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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 1, 2020 9:32:42 GMT -5
It’s so easy. Everyone has a cell phone with a video camera. And nowadays everyone is a narc recording every crime and dumb event. I'm fine with people recording crimes by state actors. No different than calling 911. In fact, even better. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 1, 2020 9:41:02 GMT -5
What a stupid, revolting, selfish thing to do. No thought for the people who might've loved to add those comics to their collections. If his conscience was bothering him so much, why not sell them and donate the money to a food bank, a homeless shelter, or some similar charity? People really disgust me sometimes. I have a similar reaction, especially the thing about giving the money to charity, but I guess the fellow views these comics as sinful and doesn't want to sell them because they would then spread their evil to other people. No other choice than to destroy them. Be it the destruction of a comics collection or that of the Bamyan Buddhas, the actions of a virtue-signaling absolutist are usually deplorable. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 1, 2020 9:42:15 GMT -5
I'm fine with people recording crimes by state actors. No different than calling 911. In fact, even better. Much better. Makes it harder for them to lie afterward. And at the risk of getting political there is nothing that makes my job easier than police who actually use their damn body cams. I can't count the number of times my clients have claimed that police reports are lying about what they said, did, etc. and we look at body cam footage and low and behold they actually said that. If they aren't using the camera's my default position is that they're trying to hide something. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 1, 2020 9:49:02 GMT -5
No different than calling 911. In fact, even better. Much better. Makes it harder for them to lie afterward. And at the risk of getting political there is nothing that makes my job easier than police who actually use their damn body cams. I can't count the number of times my clients have claimed that police reports are lying about what they said, did, etc. and we look at body cam footage and low and behold they actually said that. If they aren't using the camera's my default position is that they're trying to hide something.Of course. Using them means turning what they see as a disadvantage to a decided advantage. Especially in the age of cellphone video. |
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Post by The Captain on Sept 1, 2020 10:22:39 GMT -5
What a knob. I started writing something else about how this is his way of getting praise and glory for his actions, not God, but it really doesn't need to be expanded on. This is his "look at what a good Christian I am" moment, all about him and his works, his overwhelming self-righteousness captured on video for posterity. My thoughts as well. He might try a little of that humility that the Bible keeps talking about. Matthew 6:1-6 and Matthew 6:16-18 came to my mind immediately when I watched this. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 1, 2020 12:13:27 GMT -5
I'm fine with people recording crimes by state actors. No different than calling 911. In fact, even better. I’m okay with it too. They are recording their own crimes. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Sept 1, 2020 13:16:15 GMT -5
That guy made me think more of the Taliban types and their no music policies where guitars and cassette tapes used privately are confiscated. Also the passage in The Bible about having their (transitory and ultimately empty) reward already in terms of showing off or praying in public. I've thought so often of things from the Christian Bible that I find valuable, from the keystone being that which would be rejected by worldy builders, acting quietly and not for show trusting things unseen can bear good fruit and will be known... but also that messages all seem to be twistable and act as a double edged sword, taken to an extreme, like that show-off extremist with his comic collection. I also have a Qur-An and Hindu Upanishads, some Buddhism indoctrination down to how I breathe still, collected folk tales from various cultures, and I think it's not foolish at all to find inspiration in Captain America comics! Am I too open? Too moderate or lukewarm as The Bible seems to warn? Well, seeing someone burning books of any sort casts shadows that let us see a darkness more than 'the light' I think. If I'm wrong in seeking balance and being as open as I can to possible keystones overlooked it seems worth the risk. I am just so sick of extremes and the attention they get and feed on.  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 3, 2020 7:27:15 GMT -5
I finally gave in and updated my OS to Catalina, even if new operating systems usually mean I lose yet another legacy program (like Photoshop CS5). This time around, there was no problem whatsoever.
Speaking of programs... For all those who refuse to pay Adobe a monthly fee, I've tried several Photoshop alternatives over the last few years. I mostly use Affinity Photo nowadays, and it works beautifully... but having just discovered Medibang Paint Pro, I can't keep from heartily recommending it (especially as it's free), especially for drawing comics. It's intuitive, it's backed by a good community, and it's not as complicated as, say, the arguably more powerful Krita.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2020 7:30:27 GMT -5
I’ll give those Photoshop alternatives a try. Thanks!
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Post by impulse on Sept 3, 2020 8:54:47 GMT -5
Darn it, I can't remember the name of it, but there is a free browser-based PS alternative that is supposed to be amazing and close to PS.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 3, 2020 9:25:56 GMT -5
Darn it, I can't remember the name of it, but there is a free browser-based PS alternative that is supposed to be amazing and close to PS. really seems to be as powerful as Photoshop; so much so that its learning curve is a little too steep for my taste. When you're familiar with it, it's very impressive; it's just not as intuitive as it could be. Inkscape is an old alternative to PS, but I never took a liking to it. Same thing for Gimp. They're free and do the job, but they feel really stiff to me. Affinity Photo isn't free, but it's, like, fifty bucks and you got it for life. That's one purchase I never regretted. It's extremely Photoshop-like. |
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Post by impulse on Sept 3, 2020 11:07:48 GMT -5
I'll look it up. It wasn't one of those. Also I hate Gimp.  |
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Post by impulse on Sept 3, 2020 13:05:19 GMT -5
Found it! It's called Photopea. It's a marvel of technology as it was made by basically one guy for free and is very powerful. I haven't used it personally, but my understanding is it is similar and familiar in interface to Photoshop with not all but most major functions. I don't want to be accused of shilling, so I will just say the guy who made it recently did an interview on Reddit (well this year) that can be found with minimal use of Googling and some combo of words in this post. I don't know how it compares to those you've listed or if it does what you need, but I hope you find it helpful, and if you end of using it I'd love to hear your thoughts. I will get around to using it some day, but my image editing requirements are so minimal these days that spending time figuring it out does not rank a slot of my coveted discretionary time. I just really hate the interface on Gimp. Paint.net with a few plugins does what I need for now. |
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Post by Confessor on Sept 4, 2020 4:24:21 GMT -5
Inkscape is an old alternative to PS, but I never took a liking to it. Same thing for Gimp. They're free and do the job, but they feel really stiff to me. I use both of these programs. Inkscape isn't really a PS alternative: it's more designed for creating graphics, rather than editing or altering photos. I mostly use it to design posters for my musical groups or to design CD covers. I like it a lot. Gimp, on the other hand, absolutely is a PS substitute. It pretty much does everything that PS can do, but yeah, "stiff" is the word with regards the user interface. Gimp is without doubt the single most unintuitive program I have ever used. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Sept 5, 2020 13:34:35 GMT -5
I must've been reading too many Marvel comics lately; you'd never guess who showed up in my dream last night... Kraven The Hunter! Looking like the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #47... there was some kind of plot of him using a tropical root to drug people in a way that they then had to get another substance to counteract it or they'd die. Only Spider-Woman (the '70s one) had survived without it. I guess the people who he chose were going to be sport of some kind but if they 'won' they'd die whereas only if he caught up with them could he free them. I didn't get to the part to see if he would. This is a new level of geekdom for me, I have had dreams where I buy comics or look at one but this was more like being inside one. Don't know if there was a story like this done, seems kind of complex for my sub/unconscious to come up with myself.   |
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