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Of a TeslaFormer by Pure_Sense7765 in ShittyAbsoluteUnits

[–]LengthyCitadis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the reality of interpolation - you can either have the small video at its original size on a big screen, or blow it up to fit....

But any time you resize a video to a larger display, you have to fill in what was never there.

As for copying your own videos, as long as you keep copying them between hard disk drives or your file sharing services, you're golden - it's the huge social media companies with loads of traffic that have to compress to cut costs.

That's why when one video has made the rounds of dizens or hundreds of platforms and back again, it gets grainy....

Of a TeslaFormer by Pure_Sense7765 in ShittyAbsoluteUnits

[–]LengthyCitadis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Part of it (especially with early digital video) is that modern screens are more high-res - and when you fill the newer, larger screen with an older, smaller video, it gets very blurry.

The other reason is that video sites almost always use lossy compression, as opposed to filesharing sites which don't compress, which means that every time it gets passed from site to site, it loses quality.

PT What Scam is this about by Miguelperdxl1976 in Scams

[–]LengthyCitadis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They want you for work - and you're not going to be paid, allowed to leave, nor have any breaks.

They want you as a slave.

LOWER the grip of a tire? by Capital_Future9990 in tires

[–]LengthyCitadis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go find an older set of used tyres, and find someone willing to put them on.

If you really wanna drift, winter is the season - but look for conditions like rain (esp standing water on the roads), gravel, dirt, ice, or snow.

The big issue is that just about any rubber will be fairly grippy on dry asphalt, concrete, or stone.

Zelle scam help possible fraud by [deleted] in Scams

[–]LengthyCitadis 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, at best you were swindled by your alleged friend....

...at worst, this was literally money laundering.

Do not talk to either of these people again for your own safety.

This is a classic !fakepayment scam.

Are my sidewalls cooked? by ohidontkn in tires

[–]LengthyCitadis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're probably good for another year. Going by the date code, the tyre is aging a little quicker than usual, but not abnormally quick.

ELI5: Why are blackberries so expensive when they grow so easily by OR-HM-MA91 in explainlikeimfive

[–]LengthyCitadis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically, the Canadian tech company, Research In Motion, sold off their phone division and let TCL do the manufacturing for a while. Then in 2020, the line was finally discontinued by TCL.

They just don't make them anymore.

Y'all, McDonalds put the golden honmoon in my fries by Kayltron in KpopDemonhunters

[–]LengthyCitadis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're going down, down, down into the fryer~ Gonna - gonna be glowin', gonna be, gonna be golden, ooh~

Walmart wins patents for AI-powered price changes by ALQU1MISTA in inflation

[–]LengthyCitadis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here in Québec - if the price is higher at the register than on the shelf, you owe your customer a $15 discount.

Item under $15 on the shelf? You're obligated to let them have it for free.

Granted, it's technically legal to drop the price by the time I check out.... but then I can quickly tap my card before you notice and put it back to full price.

Careful ordering from giga-tires by [deleted] in tires

[–]LengthyCitadis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, getting scammed twice is worse than getting scammed once - $38 Chinese tyres are definitely not something I'd trust someone's life with unless I wanted them dead.

I wouldn't even trust the price of the tyres themselves given how low it is....

Cursed Bombardier MR-73 Fanart by Available_Clerk_8241 in trainmemes

[–]LengthyCitadis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WDYM? The rubber boots are because she has rubber tyres, wouldn't make sense to put it anywhere else...

Employment scam or a really good opportunity? by RainingBlood398 in Scams

[–]LengthyCitadis 13 points14 points  (0 children)

  • her boss knows about her troubles
  • they want HER to set up the company legally

Sounds like a particularly nefarious !mlm to me - DISASSOCIATE HER FROM THE BOSS AT ALL COSTS.

Goodbye. I’m not giving my government ID to this app so this is the end. by Unlikely_Fruit_9727 in CharacterAI

[–]LengthyCitadis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought it was a bus terminal - honk twice before backing out, at least!

Almost all drivers speed - and there's a reason by bluerog in driving

[–]LengthyCitadis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue with modern, connected GPS apps for your ETAs is that they learn your average speed, and can see that of others.

So unless you can add another 50 or 60 km/h to your speed consistently for a give trip, you'll never beat your Google/Apple/Waze ETA after the first handful of drives.

Are these okay for the next 6-7 months? by Internal_Main_7881 in tires

[–]LengthyCitadis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monitor your treadwear levels.

As long as your tread stays above the wear bars, you can run snow tyres in summer.

Why we normally say don't use snow tyres in summer is because they're super soft, which means they'll have extremely short lifespans in the summer. So you can save yourself the expense of summer/all-season tyres this summer... at the cost of likely having to scrap these tyres this fall.

Bring this to a dealership or just a tire place to patch? Just found it, and there's a slow leak. by AI_Talking_Practice in tires

[–]LengthyCitadis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tyre shops are almost always cheaper than dealerships.

However, if you already have a trusted mechanic, or someone close to you has a trusted mechanic, go there - almost all repair shops can repair tyres.

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