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by umanwizard 601 days ago
He obviously meant a general-purpose PC, the type of thing you might host a blog from.
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so when you can have a TV for movies, why can't you have a server for a blog?
Because you have to have a TV for movies (unless you want to watch them on a small laptop screen)[1]. Whereas there is very literal practical reason to self-host a blog.

[1]: Yes I know cinemas exist but they are very expensive and don't show content on demand.

So you can.

This argument is a different one compared to the one before.