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Cake day: April 9th, 2024

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  • The problem is that Time and every other news outlet think they are the cats pajamas and deserve your subscription. They suffer a similar problem to streaming platforms except news is not exclusive.

    If these companies could organize and build a “pay once, get access to everything everywhere” model, they would see subscriptions go through the roof and get more money. But since the owners of these news outlets want only their own subscribers to go up, it’s never going to happen.

    I’m not going to pay for 5-10 news subscriptions no matter how great the reporting is.

    But I’d be willing to pay $20 or so a month if that meant I can access any article on any news website.










  • I can’t remember the study but basically the bystander effect is a thing. The more people there are in a group, the more likely it is that no one will do anything because everyone will assume that someone else will do something.

    This isn’t to excuse officers because they are specifically trained that they are that someone. The fact that they were held back from entering is willful, malicious, and negligent.

    The fact that the officers actually complied instead of disobeying orders especially when seconds turned to minutes, is cowardice.

    And a reminder that I believe the police chief and mayor of the town was reelected by the town.







  • Imo, there are too many good artists and not enough of a market.

    The problem with the market is that they don’t want to pay what artists want. For every one person who wants a bespoke painting is about 30 people who are okay with mediocre and probably couldn’t tell the difference between someone who spent weeks versus a few hours on a painting.

    I’m not saying artists don’t deserve to get paid. There are just not enough people willing to pay what they want. Is AI stealing their jobs? Probably. But they weren’t getting those jobs in the first place.

    A few years ago, I was looking for an art student who would be willing to paint a very simple beach painting for me. Nothing fancy and really I probably could have done it on my own. There was an art school nearby and I went to a showcase and asked around. For an 8x10 canvas, it was going to be $1k minimum.

    That’s insane. I wasn’t asking for detail. Just something with a sky, ocean, and sand. I found something similar to what I was looking for at a yard sale for $5.

    I was willing to pay up to $300 with the possibility of doing more commissions down the road.

    During the pandemic, I ended up taking some painting classes and learned to do the simple painting on my own for the price of a good bottle of wine.