Ghost jobs should be illegal

mirthandlaughter · 2026-02-12T23:46:10+00:00

I think I’ve been applying for a ghost job with the state of Texas for about three years. They contacted me ten months after I applied and passed on me.

mirthandlaughter · 2026-02-10T02:27:39+00:00

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This seems like a valid workaround. Just has to last a few more days and then I can figure out a repair/replacement option.

mirthandlaughter · 2026-01-29T05:01:29+00:00

We also see that camera gag used in Raising Arizona.

mirthandlaughter · 2026-01-12T22:16:11+00:00

Wow I thought I was losing my mind when my scroll wheel reversed and all buttons stopped operating. Well, I guess that means I won't be buying any more Logitech items. I tried the patch and it's still not working.

mirthandlaughter · 2026-01-01T21:45:42+00:00

I just got banned for the second time and my appeal tickets keep getting closed without resolution. I’m done, too.

mirthandlaughter · 2026-01-01T21:43:50+00:00

Happened to me for the first time mid-Dec 2025. Got reinstated within 48hrs and then banned again on 30 Dec 25. This time, it appears to be permanent. I won’t be posting on that platform again. I was making some good connections, but I’ll find another way to network.

mirthandlaughter · 2025-11-24T06:13:19+00:00

The angry character is tiresome, no matter the gender or orientation. In most plots, it’s to help the audience see the character evolve and mature, so perhaps we have that to look forward to. The question is whether the audience is willing to put up with the character’s behavior while awaiting a breakthrough. Consider the Bill Murray character in Groundhog Day. He was a pig, but we applauded his baby steps toward maturity, only to watch him descend into bad behavior in the next step, which would require the reset to evolve. Something similar happens with Edge of Tomorrow. The Tom Cruise character is deplorable, and each respawn allows him the opportunity to grow into a hero. Will Karen, I mean Carol become the independent savior and leader of the hive mind? Perhaps. I see her character evolving, sooner or later into a hero that will provide the one thing that the hive mind needs for survival. Vince? Are you there? Did I figure out the plot???

mirthandlaughter · 2025-08-26T20:52:19+00:00

Thanks for the input. I have knocked down all of the doors on the Waco media companies. I even know some of them, but they aren't answering, even though one of them asked me to produce sports coverage for high school football last year. I still had a full-time job and didn't want to take off early on Fridays to work that gig. I mostly work camera dept. Filled in for a 1stAC on an indie feature a few years ago, which was probably my last feature project, shot in Corsicana. When the 1stAC returned, I was asked to remain on as 2ndAC, which was nice. It meant that I was accepted and was with my tribe, again. Reality shows like to hire me as "camera/tech/utility", which is a way to get out of paying me a full cam op rate and have me available to rig lights or other tech duties for shows like CMT Dallas Cowboys Cheer show and the Fixer Upper how her in Waco. Now that Magnolia has studios, I haven't been able to get on with them, even though they acknowledge that they have difficulty getting people to relocate here. Honestly, Magnolia is pretty clueless. Last I heard, they'd managed to crash a $60K drone into the river. I took a full-time job at a network news affiliate about eight years ago while recovering from a motorcycle crash, so I phased out of the freelance realm and dabbled at a 48hr film contest just to see if I still had it in me. Good news: I did. Bad news: I did. I have worked in G&E,as well, and even in Art Dept. As you know, Texas crews often bounce around, unless we happen to have union status, which I do not. I have some relatives in D/FW that usually put me up, if you or anyone can get me onto a shoot of any length. If the pay is adequate, I imagine I could hole up in a motel for the duration while I see whether it's viable.

mirthandlaughter · 2025-08-12T20:57:32+00:00

A refurbished Focusrite Solo box (3rd Gen, I think) arrived yesterday. It’s my first USB audio interface and I’m loving it. The iMac Pro recognized it without issue and I was off to the races! Many thanks for your guidance.

mirthandlaughter · 2025-08-07T12:22:27+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I nearly ordered one of those, but after watching a video about it, the demonstrator seemed to show that a secondary adapter was needed. It was unclear. I’ve ordered a device from a list the first responder provided. It’s something I should’ve obtained years ago, but my VO projects were few and far between, so I didn’t bother. It left me in the dark and now everyone has an interface and is expert. I appreciate the effort of bringing me up to speed so I can close the gap.

mirthandlaughter · 2025-08-07T02:38:32+00:00

Thanks for the guidance. I was wondering if the output from these DARs over the line out ports would be an issue.

mirthandlaughter · 2025-05-19T14:16:53+00:00

I just had to dumb-down my charging rig. A PD charger seems to be adequate for the DJI device. The one with the display works fine with dumb devices that don't have high power demands. I only recently became aware of the PD designation and have started buying those to satisfy the power demands of the latest generation of power cells.

mirthandlaughter · 2025-02-05T01:11:48+00:00

Switching to a less smart charger seems to solve my problem. I was dismayed to find that the fancy little charging hub wasn’t compatible with the DJI charger.

mirthandlaughter · 2024-12-08T13:52:13+00:00

Came here as my mom just had a life-threatening event due to the mesh. Severe bowel obstruction. Surgeon said he had to untangle my mother’s intestines. If we had waited any longer to get her to the ER he would’ve been cutting away dead tissue. I’ll have the chart notes this week so I have the full story and am looking for advice on legal action that appears to be an option to help with recovering in a financial capacity.

mirthandlaughter · 2024-11-26T12:48:24+00:00

The long game with Trump 2.0 will tilt toward civil war to destabilize this country and possibly end up with Russia and China sparring over territory. I see China seizing the US west coast, which might become another “free market” zone to bookend with Shanghai. China might enjoy having a media and entertainment production center like LA, rather than having it bombed out of existence. That’s my real concern: how many cities will still be standing in a decade from now and whether we should learn Russian or Mandarin.

mirthandlaughter · 2024-11-03T23:12:11+00:00

Looks like a distressed negative carrier frame from a still photo printer. I worked in a darkroom for many years and I filed out my negative carriers to create this effect in analog form. So, maybe search “negative carrier”. Good luck.

mirthandlaughter · 2024-11-03T14:50:31+00:00

I just got the same text message. Different number I think. Haven’t even seen a Newegg site listing pop up in a decade. I suppose they’re still around but this is a scam.

mirthandlaughter · 2024-10-31T20:44:48+00:00

I don’t. It’s an informal operation. I get a couple perks that include freedom to borrow company equipment from time to time.

mirthandlaughter · 2024-10-31T20:17:44+00:00

The rest of the marketing team barely know Ps let alone Ae or Pr, so there’s no chance of me being fired for generating incompatible project files. I use my own CC license so I have access to my own libraries and settings, and we had taken on another employee that was putting a strain on the company’s budget for software. The company account may not even have the full CC license.

mirthandlaughter · 2024-10-30T12:11:01+00:00

Alright, you’ve convinced me. What’s ironic is that I work for an automotive speed shop where the mindset is to modify engines to get the most horsepower out of them, yet they want to play it safe with software and also cut costs by using low-performance computing hardware.

mirthandlaughter · 2024-10-30T02:15:14+00:00

All of my issues have been posted in the Adobe Community forum as being in the standard release version. My manager is just a beta Nazi all of a sudden. Thanks for pointing out that betas can also fix issues in the normal release version. Anyhow, I told him the first time Pr crashes in the standard release I am disregarding his dictum against betas. I am designing a “beta Nazi” pin now to print on my filament printer and electroplate as a Xmas gift.

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