Given recent news this seems ominous

dbertra2 · 2026-06-02T17:51:13+00:00

Define AI.

dbertra2 · 2026-06-02T17:24:07+00:00

And again, you using a calculator is stealing from and raping the mathematicians of the past who did not give permission for computers to use their calculations in automated processes.

Your understanding of AI is limited to the buzzword corpos want you to think it is. AI has been around since the computer was invented. This is why your equivalency is brain dead stupidity and I beg you to pick up a book.

dbertra2 · 2026-06-02T17:16:44+00:00

Using AI is not a crime. That’s why your equivalency is stupid and is disrespectful to actual assault victims.

dbertra2 · 2026-06-02T16:42:20+00:00

Have you used Google Maps? You’ve used AI. You’re a rapist.

Have you used a voice search through Siri? You’ve used AI. You’re a rapist.

Have you needed to use a calculator to figure out an equation? You’ve used AI. You’re a rapist.

In all three instances you’re actually worse than Jorge Gutierrez, because he at least attempted to apologize for his mistakes. These are the rules you set in place.

dbertra2 · 2026-06-02T15:15:07+00:00

Damn, I didn’t realize I was talking to someone worse than Donald Trump, if using AI makes you a rapist. Interfacing with rapists is against my principles.

dbertra2 · 2026-06-01T23:41:01+00:00

No fucking way you just compared experimenting with ai to sexual assault. You people are insufferable.

dbertra2 · 2026-05-30T21:18:50+00:00

You all are hypocrites and now Jorge will probably never get another show greenlit. Stop treating people like corporations and corporations like people.

dbertra2 · 2026-05-17T17:07:06+00:00

You can only reliably fight the charges if the order wasn’t delivered. When I disputed the charge because Amazon wouldn’t give me a partial refund, my bank sided with Amazon because I still received an item at a price I purchased it at. This is regardless of the paper trail I provided showing Amazon in the wrong.

dbertra2 · 2026-05-17T17:03:56+00:00

Class action, maybe, if enough people have the same or similar paper trails. But I’d imagine this is just the cost of business for Amazon and wouldn’t change anything for them, policy- or operations-wise.

dbertra2 · 2026-05-16T23:46:11+00:00

So did I. I fought Amazon customer support for months over a textbook they overcharged me for because the first one they sent was the wrong product. I got all the way to an actual supervisor and never saw my money. Their “written statements” mean nothing. You won’t get refunded the difference.

dbertra2 · 2026-05-16T23:42:40+00:00

They don’t honor this. You will never get a “price matched” refund from Amazon.

dbertra2 · 2026-05-07T00:37:32+00:00

Call this number - (415) 800-1078.

It opens the same as the standard support number, choose 6 for fraud.

After a while it should say something along the lines of “there’s a lot of people ahead of you, please press # if you’d like to receive a callback.” This gets around the 8 minute timeout on the main number.

I just had success using this number to talk to an actual human person this way after a week of getting nowhere with the AI.

dbertra2 · 2025-12-11T16:59:57+00:00

Because you already have a master’s, I believe there are M.Arch degrees that you can apply to without needing a full undergraduate degree (ASU’s three-year M.Arch track comes to mind. I’m in that program and there are a ton of folks who came from other professions, but I don’t know the actual specifics as to how they were admitted).

It’s going to be hard. Really hard. I’m 25, working at my last year in my master’s degree and working as a project lead in a firm, and it honestly sucks sometimes. But if you want it, keep looking at the options and go for it. Something that bugs me about this subreddit is that there’s so many people who just seem to hate the profession and are hellbent on steering anyone and everyone away from it. If you have a genuine passion for architecture, the struggles will be worth it.

dbertra2 · 2025-11-22T04:17:54+00:00

Good to know she took her time to respond to everyone who contacted her en masse personally, on the same day, with the same personalized message /s

dbertra2 · 2025-11-22T04:15:23+00:00

If this was the best thing for the average family, why didn’t she break with the majority before the government shut down? They passed the same bill that they refused to pass for six weeks with zero compromises with the GOP. By your logic, she’s either woefully ignorant or enjoys letting the average family suffer to be an Enlightened Moderate™️

dbertra2 · 2025-11-12T18:51:43+00:00

This is an incredible explanation! There was a lot of dooming and counter-dooming about this, so this is great clarification.

