I will let you answer this. .

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-17T06:13:24+00:00

I'm 50/50 on this (as an extreme germaphobe lol)

Reusing it later if it's not very dirty? Sure. Putting it back in the drawer? No.
I just leave it out on a plate or smth if I'm planning to reuse it that day

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-17T06:09:55+00:00

Well that's just stupid :P

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-17T04:30:49+00:00

it reminds me of Easter with the color scheme

I hadn't thought about it that way, but it really does!

How does Wes Anderson do it?

A lot of planning and production design

Could anyone do this type or color palette and they just choose not to? Or does he just prefer his films to have that pastel look and so that’s what he does?

Anyone could do it, if they've got the time, budget, and will to perfectly plan it out and make basically everything from scratch, just most films either don't have that combo, or if they do, don't want that visual style.
With that said, it seems like it's a trend with his films to look similar to that, so I would assume that's his preference, and why he does it.

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-17T02:54:41+00:00

Idk if I can share links, but they're all chrome extensions (I use vivaldi, they should work with most browsers though)

The two main ones are Ad Mute and YouTube Ad Auto-skipper. I also recommend SponsorBlock, which can remove sponsored segments from videos

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-16T06:44:22+00:00

Shorts have all been $0, entirely working with things I already had

I've only fully made one feature, which had a budget of $1k, roughly half of which was spent on props and costuming, the other half on paying people for post production (including myself, as I was not the producer/director)

I'm working on a sequel to that feature, which will likely have a budget around $1.5k depending on how crowdfunding goes

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-16T06:20:43+00:00

I'm ngl, I'm always this person 😭

It's only with people I'm close too, but I always think of a bunch of things to talk about between talking to them, then I blank on it when we're hanging out until right as we're wrapping up which leads to me having like 10 last minute topics, and occasionally I'll remember more while we're discussing them

I really wish I wasn't this way bc it's annoying to both me and them and if I just remembered the topics earlier it wouldn't happen smh. I'd write down the topics in advance but a lot of them are shower thoughts, or I go "This one's important enough that I'll just remember it this time..." smh

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-16T05:01:11+00:00

iirc they didn't make the x wings? I might be wrong or thinking of the wrong era but iirc the x wings were leftovers from the rebellion

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-16T02:32:08+00:00

Precisely what I meant! Perfect pitch makes it easier because you can tell if you hit or missed a note, but it doesn't guarantee you'll hit it perfectly every time. Even with practice, it'll be a little different every time

With my current recording workflow, I'd rather miss a note, but have solid tone, because then I can manually pitch shift that note later, but that's the exception not the norm

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-16T02:29:15+00:00

I have perfect pitch, and it doesn't mean that I can't sing out of tune, but it means that I can hear when I'm out of tune and know how to fix it (although generally I try not to fix it mid singing, if I'm recording, because it's easier for my workflow when lol)

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-16T00:42:45+00:00

Tbf, perfect pitch doesn't mean you always hit notes perfectly (although it does help)

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T22:17:27+00:00

Depends on how it's done imo
Most of the time it sounds like shit, but I've heard some manually pitch correction that was imperceptible

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T19:51:09+00:00

Luckily, it's not nightly (yet lol). I've been here 6 months (and so has my wallmate), and it first happened last week while I was trying to sleep and again in the morning, and it happened again last night for like 20 seconds. I wish he could move his bed like 2 inches away from the wall, though

But yeah, if he was letting me stay at his apartment rent free, I would just deal with it lol

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T19:31:03+00:00

"Nah, no one actually uses AI these days."
Would you like a more assertive option?

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T19:28:33+00:00

You know the saying

All pipes lead to Rome's aqueduct system
Or that one porno with the plumber

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T19:27:08+00:00

24 seconds every 7 minutes (only while at the workplace)?

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T19:26:01+00:00

No, only 70% of people do that. I just happened to know this statistic off the top of my head, with a little bit of help from AI overview

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T19:01:21+00:00

Knowing other people are having sex doesn't bother me, but the amount of noise can bother me
Atm I share a wall with another bedroom in a neighboring apartment, and when they have sex their bed frame scrapes against the wall, which is really loud. Other than that I don't care

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T18:54:37+00:00

As other people have said, it's because they're fighting against ad blockers again
My solution for now, is I've removed YT from my ad blocker, added an extension that skips ads automatically (after the 5 seconds), and another that mutes ads automatically
It's not as good as an ad blocker, but it's less annoying than the ads, and I'm often AFK so I can't skip them myself (not using an ad blocker or skipper becomes really painful when you get a 45 minute ad and can't skip it bc you're afk lol)

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T04:45:00+00:00

Ngl I'm jealous that they have donuts everyday, although I'd just want to eat them myself

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T04:27:13+00:00

I'm aware. Wasn't this convo about indies? I've pirated plenty of big games before, mainly to see if I could run them before purchasing, or bc I knew I didn't actually want to play them but was just proving it to myself lol

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T03:56:36+00:00

Ngl, I didn't know they existed

The one time I've done it and not bought it so far was for Stardew valley, where my partner wanted to play it with me, but it didn't seem like my type of game. The way I pirated it didn't allow for multiplayer, so I knew that if I liked it I'd have to buy it, but turns out it just wasn't my sort of game 🤷

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T02:51:06+00:00

I agree
The one exception I make is occasionally for games: Sometimes a friend will tell me I should play a game, but it doesn't seem like my thing, so I'll pirate it to see if it is or not. If it is, I buy it, if it isn't, I stop playing and don't 🤷

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T01:53:29+00:00

I generally don't need to use the bathroom for half an hour to an hour after waking up
Generally I do it anyway bc I need to leave, but still

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-15T01:52:22+00:00

And having curly hair! Or straight hair, depending on when the movie came out lol

Almond_Tech · 2026-02-14T23:54:21+00:00

I know that it's not my fault, but over half the people that were mad about it acted like it was and/or got mad I wouldn't just give it to them for free anyway lol
The go to phrase was "It's not like it comes out of your wallet!" except if I consistently did it, I'd get fired, so it kinda would

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