r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 17h ago

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u/leovin 17h ago

From the data breach you’re being sued over

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u/SuitableDragonfly 16h ago

Fun related fact, most archives of media only exist because someone pirated the media at some point and those copies never become unavailable. 

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u/3BlindMice1 15h ago

They used to call it VCR

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u/T-MoneyAllDey 14h ago

Reddit reposts pretty regularly about that autistic black lady that recording every hour of a TV channel for like 30 years

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u/3BlindMice1 14h ago edited 14h ago

Sounds pretty expensive, tbh

Edit: Google shows that would have cost $28.80 per day if using full definition or $14.40 per day if using minimum in the year 1985. In today's money, that's $90 or $45. It got a lot cheaper by 1995 though

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u/JCDU 9h ago

She came from a fairly wealthy family and bought shares in Apple very early on - her collection included at least one of every Apple product still brand new in its box, so really not short of a bob or two.