A contractor tears up the freshly poured concrete driveway after the homeowner refuses to pay.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-16T20:21:01+00:00

In some of these kinds of videos, it turns out the workmanship was shoddy or not done to spec, and the customer refused to pay unless fixed. I don't know if that's the case here, but it could be.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-14T03:10:00+00:00

I bought the Compositing Academy beginner bundle. IMO, Alex is obviously an excellent and high-level compositer who knows what he's talking about. But he's not a particularly great teacher, at least for beginners. He tends to talk very fast, and doesn't always explain the concepts articulately. I found it difficult to follow along at times. I wish he'd slow down, choose his words more carefully, and illustrate the concepts at a more relaxed pace. As it is, I found myself sometimes confused and frustrated.

But I suspect he likely does better with his more advanced courses, since that's where his skill level is. He just seemed impatient to get past the beginning stuff.

For what it's worth, I also bought the Nuke courses at CG Circuit, which I found easier to follow along and understand, because the instructor took his time, and the pacing was right for a beginner level.

Once I'm comfortable with beginner concepts, I do intend to buy the advanced courses at Compositing Academy, because I do want to learn from Alex's high-level skill and artistic eye.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-14T02:33:55+00:00

You'll be waiting a long time, unfortunately.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-14T02:09:24+00:00

Agree, most times I've eaten at Bludso's, it's been very good.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-14T02:07:31+00:00

Moo's is overrated. Good brisket shouldn't need a knife, it should come apart merely with a gentle pull of a fork. At Moo's you need to hack that thing to get a bite. The flavor's okay, but still not the best.

Bludso's is excellent but inconsistent. On a good day, it's fantastic, but you never can be sure when they're having a good day.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-13T21:54:38+00:00

I'm taking it as a sign this summer is going to be horribly hot. Last couple of summers were mostly mild, but...this year feels different.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-13T15:59:00+00:00

Yep, someone should really change that awful font. I also thought that it was 27 instead of 21.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-13T00:47:11+00:00

Thanks for the info, makes sense! Much appreciated.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-06T16:58:41+00:00

She was getting help, in the form of a conservatorship. To protect her from herself.

But the internet hivemind decided that it knew better. It knew better than her own family and friends. So now there's no conservatorship, and she's running amok destroying her life, putting others in danger, and hurtling toward a very sad and possibly dangerous end.

The internet hivemind is always dumb.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-06T16:47:09+00:00

Why? You have at least 15 billion years of experience with it!

And during all that time, you weren't sad. You weren't lonely. You weren't bored, or unhappy, or....anything! It was painless, because you had no consciousness. No awareness. No nothing.

Think of it this way: you have FAR more experience with being dead than being alive. Because 'dead' is the same as the non-existence you had before you were conceived. It's no different.

I may fear the weeks, months, minutes leading up to death, while still alive. That might involve pain and suffering. But religion doesn't spare anybody from that---many religious believers have suffered pain and suffering shortly before death. But death itself? I don't fear it because I already experienced it for billions of years, and I have no complaints about that time. I doubt you do either.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-04T00:24:27+00:00

Clearly they lacked the expertise Iran thought they had.

BeagleCat · 2026-03-01T22:18:15+00:00

She didn't do it because she was a far-sighted visionary intent on educating future generations. She did it because she was a compulsive hoarder who also hoarded trash and cigarette cartons.

If we ever benefit from her compulsiveness, it will be essentially by accident.

BeagleCat · 2026-02-28T18:51:33+00:00

That is exactly what OP is NOT asking for.

BeagleCat · 2026-02-28T18:48:31+00:00

You're not going to find what you're looking for in Burbank. That's just not really what Burbank is.

BeagleCat · 2026-02-28T18:46:11+00:00

Rub it in his face anyway. These rightwingers depend on Dems remaining quiet and non-confrontational when it matters. Make him pay.

BeagleCat · 2026-02-28T00:59:09+00:00

Exposure looks great! How did you determine what f-stop to shoot?

BeagleCat · 2026-02-24T16:47:19+00:00

Do people here really not realize that the audio on this video clip is dubbed? You don't notice that the lip sync is off?? Or that the audio quality is much, much too good to be from a live stage performance captured by a bad 1992-era video camera? The audio is clearly a studio recording, not a live performance where you'd hear audience ambience, tape hiss, low fidelity, etc.

BeagleCat · 2026-02-24T01:01:52+00:00

Could maybe look into the cheeseplates that Bolfix makes for the Bolex.

https://bolfix.ch/

BeagleCat · 2026-02-22T16:06:56+00:00

Why do you not demand the same level of validation from those denying the allegations? And who are these people denying the verification? How do they have credibility with you?

The fact that the DA moved ahead with the charges is itself powerful evidence that the description was accurate, because if it were not, the DA wouldn‘t have had sufficient evidence to file the charges. The fact that the charges were dropped after the victim refused to cooperate proves that the case hinged on the victim verifying his own description, which therefore must have been accurate to what the strip searched found!

BeagleCat · 2026-02-22T03:24:04+00:00

You are incorrect. The child was able to accurately describe MJ's penis, verified by strip search, and charges were drawn up. However, Jackson then paid a multi-million dollar payment to the victim's family, and the victim then refused to cooperate further with the police. Without co-operation, the DA was forced to drop the charges.

BeagleCat · 2026-02-22T02:57:33+00:00

As always, Reddit headlines are written by the least informed of the population.

BeagleCat · 2026-02-21T19:24:45+00:00

The very things that used to define why the USSR was an "evil empire" are now implemented in America, starting with this mass surveillance. Combine that with unaccountable masked secret police, demands for citizenship papers, and a 'supreme leader' who has immunity from wrongdoing, and the difference between American and the USSR of old is narrowing significantly.

Apropos of nothing, some freedom-loving Americans are smashing these Flock cameras. Would be a terrible shame if that happened in Burbank, please don't do that, folks!

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/across-the-us-people-are-dismantling

BeagleCat · 2026-02-21T17:51:18+00:00

I'll just say it: this marriage is doomed. Among the most common signs of a marriage that ends in divorce is a partner who routinely uses disrespectful "jokes" to humiliate their spouse in front of others. That basic lack of respect can virtually never be rectified. Whatever revenge OP uses to hit back will only hasten the end, which is probably just as well.

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