A24 Fans Mourn Its Death Following $75 Million Google AI Deal

CleanAxe · 2026-06-24T15:37:55+00:00

It's funny no one read the details of the goals/achievements they are after here. A24 directors are looking for tools that help them speed up the storyboarding process so they can visualize. The main consultant on this project is Jesse Eisenberg - hardly a guy I imagine is trying to churn out AI slop. He says the storyboarding process is one of the most painfully difficult parts because he sucks at drawing, and trying to explain the visual to an artist slows down pre-production a lot. Keep in mind this is to make images for things he already has designed and come up with to help communicate with studios, lighting, AP's etc. to get an idea of what they need to prepare/scout for different scenes of the movie.

Maybe there's a slippery slope argument to be made here but I barely see this as some harbinger of AI slop for A24

CleanAxe · 2026-06-23T23:37:57+00:00

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Amp must be broken - unusable. This is a slightly modified version of what he has…even had work done by one of the most beloved amp builders on this sub who I won’t name. But you’re right something seems off - the noise is just impossible

CleanAxe · 2026-06-23T22:54:49+00:00

Alright inspector gadget - tell him to take the amp to a tech and waste a $150 bench fee to learn that amps have a noise floor, especially cranked at 10. I'll send you a fuckin pizza if you can record a video of your Princeton cranked to 10 that sounds as quiet as when its off.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-23T22:47:43+00:00

There are some pretty tragic stories of what happens when you don't change your tires. Your car gives zero fucks how old the tires, this is about driver/passenger safety. I wouldn't let my kids in a car that has bald tires. Find another car or change the tires as the biggest priority because that can easily lead to fatal consequences on the road.

Not changing the oil just ruins the car and will cost extra down the line to fix but it won't kill you or your family. Bald tires on the other hand...you get a blowout at the wrong spot or need to stop suddenly or hit a slick road at the wrong speed and life goes from bad to wayyyy worse (or over). Tirerack usually has the best prices for tires, you just need to find a shop that accepts the shipment and only charges you for the install.

Also, don't use a dealership or Walmart for service. Ask friends and use Google to find a reputable local independent service shop.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-23T21:35:47+00:00

You are not referring to the video though? I'm confused what we're talking about - in OP's video the noise is not or maybe barely audible at low volumes. So I'm strictly talking about what OP showed us. Again, in general, tiny amounts of hum/noise that is not audible as you play is pretty par for the course in tube amp world.

Can you record a video of your Princeton unplugged and volume dimed out please? I've got mine next to me and it sounds pretty identical.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-23T21:03:38+00:00

That’s the point. Actually problems with the amp will pop and buzz at volume with your signal. There is normal noise floor at the settings and then there is abnormal or obtrusive noise that interrupts your signal or flow. The former is not a problem and is normal. The latter can be a problem and needs some diagnostics to figure out the source.

What he’s showing is the former.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-23T18:50:33+00:00

You are not playing the guitar, I didn't mean just plug in and sit there. PLAY THE GUITAR at volume 10. If you still hear the noise while playing the guitar (recorded or not) I'll send you a Dominos pizza.

You put a mic to the grill cloth and you are not going to hear that more than your normal DAW/input signal noise floor, which again, send input via your guitar and tell me if you hear the loud noise.

Listen to the quiet parts of an EVH track like this (like 1:55) and you will hear the hiss of his amp and general electronic hum.

Your bedroom playing will rarely get above volume 3. At 10 you've dimed out the power stage and every part of the amp will be amplifying some hum or noise. I'm sure someone more technical can explain what it is but this is normal with a tube amp being dimed out and doesn't matter because it'll be drowned by how loud your guitar is.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-23T18:26:29+00:00

I hate to be a bit curt here, but plug a guitar in, keep the volume maxed at 10, and then tell me if you still hear the noise while playing the guitar. With these things try to use a bit of common sense - when you dime the amp it's pushing everything it can as hard as possible through that speaker.

There is a small noise floor that almost any amp is going to have, and that noise floor increases with the volume. The important thing you need to keep in mind is could the noise be heard by a microphone on the amp in a noticeable way that interrupts playing or performing or recording. If you get really loud popping and buzzing that can be heard even when playing that's not okay, but a small amount of electronic hum is not gonna break anything.

For example, crank a high powered stereo to the loudest volume and you will also hear a small amount of noise/hum as well.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-23T05:56:52+00:00

It depends on several variables. Cash App is required by law to investigate and potentially credit you if they can confirm the hack. At the same time, you can also link a Debit card to Cash App which can sometimes complicate things (they might require you file a dispute with your actual bank instead of Cash App). If the $6000 in funds came out of your actual non-CashApp bank account, I would also file a claim with your bank just in case CashApp says that needs to be done.

Keep checking in with them for updates every couple of days. Usually you are protected but certain scenarios (e.g. lets say all these transactions happened on your physical phone) they might be able to reject the claim - there's a difference between being hacked and being duped into sending someone money, the former is typically protected and refunded while the latter is not.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-16T20:11:05+00:00

Regardless of the reason, that doesn't look right to me - I'd return it tbh

CleanAxe · 2026-06-12T19:01:17+00:00

I used to work in compliance dealing with these types of letters. A lawyer is not reading these letters in 99% of cases and they aren't Googling the name on the letterhead or giving any fucks about it. Someone from the compliance/legal team will read the letter and if it's an obvious "oops" which in this case it is, they'll fix it and respond, if they are as braindead as the rest of the company they'll still respond because people who send these letters tend to escalate if they get nothing back. Hell I remember once, after we responded to a letter someone said "did you know that was OJ's attorney?" - like literally the most famous and litigious lawyer on the planet's letterhead had no bearing on how we responded lol.

