring. I phone called godaddy 3 times barely explained my problem by my poor English. next day the hard initiative procedure rolling into track. that's all wonders I experienced after empowered by my hometown relatives' aid, and wonderful American gift of discount of my web presence cost, near ￥1200. the whole week in unease and relief of awesome of resolving. dad God, last to settle domain will arrive next Tuesday. help us clinch it unshakably. the whole week I felt unreal with the gain. now launch me in new land of adventure lest outpaced. God dad, in long run, let my investment on domain & our web presence weightless financially, burden free while rampant accessory as civilian in western democratic market nations. let us harvest in content and purposefully resourceful. in the week I review lots of my passed life, what my life means to others, including my son and my people in PRC. I hope my free of routine job while remains productive and self-rely. Dad God, bring me sooner my Royal China to carry mission longer. bring me sooner my Crown Queen from Japan, Asoh Yukiko, for better homing. thx for this golden autumn morning, dad.

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The Top Ten Hardest Flash Games In The World

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Net games are certainly one of the best resources of fun for youngsters. You will discover several types of computer games which are fashioned to match kids belonging to different age groups. Automobile racing is 1 of the most well-known forms of internet based games. On the other hand, it is a lot more common among gamers than teenagers and elders. Each and every kid fancies cars. Although they cannot drive until they are matured enough, they really like to observe and discover about driving cars. They really like viewing real vehicle races and dreams about becoming champions themselves. Obviously, they're attracted towards automobile games. These will be the only medium that provides them an exposure to driving. With regards to older game lovers, they have a large vary of possibilities to pick from. Combat games that involve lot of action and weaponry are much more well-known among teenagers and children. By that age their taste shifts from easy racing games to additional complicated and thrilling gaming experience. Powerful concept is 1 on the main causes behind the accomplishment of most action games. Even girls are obsessed with action and war games mainly because the drama involved in them keeps them connected for the characters within the sport. So far as gamers are worried, high definition action games are sometimes tough to deal with mainly because of their complicated nature. Nevertheless, these days fans of games are equally involved in all sorts of entertainment alternatives available flash. They have accessibility to pc games and browser games which entails numerous players and teams. Java games involving group play and genuine rivals are very fascinating. These games are designed to maintain the gamers from quitting the sport. Internet based developers earn their income in distinctive methods. A few of them employ the servers of popular networking websites and there by amass great deal of free players. The popularity on the game will increase the traffic and volume of members joining the network. These websites are directly benefited through the high diploma of traffic. You can find various firms and pc advertisers that use popular internet sites and networks for posting their ads and promotional provides. PC individuals add volume to their audience and in return they compensate the networks and websites with big remunerations. A share on the compensation flows in to the hands of sport developers. Web-based games also cost their players directly in return for favors. It is a typical practice in well-liked browser games hosted by websites like Facebook. Once the player reaches a particular stage, the game offers them favors obtainable for sale. Nonetheless, these offers are optional simply because the player will need not purchase any favors. But even now these gaming corporations gather large revenues as you'll find a large number of players keen on profitable more than their rivals at any price. Presently, Google is 1 of the biggest pc game operators. It has been outdone by Zynga which has created many common browser social games.

