Greg has made the jump from Bluesky to Mastodon, and he wrote up his explanation here:

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Notes from Gregory Brown

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Gregory Brown (@skillstopractice@mastodon.social)

Left Bluesky after being one of its #1 fans because I had assumed that avoiding ad revenue was something they were doing *on principle* and then fo...

Back in 1997, the browser plugin RealPlayer became synonymous with "buffering" — which for 90s web users meant constant, annoying delays in streaming a video online (usually over dial-up). Funnily enough though, the buffering epidemic didn't dampen the HYPE for online video streaming that year. Wired magazine even declared that RealVideo was leading a “war with TV.” And you thought AI hype was bad...

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The Age of Buffering: Video Streaming and Webcasts in 1997

During 1997, video streaming comes to web browsers through plug-ins like RealVideo, VDOLive and Microsoft's NetShow. David Bowie even attempts to '...

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