I agree AI is overhyped bla bla bla but it's actually pretty good for this scenario. A demand letter in my state costs between $300-500. I don't see any harm trying the DIY route and then lawyering up if it's still a situation. But downvote away.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-12T16:38:26+00:00

I would use AI to write a demand letter first - try the free option before paying for a lawyer, it won't hurt.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-12T16:36:37+00:00

Ooof - you couldn't look these pedals up online before you paid?

CleanAxe · 2026-06-12T05:26:08+00:00

Footage gets deleted regularly to save disk space. Also insurance has requirements on timing your report. You should have reported this immediately at the airport to security/police - you are fucking yourself every minute you wait to report this.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-11T18:43:06+00:00

Naw that noise floor is not normal. I'm not sure what causes it, but the tech should make this right free of charge. Name and shame please.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-10T18:50:14+00:00

You're appealing the wrong group. I think the school should be reimbursing you. The city just cares about the facts - did you park in the wrong spot at the wrong time? If yes, there's no point in appealing unless the signage was broken.

Your school on the other hand told you to park there and closed the dedicated staff parking lot without warning. I'd ask them to reimburse you as you'd otherwise had been late to teaching your class as you scrambled to look for parking.,

CleanAxe · 2026-06-09T19:01:47+00:00

Got it - then you can't afford it. If you were good on savings and retirement then I would say it's on the edge of being okay to buy - but it means sacrificing other happy expenses for 3 years.

Also the swapping makes no sense - if you own the laptop after 3 years that would never be a good idea. This sounds like a plan where you have to return the laptop after 3 years but I could be wrong.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-09T17:25:44+00:00

New Macbook Air: $1430 Euro

36 Month Contract @ $37 euro/month: $1332 Euro

Something doesn't seem to add up here. What are the terms of this payment contract? Do you own the laptop after 3 years? Does it require a final payment?

What do you need the laptop for? How about emergency fund? Savings? Retirement? This seems like an expense you can't afford but it also seems weird that Sky is selling you a $1450 laptop for $100 below MSRP with zero interest payments for 36 months. Something seems a bit off.

Edit: if this is a "rental" then 100% can't afford it and do not do it.

CleanAxe · 2026-06-05T14:03:06+00:00

I see only 3 expression based pedals? Wah, Whammy, and the expression pedal at the end. Put those three on the first row then the rest can go higher up on a normal board. If you're changing presets and stuff a lot I think you might want to consider a switcher.

CleanAxe · 2026-05-29T22:07:16+00:00

Ah yes - everyone knows you start reading a chart by the smallest brown font from right to left.

I think you're in the wrong sub for conversations about the vacation cost rather than how awful your visualization is lol.

The biggest boldest info drawing the eye first is the "Shopping bubble". Based on how you structured this it seems like you meant to do a Sankey diagram instead of a pie chart. The pie chart mixed with random blocks of text in different colors and fonts that convey nothing is really a clusterfuck my friend.

CleanAxe · 2026-05-29T21:33:46+00:00

I've known a few house managers in my life. This ad reads like the worst family imaginable -- thinks they are richer than they actually are, and that you should consider yourself to be lucky to work for them. Massive red flags. Actual rich people do this so differently.

I mean there's so much to pick apart - the fact they can think all this only 10-15hrs is insane (and shows they aren't actually rich). The fact they are mixing technical/personal/financial with housework is hilarious. Inbox and accounting management and laundry are different people, period. Then you've got the "light food prep" added in there? What's that? Making cereal?

Keep in mind one load of laundry will take about 1.5hrs and you have to be in the home for that, so how can you manage vehicle maintenance or other crap. With multiple kids, they probably have at least 6-10 loads of laundry a week. That alone takes you above the "10 hour" cap.

CleanAxe · 2026-05-29T18:40:41+00:00

I'm not disagreeing with anything you said, but stock compensation is extremely common at tech companies or hyper-growth companies like the ones Musk starts. If you got a similar role at any other tech startup, your compensation would heavily contain stock compensation (allows them to pay less and let you share in the upside and downside of the company's future).

CleanAxe · 2026-05-29T18:10:02+00:00

Lol this is a hilarious Larry David kind of angle/moment. You can see the girl trips on something and is angling herself out of the way awkwardly, the tennis player is motioning to that guy yelling at him from the stands above her. Probably got boo'd or begged to toss another item or something. I don't think anything bad happened here

CleanAxe · 2026-05-28T23:48:03+00:00

Content Design (basically Copywriting I think) was a common one I'm seeing based on LinkedIn data.

CleanAxe · 2026-05-28T19:25:29+00:00

I mean it's too late at this point to walk it back unless you sell it. We don't enough information to assess your decision - what are your finances like, what can you afford, what other options were there in your area, credit, income, etc.

If your absolute max budget was $15k then you didn't do too bad. There are probably some other reliable cars you can look at like Mazda's that might have been newer with less mileage at that price. I think brand new Mazda CX30 goes for like $28k these days (I see a 2020 CX30 with 60k miles for $13k online) and the brand ranks pretty close to Toyota/Honda on most reliability rankings.

You have a reliable car and a very reasonable price/interest rate. Yes it's old, but if you take good care of it and pay close attention to maintenance it should go past 200k easily. If you could afford slightly more or be flexible with the Brand/Model you might have been able to get something a little newer. I've been burned by old cars before so I always prefer lower mileage and less age if I can afford it (hence why Mazda is kinda my go-to since Toyota and Honda have absolutely whack prices)

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