I’ve also heard theories that its related to lots of “golden hour” photos but ultimately (and this is one of the significant problems with machine learning) the specific cause is unknowable due to the nature of the software
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The fastest fix is a very short copyright window, say 5-10 years. Given the fact that every movie release makes back it’s entire production budget in 1 week or is immediately deemed a flop, 5-10 years is plenty of time to mine an IP for boatloads of cash, plus once anyone can make a star wars movie or book or whatever, the real value shifts instead to the brand that produces it. New brands can make a name for themselves respinnong “old” IPs and making far better content than the original studio would’ve been willing to risk, and big brands can focus more on how important it is to view the only official versions of a given IP based on their branding.
I think that was every normal person’s experience with minions. They were funny as side characters in the film, but then the sequels and spinoffs leaned too heavily into them and the memes started and everyone with 2 braincells to rub together said “fuck this” and ignored the minion scurge to fester
Trainguyrom@reddthat.comto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Vitamins are good but idk....English5·2 days agoHave you seen the price of dildos? I can’t blame people for getting creative with household objects!
Trainguyrom@reddthat.comto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Tesla Will Now Let You Finance Your EV Repairs… With Interest Rates as High as 36% APREnglish3·2 days agoJesus Christ $2400 for a windshield?! And I thought I overpaid when I got my $600 windshield replacement at a local place (it’s like $400 through Safelite for the same vehicle)
Yeah I’ve seen so much AI slop with the yellow tinge. It’s kinda hilarious that we’re watching AI model collapse in real time but the bubble keeps growing
Honestly I don’t remember. There’s a solid chance I misunderstood the point you were trying to make. I do remember being weirded out by the way your example has the loans working so I wanted to give a more real-world example of how loans and inflation benefit the borrower
I wasn’t the one who said that part. I just wanted to correct the simplified math with some real world numbers that put into perspective how much wealth just being able to get a mortgage sets one up for
Actually its the inverse. Borrower A is borrowing the equivalent of $105 and borrower B is borrowing the equivalent of $125 and after 5 years the amount they borrowed is equivalent to $160.
Let’s put this into more real terms. Lets say 30 years ago borrower C got a $100k mortgage at a 6% interest rate. Ignoring everything else that often gets lumped into “the house payment” (insurance, property taxes, HOA/condo association fees, closing fees, etc.) their monthly mortgage payment would be $599.55 for the entire lifetime of that mortgage. That $100k in 1995 dollars that was borrowed would be about $210k when adjusted for inflation. Those 360 payments would also conveniently equal out to roughly $215k meaning they effectively were loaned the money for free over the timescale, and that loan payment of $600 in 1995 is still a loan payment of $600 in 2025 despite the fact that that $600 in 1995 dollars is equivalent to about $1200 today.
Basically with inflation, property ownership ensures a roughly decreasing cost of living over a lifetime and property has a tendency to gain value faster than a dollar does, so ultimately being able to get a mortgage creates wealth for the individual by stabilizing costs that would otherwise grow indefinitely and they gain an asset that generally increases in value.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.comto Gaming@beehaw.org•The Illuminator Advert - Game Boy AccessoryEnglish1·4 days agoI found the best experience with my GBA was simply to use it in a dark room with my MadKatz purple clip light
Trainguyrom@reddthat.comto Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•Man complains about the government forcing him to buy a new car so he and his wife can continue to do their 1km school run.English4·6 days agoI read an article forever ago about a place in Tibet that wasn’t on the grid and had pedal chargers for some laptops at a computer cafe
This is my second season cycling. I live in an extremely hilly area and last season I got to where I could climb the steep hills without getting out and pushing about halfway through the season, but long and gradual hills absolutely murdered me. This season I started tackling some long gradual hills
Honestly you have to play with the gearing to find what works well for you on hills. Higher gears spin harder but put down more power, lower gears spin easier but put down less power. Best is to be in the highest gear you can sustain. Personally I never touch the lower half of my gears because there’s just too much leg spin and I tire myself for nothing.
Eventually you’ll get to where you can stand on the pedals while at a low cadence for extra power (useful on hills or with a trailer. When I have my kids behind me by butt basically never touches the saddle) but ultimately it’s something that takes building muscle and practice to get comfortable
Trainguyrom@reddthat.comtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•U.S. DOT unveils blockbuster 'Pro-Trucker Package' that promises to kill speed limiter mandate, expand truck parking, much moreEnglish6·6 days agoIt’s legal to drive with the speed of traffic for your own safety
This is pure misinformation. It is illegal to exceed the speed limit. Simple as that. It is illegal to go 66 in a 65 zone. It is illegal to go 75 in a 70 zone. Anyone who says otherwise is spouting pure fiction.
Now, what you might be referencing is police choosing not to enforce the speed limit on people speeding by a very small margin. That is a conscious choice by police officers, and they can and will find any moving violations to pull someone over if they want to.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.comtoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•U.S. DOT unveils blockbuster 'Pro-Trucker Package' that promises to kill speed limiter mandate, expand truck parking, much moreEnglish6·6 days agoAccording to the linked article It also includes changes to mandated rest periods to help ensure truckers are even more sleep deprived than they already are.
I did see one good provision, allowing to split the 14 hours of driving time with a 30-180 minute break in the middle. But encouraging the mandatory 10 hour rest periods to instead be 2 5 hour rest periods will make for very sleep deprived humans operating 40,000lb machines at 70+MPH
I was just thinking it was a missed opportunity for a What We Do In The Shadows reference, but on the other hand the only other people I know who watch it are gay so maybe it would just go over Fox’s audience’s heads
That was Logan Paul, and actually the Paul brothers’ antics actually greatly delayed Pewd’s immigration as the Japanese government actually stopped granting new visas to any social media personalitiws for some time after the Paul incidents.
If I remember correctly he wasn’t able to immigrate until mid-2020 thanks to the Paul Borthers’ lack of respect for anyone
Trainguyrom@reddthat.comto RetroGaming@lemmy.world•What are some great retro games that I can play with my 5yo?English2·7 days agoYou can even play the sequel in your browser on archive.org!
Trainguyrom@reddthat.comto News@lemmy.world•"House from Hell" — How America’s Largest Homebuilders Shift the Cost of Shoddy Construction to BuyersEnglish8·8 days agoI mean there’s plenty of shoddy workmanship in these century old homes in the form of creative renovations by various owners. Any home that isn’t brand new is usually a better option though since any problems will have had time to show themselves, or be limited to specific places
Trainguyrom@reddthat.comto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Update to last week's BestBuy Shenanigan. They refused to refund me after not delivering me the stuff I ordered after a so-called "investigation".English13·8 days agoI worked in customer service escalations for a large company. We had a couple of dedicated people who handled inquiries on complaints sent to the AG, skipping several tiers of support if someone from the AG’s office asked about it. Usually it was some bored office adminstrator who’d share the customer’s complaint and await a response from the company and make sure everything was above the board, and largely exist as a mediator between the customer and the company. Involving the AG is a very good step to take in a customer service failure on any kind of order/RMA problems, especially if you’re out money
There’s actually been a trend of shifting the language to “owi” or “operating while intoxicated” since the law is the same whether you’re operating a car, a bike, a boat or a dump truck