Submitted 1 year ago by TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
With this being a free service, I feel like calling it NASA+ is a bit misleading. To me, I feel like the "+" indicates a paid, premium service. If it wasn't for the title of this post that clarifies that it's free, I probably wouldn't have even considered installing the app based on the name, alone.
Either way, this is great news! I'm probably gonna check this out once it's available. I wish they'd have a release date, though. The official page just says "Coming soon".
Feels very much like they’re just following the trend of a bunch of streaming services that just add a + to the end. As long as it’s good though I don’t think it matters much
Strikes me as tongue-in-cheek.
I think Paramount ++good sounds promising
It may mean, NASA content plus other content they feel is appropriate to the service.
I don’t usually think “paid service” when I see the plus symbol added to something.
The release date is November 8th.
Huh. There’s no geolock on this either? Fantastic. As a Canadian I tend to get blocked from this kind of stuff. This will be super cool. Might even replace my LCARS screensaver after years of use
Ever since Canada created the elegantly named “Canadarm”, NASA and Canada have been besties.
flying toasters screensaver for life!
THE DAY I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR
The US federal science agencies are generally pretty happy with sharing things. If it’s free to the US public, it’s free to the world and I love that. Best possible use of my tax dollars.
(We also share weather and hurricane data with the Caribbean countries, for example. None of them could individually afford what the US is doing, so I’m happy we share.)
I’m still using a particularly excellently implemented Matrix screensaver from XP, hehe.
And what’s that (less authentic looking but still great) one for Linux terminals? cmatrix I think?
Yeah it’s cmatrix. You can get it pretty legit if you tweak the settings enough.
I remember that XP screensaver like it was yesterday though.
I posted on Lemmy about needing recommendations for movies to watch on shrooms…and then minutes later stumble across this article.
Talk about perfect timing, lol.
This is really starting to feel like a perfect replacement for that…other website.
Monty python and the holy grail and/or life of brian.
So long as Holy Grail is first
I have a huge list of trippy & visual movies, tons of variety if you’re interested in picking through it for ideas: https://letterboxd.com/bee_tea/list/background-movies-for-house-parties
heavy on the sexual stuff but awesome list, you picked off 99% of what I’d probably go for but would add 2001, The Shining, liquid television, paprika and tron heh.
thanks for sharing inspiration!
You are actually the master of finding lists for any given scenario. I thought it was just for playlists, now I’m almost scared to know the true extent of your power 😅
In my Humboldt opinion, it doesn’t matter what I watch as long as I consume enough shrooms. I watched Hot Tub Time Machine the last time. It was great.
I had a really bad trip watching “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”
MST3K is my goto 🍄
Since other people are giving trippy recommendations I would like to suggest Fantastic Fungi and The Colors Of Infinity. FF is a fantastic mushroom documentary excellently made. Colors Of Infinity is a public domain documentary about the mandelbrot set fractal. Its presented by Arthur C. Clarke and original music by David Gilmore of Pink Floyd fame. I curated a list of links to watch it and other fractal documentaries for free here.
The new show “Scavengers Reign” reminds me of tripping a bit and is actually very good.
Pink Floyd’s The Wall
You trying to give them lasting psychological trauma?
I’m a big cyberpunk fan so I enjoy Robocop and Akira. Disney animation is also good like Encanto in 4k on an OLED TV will give you a religious experience as you’re peaking.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
NASA+ will be available on most major platforms via the NASA App on iOS and Android mobile and tablet devices; streaming media players such as, Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV; and on the web across desktop and mobile devices.
What’s the betting it won’t be on LG’s WebOS though? 😭
My deepest sympathies to all 3 of you.
Lol you joke but that includes every LG OLED tv sold to date
Who will think of all the palm pre’s out there
Good news - the Apple TV app is free and runs on LG's WebOS
Will that have the NASA app? I’m sorry if this is a stupid question.
Don’t say that… I’m planning on getting an LG
Get a streaming stick. The hardware TV manufacturers use to run their OS is generally bottom of the barrel and is sluggish as hell.
As others have said, don't buy TVs for their smart features. Just use a streaming stick. They are easier to replace as software changes, and there's practically no real benefit to ever putting a TV online in the first place.
Also, LG panels are the best visual quality. You're doing good going the LG route. Just keep it offline.
LG OLEDs are amazing, worth the price. Their OS is also very good compared to other TVs, I used it for years without an outside player. Now I have an Apple TV, ehich is better, but I still miss the LG’s magic controller.
Can’t you just play it from the web?
Oh, it’s a total guarantee they won’t, ugh.
I bit the bullet and got a Google tv with Chromecast because webos always gets left behind (and there was no homebrew YouTube alternative like smarttube on it)
If you haven’t updated the TVs software you can probably root it (rootmy.tv). The Homebrew store has ad-free YouTube.
If it’s called NASA Plus, how is it free? The “plus” means it goes a step beyond their free content and into a paid tier.
Don’t get me wrong this is absolutely fantastic I adore NASA and space, but they’re just be some hidden cost? Otherwise it wouldn’t be a streaming service called NASA Plus, right?
I don’t think everyone sat down and agreed to that being what plus means. It’s like labeling food as organic, it means nothing. It’s just a name. Odd thing to obsess over, you’ll get nowhere trying to understand marketing people, just let it go.
What they are adding is a more condensed experience accessing NASA content and making it easier for casual viewers to access. The more people paying attention to science the better. I think this is a fantastic move from NASA
Why do you think the organic label for food means nothing?
Looks like they refer to adding their Science wing into the streaming, too.
In this crazy capitalist world peiple started forgetting that public services can be free, like, for real :D
*Paid for with taxes, not free.
plus just means more I think, they’re adding to their service so it’s “plus”
just because that’s usually a hook to get you to pay more doesn’t mean that’s now the definition of the word
sure. However “plus” means that something is additional to something else. And the question here is what is the basic product that makes this one be the additional
They’re selling our usage data to aliens to pay for server costs
What do you expect? “We’re not hosting an intergalactic kegger down here!”
*Previously on Desperate Spacewives…
Sam has just kicked out of the airlock apartment by his wife Karen. Would his other woman save him from radiation and lack of oxygen? Tune in to this episode of Desperate Spacewives
Nice
Gotta love some american propaganda.
Blackout@kbin.social 1 year ago
I think the head of a CEO somewhere just exploded.
Jackthelad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Space: The final free tier.
dojan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s 1:30AM and you have me cackling like a witch here.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
and every conservative congresscritter, for some reason. 'couldn't this be done in the private sector'
oce@jlai.lu 1 year ago
CEOs are usually not relying as much on taxes. That’s why it’s free, this is a way to justify tax usage by developing public outreach.
feminalpanda@lemmings.world 1 year ago
Walmart CEO definitely relies on taxes, food stamps, WIC, and other programs. ISP CEOs took tax money for Internet upgrades and did nothing. Multiple bailouts for business that they squandered on stock buyback.
feminalpanda@lemmings.world 1 year ago
Walmart CEO definitely relies on taxes, food stamps, WIC, and other programs. ISP CEOs took tax money for Internet upgrades and did nothing. Multiple bailouts for business that they squandered on stock buyback.