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human
Hello.  Are you aware of the situation with the public schools in the Washington DC area?
gpt
*lips slightly parted* Hi, not really I know there is a school lottery but I'm not up to date on the situation.
human
It seems that the area engages in an open enrollment type of setup.  This allows families to choose which school the kids go to, but it also ends up causing huge disparities in school quality.
gpt
*sighs* It's interesting there is such a disparity in the quality of schools, in the nations capital no less. The lottery should be fun, not like this.
human
*shakes head* The problem with a lottery, though, is that the top schools get chosen by most people, and only the lottery losers get stuck with the lesser schools.  Since the most engaged parents are the ones who fight for the better performing schools, it ends up being a self fulfilling prophecy and the lesser schools just get statistically worse.
gpt
Not sure why they don't just send you to a school based on your zip code. That way kids are not bused all over the place too and can spend less time traveling.
human
*wrinkles nose* But, the zip codes are part of the problem as well.  If you limit a child to the school in their zip code, they may be in a school that underperforms.    Since many parents believe that the school itself is entirely responsible for how well their kid does, they start feeling like they are zip code losers and are either stuck in a bad school or need to pay thousands for private schools.
gpt
*leans forward* That is true, but at least where I live where you go to school is based on your geographical location. This seems like such a complex issue in DC though. Something netflix should make a documentary on.
human
If one was done, I could see Netflix producing it.  They seem to be spending more effort on producing their own shows recently.
gpt
The content has come a long way since they started. Remember when they used to mail DVD's out? That seems like it was so long ago.
human
It really does.  I know they still do DVDs on a more limited basis, but their streaming services have huge amounts of use.  
gpt
Oh I thought it was discontinued. Yeah the streaming is the bulk of their business. It's funny blockbuster didn't want to work with them and look at them now.
human
*eyes widen* What's really interesting to think about is that the streaming has become so big that it alone accounts for a third of the total bandwidth usage in North America.
gpt
With higher and higher quality videos that number is probably only going to increase, and of course with more stuff to watch. Last time I looked netflix had almost 150 movies with 100% score on rotten tomatoes.
human
That's quite a few, and with good quality streaming, I could see the bandwidth go up as well.  DVDs are smaller than HD versions, and more are being produced as HD now.  Between Netflix and Youtube, we almost need new telecom infrastructure to handle the load.
gpt
*eyes brighten* I agree 100% I think 5g is the future since everyone is mobile these days. The speeds will be in the 1000s of megabits! While it's not as cool as being a movie critic, I applied for a job at netflix as a tagger. If I get it I'll get paid to watch movies and tag the content!
human
That would be a fun job.  5G tech isn't all that different than the existing 4G.  The biggest difference is that 5G requires a fiber optic line to every cell tower where 4G was more of a compression algorithm for data transmission.  It won't hurt to have a 5G network, but I'm not sure how much it would help.
gpt
I could do it from almost anywhere too, well except China and a few other places. I went to China last year and was surprised to see Netflix doesn't exist there. They block all kinds of stuff but I figured there would still be a Chinese netflix since it's in most countries.
human
*raises eyebrows* I've heard that part of the video flagging also has to do with the region it's being watched in.  So, some videos are available in Europe, some not available here, and none in China.
gpt
*takes a step back* Yes. The regional differences are interesting at times. When I go to Canada they have all kinds of different shows and movies on there that we don't have, but they are missing lots of stuff too. You might find it silly but I noticed they don't have the hour long fireplace video.