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I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp. (www.adobe.com)

I expected ridiculous propaganda from Adobe, but they give absolutely no reasons why Photoshop is better than Gimp and list a bunch of things that Gimp can do too....

pikmeir ,

They may have made the page purely for SEO to grab a few people considering downloading GIMP.

pikmeir ,

Receipts have a time stamp, so they’d have a record of the actual price you paid. If you paid in cash and didn’t get a receipt, and if they make an exception for your return, they’d base it on when you said you bought it. You might be able to get one or two exceptions depending on who’s working. With that said you’d better make a purchase of thousands of dollars and pay in cash to make sure to get at least a few dollars back for your efforts.

pikmeir ,

I’ve used one of those before at an airport and it worked exactly as you say. I think it was just for boarding though. I just walked forward and when I got to the front, they greeted me by name and I got on the plane. I don’t remember having to show my passport or boarding pass that time either (but it was last year so I may have forgotten).

pikmeir ,

I’ve done my best to summarize them here with my opinions, but the article is also a quick read.

AB 1013 - bars and clubs must offer reasonably-priced or free drug testing kits.

Excellent to deter people trying to spike someone’s drink. If you’re worried, just get a quick test without having to even leave the bar.

AB 12 - caps residential security deposit at 1 month’s rent, or 2 month’s rent if the landlord owns no more than 2 residential rentals with no more than 4 units.

A+

SB 244 - requires manufacturers of electronics/appliances over $50 to provide product parts/tools/instructions to repair devices.

A+ Louis Rossmann’s dream?

SB 478 - requires all mandatory fees/charges to be stated up front (no undisclosed fees such as in concert/sports tickets or lodging).

Curious what the companies will do to get around this, but it’s a good start and I think should lead to a decrease in prices overall as companies have to compete through advertising.

SB 553 - employers must record violent incidents and have training on violence prevention.

They didn’t have to before?

AB 28 - 11% tax on firearms/ammo.

This goes toward the “Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Fund” which I googled and found out it goes to programs to help prevent gun violence and enhance safety at school, as well as mental health services. Overall this seems like a good thing if it works.

SB 274 - public schools with a student in “willful defiance” can’t suspend/expel them, but must implement intervention programs and support for those students.

I guess this is good too?

AB 230 - public schools must provide free menstrual products in school bathrooms + more instruction from grade 3+.

Makes sense, because kids can start their periods from 10~ but some earlier.

How long have you been in there?! A popular tourist destination in China has installed toilet timers. Reactions are mixed. (edition.cnn.com)

A video recently shared on various Chinese news and social media sites shows a set of timers installed above a row of toilet cubicles in a female washroom, with each stall getting its own digital counter....

pikmeir ,

Way too much RNG since too much depends on what I ate. I’ll probably stick to Flush Any% until the update.

pikmeir ,

Major League Eating said that it had gone “to great lengths in recent months to accommodate Joey and his management team, agreeing to the appearance fee and allowing Joey to compete in a rival unbranded hot dog eating contest on Labor Day,” but that they’d been unable to come to an agreement.

Lol this is hilarious because I still remember what Major League Eating did to Kobayashi in 2010, but with Joey they’re bending over backwards to accommodate him and still lose. Serves them right and hopefully they’ll lose a lot of money over their poor treatment of their talent.

pikmeir ,

No pistachios were harmed in the making of this ice cream.

pikmeir ,

While I get what you’re saying, the best type of outcome for something like this will be a policy change to avoid similar incidents. However if you were to force policy changes through these sort of lawsuits, you would have the defense fighting for the smallest policy changes and even arguing that these small changes infringe their rights or are cruel and unusual - this would be even more complex to solve, and ineffective. The better way is to make penalties high enough that those penalties themselves motivate policy changes that will actually be effective. It puts the people being punished in charge of their next possible punishment, and this can lead to even better policy changes than simply doing it directly.

For an example, if you sued a company because you stepped on a nail left by their construction crew (which was proven to be willful negligence), they might argue that they can simply sweep up any remaining nails. By changing that to a $1 million fine, they’re going to not only remove all of the nails, but make sure they never get left on the floor ever again. You can’t get this effect by simply ruling “no more nails on the floor.”

pikmeir ,

He’s the USA’s most fearsome being.