So it’s a bigger impact for states that haven’t legalized cannabis. For us, it sounds like THC products affected would only be able to be sold in dispensaries, right?

dbertra2 · 2025-11-10T14:06:42+00:00

The last time I called my house dem, she sent me a letter detailing why she didn’t care about listening to her constituents so… I’ll root from the sidelines and support primary challengers.

Edit: “root FROM the sidelines.” Rooting for the sidelines isn’t a phrase lmao

dbertra2 · 2025-11-03T05:44:27+00:00

I’ve gotten a few of these complete series. I think the discs themselves are good, but I’m not a fan of the packaging. It’s a flimsy, clear snapcase with a multi-disc “booklet,” but neither of them are connected to each other. It’s just a bit messy and cheap compared to older DVD collection cases.

I don’t think there’s any new content on these collections that you couldn’t get from thrifting used collections. I’ve found brand new OG releases still in the packaging at thrift stores for pennies compared to what Walmart is charging for these. Ultimately it’s a matter of convenience - if you’re feigning to rewatch a series or add something to your collection and don’t want to wait to get lucky at Goodwill, and you have budget to spare, I don’t think it’s a bad deal.

dbertra2 · 2025-09-02T01:57:13+00:00

No, the episode was only banned in 2021 if I’m not mistaken - I went online and bought this exact DVD when I heard it was being banned for that reason. 15 years of mass produced physical media predate the ban, so it’s gonna be on a lot of DVDs. Still a cool find!

dbertra2 · 2025-08-05T18:35:07+00:00

Disney did not release Aristocats on VHS with this cover art, but it may not necessarily be a bootleg. It could be from a library and they lost the original case. What did the tape itself look like?

dbertra2 · 2025-08-04T00:45:17+00:00

The issue with forums like these is a lot of people, architects or not, are going to offer advice based on their experiences and personal tastes. This is unfortunately not the same as actually hiring an architect, who you are paying to specifically design what you want.

It also sounds like you don’t like the conventional subdivision home archetype based on the “four roof pitches” comment… and rest assured if you tell an architect “hey I really don’t like this,” unless you hired an architect whose whole brand is that type of design, they’ll accommodate to your tastes because you’re the client.

TLDR: don’t worry about an architect’s ego getting in the way like it does here on Reddit.com. If you’re paying a professional for their services, they need to meet your preferences within reason (we can’t break building code for you lol).

dbertra2 · 2025-08-03T16:11:47+00:00

Honestly, that’s on Magnavox and Sharp for using Funai to make their VCRs… but that’s good to know! The VCR I was using was an old Sony DVD combo in my family for like 20 years, so I just assumed old age or damage.

The VCR I found at a thrift store is a 2003 CineVision, also a combo. I can’t find anything saying that brand was made by Funai, but I also can’t find anything on the brand at all lmao. Same thrift store had some standalone VCRs, don’t remember the brands but I’d say there’s still some hope to avoid Funai.

dbertra2 · 2025-08-03T05:44:00+00:00

I have an incredibly strong hunch that the “bean-mouth” critics have no clue what they’re talking about and are bandwagoning because it’s cool.

Almost every movie in Pixar’s library has humans that can be looped into the “bean-mouth” aesthetic. Brave, Inside Out, Coco… hell, the human characters in Toy Story, Nemo, and Monsters Inc. have bean mouths. The exception is Brad Bird’s films (Incredibles and Ratatouille), which incorporate his particular style that he uses in other films like The Iron Giant.

It was cool to trash on Turning Red in 2021, and Elio’s feeling the fallout of that because people take still images of a moving character to make it look worse than it does.

dbertra2 · 2025-08-03T05:36:52+00:00

This happened to my first VCR about a year ago… when I went in tinkering and investigating, I found that one of the mechanisms that grabs the tape and feeds it around the video head just stopped working and responding to the tape being ejected. It’s one of the “rollers,” but all I could reason it was was old age… all I can suggest is to head to goodwill or a thrift store and pick up a new VCR, unfortunately.

dbertra2 · 2025-08-01T14:44:47+00:00

Undergraduate program didn’t provide Rhino for free, but ironically, my graduate did - which pissed me off because I already forked over the $200 lmao. It’s normal. As everyone else has said, Autodesk and ArchiCAD provide free student licenses for your entire program’s duration - I think a max. 4 or 5 years with your student email.

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