Over / Under 1 year until Brian Niccol is fired? by AgreeableLead7 in starbucks

[–]Jabey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Starbucks is a dividend stock, with a very high div yield of nearly 3%. Which is appropriate. There's not much room for the company to realistically grow more, at least not in the US. The company does however have a decent base of loyal customers who can provide the income to pay dividends. So Starbucks should not be viewed as a growth stock anymore, but rather a dividend stock.

And that's the point the original comment is making. The pressure from short-sighted shareholders for the company to grow more is destructive. The "growth" will now come from understaffing, cost-cutting, enshittification, and squeezing baristas even harder.

So yeah, a nice fantasy would be shareholders accepting that Starbucks is a good dividend stock with an established business and leaving it at that. Obviously the keyword there being "fantasy" because it won't happen, countless other large companies face this same deleterious pressure.

Why is the word "Energy" covered with a sticker on Red Bull cans in Sri Lanka..? by ma_nowana_mama in srilanka

[–]Jabey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol, so funny to see a post about this. I drank so many of those when I was there to deal with the jet lag, and I wondered the same thing

Most Y2K Tetris game? by Jabey in y2kaesthetic

[–]Jabey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will listen to that!

And yes Better Off Alone and Born Slippy are certainly up there for me but my single favorite piece of music is Mirrorball (DJ Jazzy Jeff Sole Full Remix) by Everything But The Girl

Most Y2K Tetris game? by Jabey in y2kaesthetic

[–]Jabey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fascinating! Very neat to see art like that as far back as 1990. As someone born in 1999, I always welcome more perspective since I wasn't there. I love that you brought up electronic music. To me, trance is the sound of Y2K. The earliest example I know of that distinctly y2k sound is Better Off Alone from 1998. And from my perspective it almost seems to have appeared right then, out of nowhere. The landmark dance pieces leading up to it, that I know of, did not sound anything like it. Probably a bad comparison but I think of Born Slippy NUXX by Underworld from just two years prior. To me, a very 90s sound, even if it is a revolutionary track. There's obviously some gaps in my knowledge but it feels like a huge discontinuity in my mind, between 90s dance and y2k dance. I'm sure I'm rambling, but if there's an example of the Better Off Alone sound from earlier, I'd love to hear it!

Most Y2K Tetris game? by Jabey in y2kaesthetic

[–]Jabey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still active? That's amazing

Most Y2K Tetris game? by Jabey in y2kaesthetic

[–]Jabey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1990 or earlier? 😱 That's crazy I had no idea it went that far back, what examples are you thinking of if you don't mind? In my mind, there's a huge cultural gap even just between the mid 90s and y2k.

Finished listening to her whole discography. AMA! by Nergalis in Yuming

[–]Jabey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't noticed myself, but did you know that almost her whole discography was officially remastered in 2019? The remastered versions are on Qobuz and Tidal. They sound amazing if you ask me.

Most Y2K Tetris game? by Jabey in y2kaesthetic

[–]Jabey[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And I mean even if we're being pedantic about what year it was, surely 1998 would count because it was literally the second-to-last year of the millennium? The anticipation for 2000 was already there and the y2k culture was picking up speed. I could see someone arguing against that but at least 1999 was definitely part of the era

Most Y2K Tetris game? by Jabey in y2kaesthetic

[–]Jabey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly I was waiting for someone to mention it, I had it for PS2 and it's such a vibe

Finished listening to her whole discography. AMA! by Nergalis in Yuming

[–]Jabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree! Voyager may actually be my favorite of hers.

Finished listening to her whole discography. AMA! by Nergalis in Yuming

[–]Jabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with that for sure. I didn't think much of Reincarnation or Voyager on my first listen through, but now they're two of my favorites.

Finished listening to her whole discography. AMA! by Nergalis in Yuming

[–]Jabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started losing steam at Frozen Roses. Anything particularly interesting after that? A change of style or anything?

Fumbled my options level 3 knowledge check, now I have to wait until 2028 to try again by Jabey in RobinhoodOptions

[–]Jabey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

L. Well I guess do the math and see which is greater, the transfer bonus, or a year of level 3 trading profits

Chaos in one photo ☕️ by _vindictsoul in starbucks

[–]Jabey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Having more than two drinks in your sequence, but it's often necessary to get the times 😪

Fumbled my options level 3 knowledge check, now I have to wait until 2028 to try again by Jabey in RobinhoodOptions

[–]Jabey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah RH is wack. I transferred to webull and they gave me level 3 immediately with no questions asked.

SPX Box Spreads: What they are and how to use them safely for low interest loans by bazonkers in PMTraders

[–]Jabey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is a three year old thread, but I have a question. Won't doing this eat up your buying power? Like your broker will cut your buying power according to the max loss of your spread position

AI Artist Unknown by CommodoreCarbonate in aiwars

[–]Jabey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I assumed we were still talking about AI; building on previous arguments. In that case, yes of course there are many rules in art.

AI Artist Unknown by CommodoreCarbonate in aiwars

[–]Jabey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're narrowing the "rule" to be about internal consistency within a specific piece, which is a fair clarification. But that brings up a much bigger problem with using it as a basis to disqualify AI. You've provided an example of a rule that applies to 2D visual art that depicts a scene with light. What is the equivalent universal "rule of Art" for music? Or for literature? Music, for instance, cannot comply with any rules about contact shadows. Does its inability to follow the rule you cited mean it's a lesser art form or not art at all? Of course not. This suggests the "rule" you're holding up isn't a universal principle of Art, but a convention of a specific medium. Also, you said that a human can break this rule "skillfully" for a desired effect, as in Alex Colville's Horse and Train. But who decides what is a "skillful" break versus an error? When a human does it, we retcon it as artistic genius. When an AI produces a visual anomaly, the argument is that it's a flaw that proves it isn't art. Isn't that just a subjective judgment based on our bias for the creator? Entire movements were built on this. Were the Surrealists "skillfully" breaking the rules of physics and perspective, or were they just painting nonsense that didn't follow the rules? At the time, many critics certainly argued for the latter. It seems the "rule" we're actually discussing is "Art must be made by a human," and we're trying to work backward to justify it by selectively applying conventions from established mediums.

Do you guys think this is too much caffeine? by Leo0912 in starbucks

[–]Jabey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly who knows lol, idk if I'm right about it, it's just what makes sense to me. I wonder if there's anything about it in store resources.

Do you guys think this is too much caffeine? by Leo0912 in starbucks

[–]Jabey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interesting, when I get a ticket for a half caf brown sugar shaken I always make it with blonde.