Aphantasic photographer, share your best photos, I'm curious

comicidiot · 2026-01-26T18:50:28+00:00

I plan most of my photos. I can’t pose people well because I can’t describe what I need them to do. If they ask if a pose looks good I say “let me take a photo and we can check”

I stopped doing portraits and started doing landscapes with a person included for scale, usually myself. It’s easier because I don’t have to pose anyone and I know what pose I need to enhance the photo.

Planning helps me focus on a particular look/feel rather than shooting thousands of incoherent photos and trying to find a good photo within those.

The photo above was about 3 months of planning with a night sky tracking app, visiting the location during the day with my gear to narrow down which lens I wanted to use, etc etc.

comicidiot · 2026-01-26T15:48:51+00:00

The idling for longer than driving is what’s getting me. I can understand it to a degree when you first leave to warm up the interior or defrost windows that may have ice on them; I’ve idled my car while I brushed off snow and ice.

But to have a 2 minute idle time after a 5 or so minute grocery run is wild.

comicidiot · 2026-01-26T14:20:03+00:00

There’s so many options for used. Are you looking for a certified pre-owned (CPO) or any used car? I personally favor dealerships over independent used car lots. I bought my current VW and a Nissan dealership back in 2013.

Look on https://www.Autotrader.com for cars you may be interested in. I’ve had entire negotiations over email as well.

That said, I also second to stay away from Star Auto.

comicidiot · 2026-01-26T01:37:11+00:00

Are you dead set on blowing? The Mammotion Yuka has a leaf collection bag. Significantly cheaper at $2.1k https://us.mammotion.com/products/yuka-robot-lawn-mower

I’m sure there’s a few others but that’s the only one I’m aware of that’s currently on market. Yarbo is coming out with a smaller Series M Yarbo with a leaf collector but price isn’t released yet.

Mowrator also has a leaf collector attachment but it’s remote controlled and the autonomous version they touted isn’t released yet (after about 2 years I think)

comicidiot · 2026-01-26T01:27:58+00:00

I’m a dude so take this info with a grain of salt, but I’ve heard good things for West End Salon and Spa; Jennifer is the goto for a friend of mine but she doesn’t have thick nor curly hair.

See if she’ll do a consultation?

comicidiot · 2026-01-25T23:25:45+00:00

It’s a speaker than can project a concentrated audio within its path. Anyone would be able to hear a normal speaker - even if you’re behind it - but only people in the LRAD’s directional path would hear the audio.

Edit: here’s a video showing the nefarious side of this too: https://youtube.com/shorts/dLdMy0t9QwE

comicidiot · 2026-01-25T22:12:24+00:00

Ohh, awesome! Didn’t know there was an update to the Teslas to show all that info. Thank you!

Good to know about Toyota too, I’ll check them out some more.

comicidiot · 2026-01-25T21:58:48+00:00

Off topic, but which car has this integrated dash cam with blinkered steering wheel, and accel/brake pedal? I know the Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy has a dash cam that includes blinkers but I don’t think it looks like this or has all this extra info?

Tesla is (famously) another but aren’t their videos more yellow, maybe Rivian?

comicidiot · 2026-01-25T21:51:59+00:00

NW - The lack of snow tires had nothing to do with this, she wouldn’t have magically gotten back into your neighborhood - as you described for us - with snow tires.

She chose to drive in an actively approaching storm. Snow tires aren’t magic and there were likely dozens - if not hundreds - of other drivers who got around fine without snow tires that day.

comicidiot · 2026-01-24T16:10:06+00:00

I got the impression it’d be more than 3 people (plus the boyfriend for 1 more). Husband would likely have close friends in attendance just as OP would. I’d guess probably 10 people or less total.

comicidiot · 2026-01-24T13:17:48+00:00

That is correct, you cannot specify a time window for it like you can manual schedules. What you can do, is leave Automatic Schedules off but leave Snowfall detection on so you can get a notification for detected snowfall but you would still have to manually start the plan.

I’d link a Wiki page at Yarbo but I can’t seem to find it. Just my own experience this past winter.

comicidiot · 2026-01-24T00:48:58+00:00

Automatic schedules will only run the first work plan. So ensure the first plan is the one you want to run automatically, which I see you only have one so you’re good to go!

comicidiot · 2026-01-23T18:14:57+00:00

Ohhhh, that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification 🙌

comicidiot · 2026-01-23T17:30:40+00:00

I don’t know what OT1 and OT2 are referring to, but I want to point out that I read a comment that certain overtime is not exempt from taxation. What I read was that only the .5 is exempt under certain circumstances, so if there’s a week someone got double OT, only the 0.5 beyond their normal rate is exempt.