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The Chaos of Mana flash game has loads to offer in the way of video gaming on the web. Free games that are flash games have a propensity to be cheesy and annoying. The Chaos of Mana flash game gives you a lot different options with your character structure. A nifty feature in PixelJunk Monsters is chance to play in the game around PSP by way of the Remote Play feature in the Playstation . Remote play allows for you to definitely stream online game from your Playstation 3 to your PSP. Therefore, you can take advantage of the game with your PSP from anywhere with a Wi-Fi interconnection. PixelJunk Monsters is amongst the first games to support Remote Practice. Bejeweled - Regular users of internet would have surely regarding this game which is usually quite simple and easy to play which also helps in developing your skills of problem solving and mentoring your brain as well to the most effective. There is a provision of visual insight in video game that allows the players to align all the similar color in a row together so that they makes space for the other jewels. Though this can be a simple game but yet it is kind of addictive. Each year banks like to purchase a hot tech item to give away to their new homeowners. They have given out Digital readers, Hi-tech phones, and digital music players. This year the major tech item being offered is a 100 % free Dell Pair. With its potential there is not a wonder why they are giving away the Dell Duo free. It offers the ability to play video games, finish work, play your music, or play a movie, all on a tight schedule away from your own house. The Dell duo even offers a low light mode best for people who wants to read their newspapers or books busy. If won by you some awards, then men and women will notice specially big game organizations and they could possibly inquire of which you make video gaming for them on a agreement foundation or finding compensated to add about all the games you come up with. You could it mat be be required to make console game terms! Here we go: 10 - Zombies4Hire: Supermarket Bowling - Management at the supermarket is replacing employees (you) with zombies lower costs. Don't sit on your duff and let the zombies be victorious! Kill them bowling style to save your service! The biggest reason that online games flash games play became so popular is simply: They cost nothing. You can pull up a search result anytime market or topic . and search "free games" and you will be given huge numbers of websites offer you with as lots of time wasting content to play as almost as much as you for example ,. I remember one little gem in particular that got me hooked on flash games. It was made by called Warzone Tower Defenders. I literally got so mad that Experienced to keep playing and when could beat the different levels. But here is the catch, you can't beat it! I searched all over the net for a walk-through and i found just one particular! There was no stopping me then! Take A Walk: Hand-drawn, no colours, very easy game. Exactly why is this game included during my list? Simple, this rhythm game will be the most relaxing flash contest. The protagonist is an overworked office manager (sounds familiar) who produced a decision take a walk while being attentive to music, seeing his world in brand name new "colour". Have a Walk isn't a game, it's an event. At home, learning a few dog games for kids is a great technique to obtain the family pet involved. Fetch and Frisbee are common, but you may be able to convince your kid - and doggy - carry out a race with 1 another. There are plenty of other options as well, so don't overlook your pets activity . try to see cool games to play outside. Fun outdoor games for kids can coming from complicated to simple, so be sure that you take the time to ascertain some your whole family will have the ability to take part in. In conclusion, flash games in all probability as called games made available from the major gaming consoles but they get played by lots of people everyday. Such things as they are so easy to decide on means to provide a constantly new games being uploaded every minute in the favourite game sites. All in all, they have the freedom so find some really like and keep playing! Gamers Unite! Nerd Union!

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Net games are certainly one of the best resources of fun for youngsters. You will discover several types of computer games which are fashioned to match kids belonging to different age groups. Automobile racing is 1 of the most well-known forms of internet based games. On the other hand, it is a lot more common among gamers than teenagers and elders. Each and every kid fancies cars. Although they cannot drive until they are matured enough, they really like to observe and discover about driving cars. They really like viewing real vehicle races and dreams about becoming champions themselves. Obviously, they're attracted towards automobile games. These will be the only medium that provides them an exposure to driving. With regards to older game lovers, they have a large vary of possibilities to pick from. Combat games that involve lot of action and weaponry are much more well-known among teenagers and children. By that age their taste shifts from easy racing games to additional complicated and thrilling gaming experience. Powerful concept is 1 on the main causes behind the accomplishment of most action games. Even girls are obsessed with action and war games mainly because the drama involved in them keeps them connected for the characters within the sport. So far as gamers are worried, high definition action games are sometimes tough to deal with mainly because of their complicated nature. Nevertheless, these days fans of games are equally involved in all sorts of entertainment alternatives available flash. They have accessibility to pc games and browser games which entails numerous players and teams. Java games involving group play and genuine rivals are very fascinating. These games are designed to maintain the gamers from quitting the sport. Internet based developers earn their income in distinctive methods. A few of them employ the servers of popular networking websites and there by amass great deal of free players. The popularity on the game will increase the traffic and volume of members joining the network. These websites are directly benefited through the high diploma of traffic. You can find various firms and pc advertisers that use popular internet sites and networks for posting their ads and promotional provides. PC individuals add volume to their audience and in return they compensate the networks and websites with big remunerations. A share on the compensation flows in to the hands of sport developers. Web-based games also cost their players directly in return for favors. It is a typical practice in well-liked browser games hosted by websites like Facebook. Once the player reaches a particular stage, the game offers them favors obtainable for sale. Nonetheless, these offers are optional simply because the player will need not purchase any favors. But even now these gaming corporations gather large revenues as you'll find a large number of players keen on profitable more than their rivals at any price. Presently, Google is 1 of the biggest pc game operators. It has been outdone by Zynga which has created many common browser social games.

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Is Your Video Delivery Strategy Costing You Customers?

High quality digital video is an integral part of our lives. We watch it on our phones, tablets and laptops, in sickness and in health, to the tune of one hour and sixteen minutes a day. It’s a powerful tool. Before the rise of digital media, video belonged to businesses with big marketing budgets. Today, direct to consumer brands use it to connect with customers, show off products and drive conversions.

Using video to grow your business

Time for some statistics. Right now, video makes up 73% of all consumer IP traffic. By 2021, Cisco predicts it will account for 82%. In a recent survey, Animoto found that four times as many consumers would rather watch a video about a product than read the description.

