It was a term coined to describe the step-by-step process modern tech platforms go through:

1. be good, get customers, grow
2. get large enough to corner market, concentrate on profits
3. get large enough to move to politicise their approach, drive out competition through aggressive tactics, and lock in consumers
4. drive more profit through dark patterns and ensure nobody wins but the stakeholders

It’s specifically that, and there wasn’t a word that described that process previously, as it’s only something that’s possible in a modern, “web scale” worldwide platform.

Well, now you’ve called it out, I’ve got to updeet it.

I always remember that it’s eXtract Ze File, tar -xzf… But I’ll be honest, I’ve not used it in years and years

Sounds like GDPR / HFEA / other medical or significant legal body. They often also give nice fat juicy bonuses to people who report problems that get looked into, and if a company self-reports will often overlook issues provided there’s a serious attention to cleaning shit up.

hint hist hiss

service: and continer: do the same thing when run inside the same docker-compose.yml. When gluetun is run separately, you’ll need to reference service: in order to reference it because it’s outside the same compose file. The difference is slight, but noticeable if you’re running multiple compose files. HTH :)

And this is happening on the BETA channel. If you’re running beta, and you expect no issues, you’re an idiot. If you’re running beta, and you’re unable to investigate those issues and resolve them (Which, as you’ve such a clear, lucid understanding of what’s going on you clearly are able to), then you’re an idiot. If you’ve enabled developer options without understanding tech, and how to fix things yourself, you’re an idiot.

There’s no protecting against idiots, they’re on their own.

The vast majority of people will not see this issue because you have to go out of your way to see this bug.

Oh, I feel for you… Delphi is a really nice language… for 1995. Last I saw it used in anger was back in 2004 or so, and even then it was a joke that it was still going…

ExplainXKCD to the rescue :D

I always thought it was because the earliest stuff was actually filmed infront of a live audience (Like a theatre) who did laugh, so when switching to non-live-audience stuff, the viewing public would be ‘put off’ by no laughter, so they injected it with canned laughter… then as time went on they realised this was rubbish and stopped it.

But maybe I’m just missing the joke in the previous two comments, I dunno.

PWM = Pulse Width Modulation, a way of changing the power of a signal to ‘emulate’ a different voltage or amperage by rapidly varying the ‘width’ of the signal, at a high enough frequency that you shouldn’t notice it.

Basically, it ‘stutters’ the signal. That’s all well and good until it starts to get into the frequency that users are sensitive to (Which is different for everyone). At that point it can cause headaches, nausea, eye strain, migraines and possibly even increasing any epileptic effects.

The other issue is normally it’s fine, but maybe when the brightness is down really low, you might get a 120Hz ‘flicker’ sort of like an old Flourescent light fixture, as it turns off and on the LED backlighting slow enough that you start to actually experience it. For me, I’ve not noticed it even at very low brightnesses and dark rooms, but I’m not sensitive to it at all.