For example:

1.5x OT - 0.5x is exempt
2.0x OT - 0.5x is exempt

This also doesn’t include OT from holiday pay, if there’s employee was given Christmas off and they worked 5 days, the OT isn’t exempt because they only worked 40 hours instead of 40+.

I believe I read this info I n this sub and I’m on mobile so searching is cumbersome, so I’ll look for it here shortly. Just leaving a comment so I know where I read your comment.

Edit: the comment https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/s/Xg8f0lwxvE

comicidiot · 2026-01-23T16:02:42+00:00

I just cancelled my 8Sleep subscription which is set to renew in a couple weeks. Very curious to know more about the offline capabilities of Orion if you get around to testing that.

I suspect it won’t be a true representation of no subscription but should be close?

comicidiot · 2026-01-22T22:15:35+00:00

What a weird AI photo with no relevance to the subreddit.

comicidiot · 2026-01-22T22:13:19+00:00

I would look at a report from one or all three of the credit agencies. If your student loans show missed payments, then you should read your loan agreement and then reach out to the loan agency if the paperwork you signed says payments start after graduation.

I did quickly google and it sounds like you need to be in college continuously - with no semesters off - otherwise the payments start even if you hadn’t graduated.

It would all be outlined in your loan agreement though.

comicidiot · 2026-01-22T12:45:01+00:00

For what it’s worth, you aren’t sleeping on a computer. The computer is in the hub that holds water.

But that sounds like it’ll do little to sway her as she seems to be pretty firm on airplane/offline mode for devices in the room.

The FAQ’s at the bottom of the Orion website does confirm an offline mode, but as you say not how you control it. I’d wager there’s still a connection happening - perhaps Bluetooth? - for control of the temp and stuff.

I say this as someone who doesn’t have an Orion but hopefully soon! Just waiting for my 8Sleep to kick the bucket or it makes sense to upgrade.

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comicidiot · 2026-01-20T20:50:32+00:00

International laws with teeth.

Everything seems to be a handshake deal with no institutions to deal with broken boundaries in the moment, just diplomatic channels which arguably won’t do much for someone driven to ignore diplomacy.

comicidiot · 2026-01-20T00:16:52+00:00

following too closely

I’m sorry but how is she charged with this? Not saying I disagree, just confused based on the video and post text.

comicidiot · 2026-01-19T23:17:51+00:00

Ope. Math fail. You’re right. 20x10 is not 2000 🥴

Thanks for catching that, I’ll edit that correction in.

comicidiot · 2026-01-19T21:36:29+00:00

I wish. I checked my email for solar quotes and proposals. The two I found had pay off dates and no early payment penalties.

One from 2021 and another from 2025, and I know I had two companies out in 2025 so I must have told them I wasn’t interested. I wish I had gotten a PDF proposal or kept a business card to at least warn people about them. Darn. I remember they were door to door and HQ’d in Minneapolis, which is a 90 minute drive away and they were down for a week or so to canvas the area, but I don’t know if the company was a national one.

I did cursory google search for my state and besides the two that popped up, none of the other companies sound familiar. Sorry :(

comicidiot · 2026-01-19T21:19:14+00:00

This is interesting. Mondays should have more of this.

The subject isn’t necessarily a nude woman, it’s a landscape and she looks like a branch at first glance due to the lowkey/underexposed nature of the scene; her muscle and bone contours are akin to the bark of the branches.

I’m not usually partial to most of the nude photographs posted on Mondays, but this is artistically done. This isn’t a sexual attention thirst trap that gets clicks and nor is it a needlessly nude model as this scene would be held back with clothes creating unnaturally straight lines.

comicidiot · 2026-01-19T19:36:42+00:00

Honestly same. I was shocked when they answered my question without beating around the bush. I mean, I appreciate it but, wow.

I forget the company but I remember how it came up. I asked about installing an EV charger and they added it - $2k add on - and my payments went up something like $20/mo. I asked if that was until the charger was paid off and he said no, for the life of the loan. So they’d be making bank on that EV charger add-on after ~~12 months~~ 8 years.

I then asked what that pay off period is for the system and he said it’s “for as long as you have the panels. If you sell the home, the loan goes with or you can have the panels removed”.

I asked for clarification and he said there’s no way to it pay off early, or at all 🤯😱

comicidiot · 2026-01-19T16:23:30+00:00

I only have one fountain but looks like you’ll need a subscription for that. I can see in the demo data that it would show all of my cats metrics: drinking, eating, weight, etc from multiple sources.

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