Video content works. It performs consistently across diverse industries. Landing pages that use video have significantly higher conversion rates. Wistia found that visitors spent 2.6 times longer on pages with video than on those without. Whether you make enterprise software, create pie recipes, sell shoes or build houses, video can help you engage and convert your customers.

Access to a global marketplace means more opportunities, but it also means more competition. Your website is your chance to show users how your solution can help solve their problems. Video helps you add a level of personal customization to problem solving. It puts you in the room where it happens.

But, you need to do more than create great content. You need a fast, reliable way to deliver it to any device, anywhere, at any time. You can make the greatest video in the world but if it takes thirty seconds to buffer and stalls every five seconds, it won’t matter. Your visitors would abandon the page and head over to your competitor’s website.

Sharing video content

If you want to create and share your own video content on your website, you’ve got three main options.

You can:

Upload the video to a video hosting platform like YouTube, Vimeo or Wistia

Natively upload it to your site and deliver it through your host server

Use a CDN for global presence and fast, seamless delivery

Let’s take a look at the pros and cons of each option:

Using a video hosting platform

Using a hosting service like YouTube, Vimeo or Wistia has a number of benefits. The services are specifically designed to make the process as intuitive as possible. Sharing the video to your own page is easy. Grab the embed code, put it in and you are good to go. The hosting platform compresses and optimizes your video for different devices, browsers and bandwidth. You don’t have to go anywhere near the backend or worry about delivery speeds.

There’s something for every goal and budget. YouTube is free with a strong social media angle, a solid creator studio and a powerful search engine. If you want your videos to be discovered in search and build a following, YouTube is a solid option. But, if you want to gate content, the unlisted option doesn’t really offer enough flexibility or security as anyone with the url can access it. Both Vimeo Business and Wistia offer secure video hosting for businesses and have solid gating features.

Using a video hosting service gives you very little control over what the video looks like once it’s on your page. You can’t really change the player to fit with your overall design. You have no choice over the kind of ads that play before and during your video. While Wistia and Vimeo Business let you decide who sees your video, if you host your videos on YouTube you’ve got no say over how users interact with or use it.

Uploading a video to your website

You can upload your video directly to your website. Unless you have a phenomenal server plan, this is probably the least desirable option. An influx of visitors that goes above your usual rate can easily lead to crashes, long buffering times and distortions.

Remember how slow streaming was in the early days when you and your roommate wanted to watch two different things at the same time? No one wants to go back to that. People don’t like waiting. If you want to keep visitors from bouncing off your site, you have to deliver your content fast. Amazon calculated that delivering content one second slower would cost them 1.6 billion in lost sales per year. If Amazon, with their loyal client base and army of Prime members loses customers over a one second slow down, think about how much speed can impact your business.

But, it’s not just about the speed. If you upload a video natively you are also responsible for compressing it and optimizing it for different media players, browsers and devices. It’s a lot of extra behind the scenes work for a meager and costly reward.

Delivering video through a CDN

Using a CDN is a great way to deliver content quickly to users around the world. A CDN leverages a globally distributed network of servers in multiple regions to serve your content fast. It reduces latency and takes seconds of page load times at a fraction of what an in-house solution would cost.

A CDN compliments your hosting plan. For the cost of bandwidth, you can automatically scale up or down based on your traffic. The CDN will “pull” media from your server, and then “repeat” it to every consequent visitor from the node closest to them. This allows you to keep your hosting footprint light and your server cool, while delivering large volumes of video.

As with the video hosting platforms, you can embed your videos on various web pages. Unlike Wistia or Vimeo, this option gives you full creative control over what the media player looks like on your website and how users interact with it. You can let users download videos and even charge for them. This can be a really useful features for brands that create e-courses or training materials.

If you rely on ads for a percentage of your revenue, using a CDN gives you a pretty big advantage. You gain full control over which ads to run and where they are placed. This way you can deliver relevant ads that align with your brand and appeal to your target audience.

The best hosting method for you

Cisco predicts that by 2021, CDNs will carry 71% of all internet traffic. Video sharing platforms already use CDNs to deliver content and using one yourself gives you the same level of granular control over your website.

How you host your videos depends on your own business goals and preferences. You don’t have to pick a single one. You can use a CDN like Beluga to deliver custom gated content to your customers via your website. You can use a platform like YouTube as part of your content marketing and community building efforts and host videos specifically designed for viral sharing.

Video isn’t just video. Every piece should serve a unique purpose. Use that purpose to figure out the best way to host and distribute it. When a visitor lands on your website, they judge it as a whole. They look at the loading speed, the way your video thumbnail fits in with the rest of the page, the resolution of your images and how intuitive your design is. Your customers are looking for a full experience. A video delivery strategy that favors speed and usability will keep them coming back for more.