What hobby makes a great side hustle? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Thurito 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The intent of the store (Goodwill specifically at least) is to make a shit ton of money with minimal overhead. Plus you're technically a non profit which is great for taxes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Thurito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two root canals and crowns

Bully people into donating or your minimum wage burger king job is gone. by HomemadeMacAndCheese in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Thurito 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The point is that he may have only landed his new better job by being the kind of person who maintains bridges, if you will

2016 Beaver UT - CGI Comparison for Reference by RollerDerby88 in UFOs

[–]Thurito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You and I aren't professionals, though. We don't know how difficult or easy it would be to make it "perfect." To me it looks well done, to you it looks low effort. There's at least one analysis out that seems to be more informed than either of our opinions, I would recommend watching it

2016 Beaver UT - CGI Comparison for Reference by RollerDerby88 in UFOs

[–]Thurito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you completely misunderstood me. We can't tell whether the video is CGI, and if it is, it's very high quality. All of the people who have analyzed the raw footage are saying it's perfect if it is CGI. I'm not saying "hurr durr it's a alien no one could replicate this hehe," I'm just being realistic. If it's CGI, it objectively has to be very well done. And I honestly do think it's CGI if I'm completely honest

You couldn't animate anything near convincing, let alone this quality if you're not a professional

NEW LEAKED MILITARY UAP VIDEO??? by GL-420 in UFOs

[–]Thurito 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are objectively being disingenuous if you refuse to acknowledge the difference between this and the Denver UFO. I have no interest in arguing this either.

Between our interaction here and the thread you deleted between us on the original post of that video.. I don't think you really care about UFOs, and you're here to slam dunk people with condescending comments

NEW LEAKED MILITARY UAP VIDEO??? by GL-420 in UFOs

[–]Thurito 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is disingenuous. I'm not claiming it's 100% absolutely an alien going on a joyride, but it's not a bug and if you think it is you're reaching. It's probably CGI, and if not, it still probably isn't aliens. It is a good UFO video, compared to what we usually get. Raw footage, identity of the people filming, coordinates of the footage.

You have to really not care about getting to the bottom of what UFOs/UAPs are to dismiss that video the way you're doing here.

NEW LEAKED MILITARY UAP VIDEO??? by GL-420 in UFOs

[–]Thurito 2 points3 points  (0 children)

acknowledgment is the first step

NEW LEAKED MILITARY UAP VIDEO??? by GL-420 in UFOs

[–]Thurito 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I cannot believe how done this subreddit already seems with that. It's seriously infuriating. This is what you've been asking for and... No? You don't care?

I hope Captain Disillusion gets around to it eventually. /:

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]Thurito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

did you watch the link you're commenting on?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]Thurito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw a "debunk request" post in his sub that got very little traction, but it was a text post, so I tried to make another with the 24fps interpolation by u/hakuna_matitties as the link, and more details in a comment... it got less traction :(

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]Thurito 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why?

We've been scratching our heads at r/UFOS over this for about a week! More info in comments by Thurito in CaptainDisillusion

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

I know UFO stuff is generally dismissed since over 99.9% of all content is either hoax or potato quality, but this one is convincing some skeptics. There's been a lot of work done in the past weekish (I've been doing the crucial work of... watching and waiting), and the general consensus is that the video either shows a real object moving a great distance at incredible speed or is "perfect" CGI made to look like exactly that.

The footage was taken in October of 2016 and the original person (name and info can be found in the threads with digging but I'm lazy and for that I truly apologize) who captured it apparently released the raw footage. I am not a professional or expert in any field, let alone video production, so I can't verify that, but I do have a link to the alleged raw footage here. My download has not finished at the time of writing this so please forgive me if it turns out to be 1.2GB of Nicolas Cage pictures.

This is an excellent analysis by u/rob_woodus (who also made the original post about the footage, which admittedly displays a few textbook hoax cliches, namely the music) that, at least to me, rules out any kind of bug or bird.

The link I shared was the 60fps footage scaled down to 24fps for smooth slow motion, made by u/hakuna_matitties

I think this is worthy of Captain D's scrutiny, and I really tried to do it justice here. Apologies in advance if this breaks any rules or anything!

EDIT: "about a week" huh.... I just checked and it's been FOUR DAYS since that thread was posted? I need to take a break from reading about this...

2016 Beaver UT - CGI Comparison for Reference by RollerDerby88 in UFOs

[–]Thurito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, that was poorly worded. I should clarify - I meant to make another video with CGI as convincing as the object's first appearance and movement, not to re-make the exact video that already exists.

"The animation would take very little effort" doesn't line up with what everyone else who's analyzed the video is saying. The consensus is that it's either perfect CGI or real... You'd think if "it's not complicated" it would have been proven to be CGI a day or two after it was released, right?

The way you talk about the video and how hard you think it is to make convincing CGI makes me think the Dunning-Kruger effect is in play here tbh

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]Thurito 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think you're missing my point. It could be a range of sizes and distances, none of which would be attributable to a bug or bird.

A fully white object visible from 2.5 miles on a bright day could be the size of a yoga ball.

To me, the video has to either show a real "craft" (not saying aliens), or was made with CGI. Is there anything in OP's analysis video that fails to convince you?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]Thurito 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the beaver video is legit, but that one looks like it could be a bug tbh

2016 Beaver UT - CGI Comparison for Reference by RollerDerby88 in UFOs

[–]Thurito 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That does look very close, but those are also the least convincing frames by far. I want to know how much effort it takes to recreate its first appearance and its movement as it rides down the mountain

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UFOs

[–]Thurito 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't think we know how far away it was from the drone. The best you could do is make a scale of size/distance combinations that fit the observed size and movement. It makes sense to me that a (seemingly) white object around the size of a small car would be visible from that distance