watermelongunn

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by watermelongunn 2y ago
Professional motion designer here (15 years): Blender is awesome and I highly applaud their team (and have donated to the org!), but it is absolutely not a replacement for After Effects. The ecosystem around AE (plugins/tutorials/
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by watermelongunn 3y ago
Use Spotify for discovery and convenience; purchase vinyl and go to shows to support the artists.
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by watermelongunn 3y ago
It stirs great jealousy in me as well... but as they say, are we not all standing on the shoulders of giants? And if the new [whatever] is an improvement, does it matter if it came from a rich kid? Sorry, I'm not actually directing the
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by watermelongunn 3y ago
Yeah, I wish the Hue switches worked better, they must have trouble waking up from sleep or something. For my office, I never even touch my physical switch or app; instead, a motion sensor turns the lights on when I enter and then off when
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by watermelongunn 3y ago
Ha, I also don't always think to turn off lights when I leave a room, so I'm not going to be militant about my kids doing it if I can't. Do you seriously object to me solving this problem with tech? Do you even have kids??
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by watermelongunn 3y ago
I've been using the same Hue lightbulbs for at least 8 years now and never had any of the issues you describe. When you have a home with children and a fair number of rooms, you'll find that turning off the lights at night is not
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by watermelongunn 5y ago
AIs don't incarcerate people. People incarcerate people.
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by watermelongunn 7y ago
This is why the Fakespot extension is so great – that page is littered with "F" grades, and I would have never considered purchasing any of it.
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by watermelongunn 7y ago
I'll give you that health insurance is more expensive as a contractor (though not enough to significantly cut into $750k), but if your taxes are also higher then you really need to talk to a good CPA. If you are doing it right, paying
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by watermelongunn 8y ago
While I agree that kids could stand to get out more, I think everyone here is painting an absurdly rosy picture of the past. I'd like to know what percentage of kids used to spend their time doing hard labor or if their latchkey existe