Netflix seems to provide an app for Windows Laptops to watch titles offline. Chromebooks here too. https://help.netflix.com/en/node/54816 MacOS is absent, but I'm sure it's not too far off using an Google Chromebook emulator with Google Play Store in UTM if it's a must. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

Netflix on moble apps allows for downloading for offline viewing Youtube also allows for offline downloads of selected videos in selected areas on mobile. Source: over 1 year ago

Get a Kill-A-Watt, or something similar and start seeing how much power those things draw. My mini fridge uses about 400 watts per day. Rather than getting a coffee pot, get a french press and a good thermos. And instead of the tv and dvd player, can you just have a couple of tablets instead? They use far less power. Netflix lets you download stuff to watch offline or you can rip those DVDs to mp4 files and copy... Source: over 1 year ago

Netflix, Hulu (and probably others) offer portions of their content offline. If you have the right subscription, you can download the titles you want ahead of time to your laptop, iPad, etc. & watch them later on your deployment w/out having to rely on wifi. Source: almost 2 years ago

Any streaming service has some hidden downsides, Netflix is no exception. For example, you don’t get to keep anything after watching it online, the video quality is limited by the bandwidth available to you at any given moment, and the watch process will be not that smooth if you have a poor connection. No matter what your reasons may be, many users tend to download the content from Netflix to devices for watching... Source: almost 2 years ago

I'm not sure how much value making something "not fugly" really matters. Design should be based on functionality, not anti-fugliness. In my experience, design considerations should come after building a successful growth "feedback loop." (Or whatever you want to call it.) At that point, you may decide making your website look "polished" isn't even necessary. IMDB was certainly quite ugly for a long time.... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

On Archive Of Our Own , the theme for International Fanworks Day 2021 was fandoms/relationships that aren't well represented on the site. Based on an idea I'd had going back to 1992, I picked Mariah Carey and wrote this story. There are only 11 stories/works) about or involving Mariah on the site. Hell, she's been around 33 years and her first name still gets the red squiggle under it, meaning her name... Source: 6 months ago

It's the top-10 romantic relationships written about BG3 characters on AO3, the largest fanfiction website on the internet. Source: 6 months ago

For those not in the know, AO3 (the ArchiveOfOurOwn) is the largest (I think?) fanfiction website on the internet. Its interests are pretty different! ;). Source: 6 months ago

Elysian Fields is the place for Spuffy fanfic! I recommend doing an Advanced Search - you can search for and sort by word count, likes, etc. (similar to Archive of Our Own, also a place with Spuffy fics but not quite as user-friendly as EF). Source: 6 months ago