Sunday, October 17, 2021

Let's Go Brandon! The Sports Page -- October 17, 2021

NASCAR: first of three races for the "group of eight."

NFL: Dallas, later afternoon game.  Later: how about them Cowboys?

  • Kansas City Chiefs will win today
  • Green Bay clobbers Chicago Cubs
  • Sunday night football: Seahawks vs Steelers (yawn) -- sorry! I know I will get a note from my one Seattle Seahawks fan. Sorry.

Advice to networks:

  • do not cut away for commercials. Use "side-by-side" if commercials must be shown;
  • as soon as a commercial hits, I move to another game, race, or tournament (PGA); I don't have time to waste on commercials
  • once I switch I tend not to move on, unless the game, race, or tournament is really, really boring 
  • next best thing: AI to immediately move to another sports venue when commercial comes on

Same with paywalls. 

Why Earth is not ready for EVs. Nothing new here. Link to Felicity Bradstock.

Apple TV: Steve Jobs tried for years to get solve the problem. Two things he needed:

  • content: getting there;
  • one remote: Jobs / Apple, Inc failed; but Hulu streaming + Amazon Firestick succeeeded -- one remote. Incredible. Hulu + Amazon Firestick seems to work off iTunes format -- something Steve Jobs wanted; could never achieve in his lifetime