Edit: It’s funny how many people are interpreting this as about unity or working together. I interpreted it as about dreaming big and working long term to make the dream dream happen....
I have noticed phones with a handset (like the one in the image) have a little cover that resembles something like a cold camera shoe under the bottom of the handset’s top speaker holder. Is there a use for it? It has a line bump in the middle, but it doesn’t go all the way from both sides, it leaves a gap. I have also seem...
It’s because God had five fingers on each hand, and five toes on each foot, and he had to use all twenty to create the world. Humans have yet to unlock this potential.
Pine directs and stars in this misguided 'Chinatown' spoof with Annette Bening, Danny DeVito and Jennifer Jason Leigh in thankless supporting roles....
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Friday he would deport the children of undocumented immigrants with their families, despite them already being U.S. citizens....
I think he and his advisors are severely underestimating the entrenched racism of their base, especially the far right wing that he is trying to court. Oh yeah, and he’s also a Harvard and Yale educated lawyer who attended school on scholarship from a Soros. And he’s Hindu, and a vegetarian.
The petty and ridiculous thing seems like expecting someone would want to stand there actively engaging the coffee grinder, pour over coffee is time consuming enough in the busy mornings, much less when I need to grind 170g for cold brew
Social media seems to be laughing its ass off about this tragedy, is it because the folks at burning man are perceived as frivolous hippies or something? Everyone I’ve ever met who was a regular burning man attendee has been a solid human being with strong morals, personally and financially responsible, a career. Upstanding...
Burning Man may be the epitome of the many optimistic and maybe naive qualities of the 90s that were co-opted and exploited in the early 2000s, and turned into the very things they were built to protest against - another being the free and open internet
This thread isn’t touching on the biggest impact which is being able to write down or impair these assets that are taken off streaming or shows in production that are cancelled (for Warner’s an amount in excess of $3B) - the impaired asset value is then taken as a loss which reduces the company’s tax burden.
Well, I think there is a question too of the value that theses assets have when brought directly to streaming and the reason we’re seeing studios start to rethink this strategy and schedule more theatrical runs
However from what you described the scenario is similar and these situations also occur with more traditional assets, for instance a manufacturer who brings a product to market that significantly underperforms because of an unforeseen event, if the assets market value drops below what has been accounted for they write down that difference as a loss. This loss offsets other gains the company recognizes and therefore rescues their tax burden. Consumers are able to take advantage of this as well if they experience a loss in their investments (capital losses)
For businesses and consumers the ability to write down losses encourages additional investment, and the highly subjective nature of valuation allows companies like the studios to use creative strategies to offset other costs like Discovery’s acquisition of Warner Media
Yeah it does seem counterproductive, companies in other industries do this all the time it just goes unnoticed - this system does not work in the consumer’s favor
I’ve had my eye on this for a while, I’m a rigorous notebook and pen note taker but the ability to search through notes would be a huge benefit - do you find the integration with other services to work well? (I would want to export notes to a separate cloud storage platform like OneDrive)
4K UHD (along with 8K UHD and 16K UHD) are the consumer format standards for 3840x2160 image formats which includes Blu-ray. Full 4K or True 4K or DCI 4K is the cinematic 4K standard shown at 4096x2160, which many TVs supper via slight letterboxing
There is not one definition, if you hear “4K” you can use the context of the conversation to determine if they’re talking about the consumer 4K UHD format or cinematic 4K, neither of which have a vertical resolution of exactly 4000px. UHD standards are maintained by ITU DCI standards were developed by the DCI group and are now maintained by SMPTE
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls (arstechnica.com)
the best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago (slrpnk.net)
Edit: It’s funny how many people are interpreting this as about unity or working together. I interpreted it as about dreaming big and working long term to make the dream dream happen....
Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source (futurism.com)
"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.
What is the thing that resembles a camera shoe under the handset holder found on telephones with a handset used for? (lemmy.world)
I have noticed phones with a handset (like the one in the image) have a little cover that resembles something like a cold camera shoe under the bottom of the handset’s top speaker holder. Is there a use for it? It has a line bump in the middle, but it doesn’t go all the way from both sides, it leaves a gap. I have also seem...
Nightmare Scenario (xkcd.com)
Dusk: Unpopular opinion: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopoly (twitter.com)
WCGW doing pull-ups in a bathroom stall (i.imgur.com)
China is forecasted to reach 1,000GW of installed solar capacity by 2026 (from 500GW today), which is pretty much equivalent to the total global solar power capacity today. (reneweconomy.com.au)
Isn't it weird that we have exactly five fingers and five toes on each hand and foot.
I mean why 5, why 5 on each limb, why not 4 or 6. Why do our feet also have 5. Whats with our body being so symmetrical....
‘Poolman’ Review: Chris Pine’s Noir-Drenched L.A. Comedy Is a Shrill Misfire (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Pine directs and stars in this misguided 'Chinatown' spoof with Annette Bening, Danny DeVito and Jennifer Jason Leigh in thankless supporting roles....
Ramaswamy says he’d deport children of undocumented immigrants, calls 14th Amendment ‘contested’ (thehill.com)
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Friday he would deport the children of undocumented immigrants with their families, despite them already being U.S. citizens....
Sometimes the smallest changes make the biggest improvement to your morning routine. (lemmy.world)
I swapped out the momentary switch for a standard on/off switch from Amazon for my Eureka Mignon Filtro grinder....
2/10, Cute Packaging, Terrible Flavor (lemmy.world)
"A Change of Scenery" by Rob Gonsalves (i.imgur.com)
Why is everyone so giddy about the flooding thay happened at burning man?
Social media seems to be laughing its ass off about this tragedy, is it because the folks at burning man are perceived as frivolous hippies or something? Everyone I’ve ever met who was a regular burning man attendee has been a solid human being with strong morals, personally and financially responsible, a career. Upstanding...
Please explain how removing access to shows saves money? (www.theverge.com)
Would you all explain to me how removing content we expect to have access to is a “cost savings” measure?...
Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) (1991) (www.youtube.com)
This got so much play at my local skate rink.
do you use e-inc tablets?
i don’t since i don’t read much and i am fine without the paper feeling mabye
Hollywood studio Lionsgate brings back mask mandate amid Covid spike (www.theguardian.com)
The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19
economics is not a hard science (lemmy.world)
4k is not 2160p - heard it here first! (www.dexerto.com)
Dear God,...