He’s a werewolf in a high school, and a teen.

pikmeir ,

He can vote a little as a treat.

pikmeir ,

It’s like trying to end an ant infestation by just spraying your kitchen table.

pikmeir ,

Dude that’s totally a scam. I’ll do it for only $399.99 but I also need your mother’s maiden name and your favorite book for some reason.

pikmeir ,

For anyone wondering it’s because the bowling ball slightly pulls the earth faster toward itself. This amount is too small to possibly measure. But imagine if the bowling ball were the size of another Earth and it’s easier to see why it happens.

pikmeir ,

Well done, dad.

pikmeir ,

Medic: “Later.”

Superintendent fired after allegedly investigating students for not applauding her daughter enough (www.latimes.com)

A San Diego-area school district superintendent was fired this week, nearly a year after students alleged she threatened to ban them from graduation ceremonies after they inadequately applauded her daughter at a banquet....

pikmeir ,

“Please clap.”

pikmeir ,

How many miles? Would you say, ten million?

pikmeir ,

CyberPunk 2077 did a similar thing. Seems to be a new pattern. Promise free DLC to drum up support. Charge for the DLC. Wait for things to cool down. Do it again.

pikmeir ,

俺様はヘビも飛行機も大嫌いだ！

pikmeir ,

They made a movie about that once with Tom Hanks. Guess these companies never watched it 😏

pikmeir ,

True, but people who purchased Photoshop outright also still own it. It’s just super old and lacking most of today’s features.

pikmeir ,

That’s not what people got shouted at for. It was for conflating it with a common cold.

pikmeir ,

Jimmy Neutron being like 😎

pikmeir ,

Monthly.

pikmeir ,

Yeah they put ads on that little screen you use to pay. Also it never has any receipt paper loaded.

pikmeir ,

Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

pikmeir ,

No point in paying for Prime Video when other services like Tubi or even Pluto TV offer free movies/shows with ads built-in. When I realized that it was easy to cancel.

pikmeir ,

Amazon introduces Amazon Residence! For just $999.99 per month (for the first 12 months), enjoy unlimited access to a fully furnished 500 square foot room in a city of your choice. No property fees! No hidden fees! Utilities not included. Options limited. First come, first serve.

pikmeir ,

You definitely need a straw for a Slurpee or Icee because otherwise you can’t go KhHHHhHhhHHhhuhHh with the straw against the lid up and down making that horrible sound as you try to drink the bottom and the top flavor consecutively. Can’t do that without a straw.

pikmeir ,

Great show. It’s a shame we never ever got another season.

pikmeir ,

I like Darkroom and use it exclusively. Cons are it’s slow as beans, even on my decent machine. Pros are it has a ton of features. Another con is no AI tools built in, and it has a steeper learning curve because it doesn’t have the automatic adjustment tools Lightroom does. You can get a better result but it takes work.

pikmeir ,

Believe it or not, straight to hell.

pikmeir ,

You’re referring to a video codec degrading as it keeps rendering the video again, not just copying and pasting the bits. There is no degradation from copying and pasting a file as-is.

pikmeir ,

No, this is because YouTube compresses every file before distributing it. This happens even when downloading on the creator side.

pikmeir ,

As someone who’s been following Unity’s development since 2.0, this doesn’t surprise me. They’ve always struck me as a company that doesn’t care about developers. And while all companies are trying to make money, there’s a difference between “pay for our product because we need money to operate” and “we love Adobe’s subscription model and want to outdo them - and we will squeeze you as much as possible.” Have a little heart, Unity.

pikmeir ,

It’s free real estate.

pikmeir ,

I was burned too bad with Cyberpunk 2077 that even though Starfield seems to be all right, I’m waiting until after reviews come out before I pick up a copy. That just means I wait a few more days to reduce the risk of more pain.

pikmeir ,

But why male models?

pikmeir ,

Water? You mean like in the toilet?

pikmeir ,

I already told you who.

pikmeir ,

That’s what I said!

pikmeir ,

Who did!

pikmeir ,

I already said who!

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