https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/comments/1u7dtnr/variety_article_backrooms_sends_hollywood_to/

Sydney Sweeney and other examples

Teaching My Neighbor to Keep the Volume Down

• The Setup: In 2007, the author moved to an apartment where Dish Network was the only option. He upgraded to a DVR package that included an RF (Radio Frequency) remote, allowing him to control the TV from anywhere in the apartment without line-of-sight.
• The Problem: A loud neighbor moved in and also acquired Dish Network with an RF remote. Because they shared the same default frequency, the author's remote experienced interference, and he realized his remote could control the neighbor's set-top box.
• The Conflict: The neighbor frequently played his TV at high volume. The author attempted to visit the neighbor to explain the technical interference issue and build rapport, but the neighbor was rude, yelled "I'm not buying," and slammed the door.
• The Solution: Instead of reprogramming his remote to avoid interference, the author decided to "train" the neighbor. He kept the RF remote in his bedroom and established a rule: if the neighbor's volume exceeded a specific threshold (estimated level 15-20), he would use the remote to turn the neighbor's device off.
• The Result: Through "Pavlovian conditioning," the neighbor eventually learned that keeping the volume low kept the TV on, while raising it caused the TV to shut off. The author successfully conditioned the neighbor to maintain a lower volume without ever speaking to him again.

Hacker News Discussion

• Counter-Tactics: The top comment shared a similar revenge story where a user blasted System of a Down's "Chop Suey" at 4 AM to retaliate against a neighbor who watched loud reality TV late at night; the neighbor eventually complained and changed their behavior.
• Technical Warfare: Commenters discussed various gadgets for dealing with noisy neighbors, such as the "STFU" device which purportedly pipes audio back directionally, and directional ultrasound speakers.
• Pavlovian Experiments: Another user described using a fake smoke detector with an annoying buzzer triggered via Bluetooth to "train" a neighbor to stop smoking on their balcony, mirroring the blog post's conditioning theme.
• Skepticism and Meta-Commentary: Several users questioned the veracity of these "tall tales," leading to a debate about whether Hacker News is becoming more like Reddit.
• Morning vs. Night: A sub-thread debated the consideration gap between "morning people" (who make noise early) and "night people" (who make noise late), with users arguing that society unfairly favors morning noise.
• Escalation: Anecdotes ranged from passive-aggressive automated systems to extreme physical confrontations, such as a neighbor throwing a loud stereo through a window.

Well developed character.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fwgvVCrVMM

How most Ottoman sultans are introduced (as represented in Turkish television). Reference long list of possible titles for Ottoman sultans.

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https://laist.com/shows/airtalk/california-announces-new-deal-with-tech-to-fund-journalism-ai-research

https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/blogs/archive-blog/2023/08/09/archive-senior-studio-projectionist-jim-smith-retires

This is one of the things that doesn't seem to be being explored enough presently, or at least I'm not seeing it outside of the SAG and WGA strikes where it seems to be a side issue rather than a primary issue.

Jerry Springer, former Cincinnati mayor and talk show host, dead at 79 by Lisa Respers France, Marianne Garvey

read at 8:12 PM

https://try.lingopie.com/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/tech-etymology-tv-clicker/236965/

Origin story of cable television

An electronics store needed a way to demonstrate the capabilities of television sets, but was in a valley that prevented line-of-site access to a transmitter.

Engaging advertisements on Facebook benefit from lower acquisition costs because the Facebook algorithm rewards more interesting advertisements with lower CPMs and wider distribution. This is done, as all things surveillance capitalism driven, to keep eyeballs on Facebook.

This isn't too dissimilar to large cable networks that provide free high quality advertising to mass manufacturers in late night slots. The network generally can't sell all of their advertising inventory, particularly in low viewing hours, so they'll offer free or incredibly cheap commercial rates to their bigger buyers (like Coca-Cola or McDonalds, for example) to fill space and have more professional looking advertisements between the low quality advertisements from local mom and pop stores and the "as seen on TV" spots. These higher quality commercials help keep the audience engaged and prevents viewers from changing the channel.

Je trouve que la comparaison avec la télévision n'est pas complètement juste. En effet, les professeurs ne donnaient pas des recherche a faire avec la télévision, ce n'étaient pas une source d'accès a la connaissance. Aujourd'hui il faut être préparé a faire des recherches, a chercher l'information. L'usage d'internet est bien plus stimulant que de regarder la télévision.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jan/05/text-appeal-ceefax-recreated-by-20-year-old-northern-irish-man

Starting with reality television, everything seems to have become entertainment. Social media has accelerated this.

The idea that "making is showbusiness" is an interesting label for this.

We also have "manufacturing"; when will we have digufacturing?

GDELT Summary: Television Explorer: hydroxychloroquine AND (Station:CNN OR Station:FOXNEWS OR Station:MSNBC) AND PublicationDate>=3/1/2020. (n.d.). Retrieved May 14, 2021, from https://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/summary/summary?d=iatv&t=summary&k=hydroxychloroquine+&ts=custom&sdt=20200301000000&fs=station%3ACNN&fs=station%3AFOXNEWS&fs=station%3AMSNBC&svt=zoom&swvt=zoom&ssc=yes&sshc=yes&swc=yes&stcl=yes&c=1

Misinformation Alerts - Public Health Communications Collaborative. (n.d.). Public Health Communication Collaborative. Retrieved September 24, 2021, from https://publichealthcollaborative.org/misinformation-alerts/

Don’t sit to close to the television. The old way of thinking and now to much screen time can have an effect on your mental health.

The house wife watching her soap opera wail doing chores. Family’s finding ways to schedule time around television. One rule in my house hold all of the homework had to be done before watching TV.

We go to theaters to see plays. But with movies, TV show and Vlogs on YouTube there are more ways to tell a story. I would argue it’s not cheap entertainment it’s a new way of story telling

Op-Ed: How Not to Message the Public on COVID Vaccines | MedPage Today. (n.d.). Retrieved May 26, 2021, from https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/publichealth/92704

This is an important point that many miss about art.

Seguin, D., Kuenzel, E., Morton, J. B., & Duerden, E. (2021). School’s out: Parenting stress and screen time use in school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5guc3

Finally the sort of competition that Trump can understand: it's a ratings race!

Need to go back and watch more of these early shows!