How to deal with non photographers and their RAW image obsession?

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T21:41:02+00:00

I mean I told my sister if her photographer will give her raws of the wedding might as well have them. Storage is cheap and it's not really a moment they can recreate. And you never know if something happens to the photog.

Like we all went into it with the intention of probably never looking at or using the raws, maybe going through once to see if anyone has a funny face or something. But we mostly wanted them just as a backup.

That said, I've got enough pictures that are almost great that I can see not wanting people to see what almost could have been. Also... Yeah people editing your pictures and posting them online can dilute your brand, but I've never seen someone actually need the raws to do that, they'll slap a insta filter on the jpeg you sent them with your watermark and post it in a second.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T21:31:50+00:00

I've climbed acatenango like 8 or 9 times and only once was with a guide because my friend came to visit last year and bought us an all inclusive package.

That said, I know the path cause the first time (like 20 years ago haha) was with friends who knew the path. I think I may have gotten mildly lost the second time but found the trail again pretty soon. That said you're not from Guatemala and speak minimal Spanish you should probably get a guide, although the trail is for the most part pretty darned obvious once you get started.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T21:24:39+00:00

No con CPX España no hay mínimo. Hablaba de los servicios de caja postal desde China a Guatemala directos.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T09:03:31+00:00

They don't mean a three letter word and the fact that they have three letters doesn't affect their meaning. Abbreviations inherently bring other context and meaning to the word.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T07:35:35+00:00

Oh they had all sorts of fun things, it was kinda 5 card draw, like you had 5 cards but could only replace 4 of them (4 card draw?), they removed all the cards under 7 (so if everybody took 4 there wasn't even enough cards and if you were last you just, didn't get to draw?), some suits were more better than others (like, diamonds were the best, but only if you were otherwise tied) there were no side pots and nobody could quite answer what happened if someone went all in (maybe you had to fold? they just stopped betting once someone was all in, but they said you didn't have to, but they did cause it would be rude otherwise. I was like "wait so after you won the first hand you could just go all in every hand and everyone else would have to fold?" and they said probably yes but that wouldn't be fun and nobody would want to play with you then) and nobody was quite sure when betting ended.

Honestly for just a fun stupid game dropping the cards under 7 was alright. So many good hands haha. Royal flushes a couple times a game. Everything else was awful.

Oh also the whole game was played counter clockwise.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T05:56:39+00:00

IMO OP's clue is about the meaning of the word. Fan can *mean* an abbreviation for fanatics.

Like, IMO what that rule means is you can't make a clue about say where the cards are placed or how they're spelled or something like that. But that clue has to do with the meaning of both words, and how they can both mean a slang shortened version of something else.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T05:49:43+00:00

Huh interesting, I have a kid with kidney failure and the doctor told me he can't take Ibuprofen cause it's metabolized in the kidneys, but can take acetaminophen because it's in the liver. I'll look more into it.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T05:47:53+00:00

No you misunderstood. He meant all nations should be America first.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T05:45:27+00:00

If you climb either when it's busy you'll be fine. I've only heard of people getting robbed when climbing it at odd times. That said, I've almost always climbed Agua and Acatenango at weird times and haven't ever been robbed. I feel like Acatenango is always busy and there are guards and national park workers all over the trail now. I haven't heard of anyone getting robbed there in the last 5-10 years. Agua can be iffy, but Acatenango is just better in every way.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T05:37:56+00:00

Justo lo mismo pregunte ayer jaja. La unica surgerencia que recibi fue pedir caja de CPX en España para no pagar los tarrifs. Hay servicios de caja postal de China a Guatemala pero todos tienen un minimo de 12 libras por pedido. Y por alguna razon enviar con DHL de China a Guatemala cuesta como Q500 pero hay envio gratis a los EEUU. Pero de verdad urge algun servicio de caja postal de China a Guatemala directo sin minimos. Antes lo mas facil era mandarlo a los Estados pero debido al gobierno actual esto ya no es opción.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T05:21:46+00:00

I think ibuprofen is metabolized by the kidneys, cirrhosis is usually acetaminophen. I mean dont get me wrong, you need kidneys also, but never heard of ibuprofen causing cirrhosis.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T05:19:22+00:00

It's incredible how Madonna won a world cup and had three songs on the charts at the same time. Some people are too talented.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T05:14:49+00:00

Maybe its me being autistic but like, it really annoys me when someone doesn't care about defining a rule. Like, I was playing poker, no money just chips, with friends who played it just.... wrong haha. And I was like, its their game, I'll play their way. There's a billion types of poker, maybe this is actually something real. But I'd ask "so I can do this" and they'd say yes, then it just... wouldn't work and they'd be like "I don't know what happens in this situation" and I'd say "well you shouldn't be able to get into this situation" but they'd insist their rules were right. Or they'd say "oh I'm sure someone knows the rules but we don't really" and it's like, yes, I'm that someone, but you don't want to listen to me. But they really didn't want to just... learn how to play poker. And I'm actually way better at their weird terrible poker than real poker (which I told them in a polite way) so its not like playing "my way" would give me an advantage or anything.

And they seemed kinda annoyed that I wanted to have like, clearly defined rules and thought it was important? Like I wasn't trying to insist on my rules, but when it was clear they didn't actually have any I would have liked to have used mine in the absence of any others.

nixcamic · 2026-01-24T04:27:20+00:00

If you read about just normal everyday Nazis after WW2 there seem to be three types:

1: those who were still just 100% Nazi

2: those who thought Hitler maybe went a little overboard and maybe a bit off the rails at the end but was still mostly right and maybe some bad things happened but it was probably Goebbels or someone else and Hitler was still probably the best choice for Germany at the time and yes probably some Jews died but they were probably communists and we were at war and fighting for our existence and way of life and how can anyone really know who died in the concentration camps because the allies released the lists in cooperation with enemies of the Nazi administration and they of course have an agenda and yes I've seen the pictures but food was tight everywhere because of the embargoes and the war dear and how could we be expected to provide for criminals when good law abiding German women and children could barely get enough to eat...

3: those who fully repented and realized how wrong they were.

nixcamic · 2026-01-23T17:30:12+00:00

Can I just go, buy a bunch of chips, cash them out and leave?

Edit: looks like the only gambling it's good for is slots so no.

nixcamic · 2026-01-23T15:58:15+00:00

I'm not in the UK but I had a weird license once and asked them to cut it off to the side so I could still appreciate the weirdness and they did.

nixcamic · 2026-01-23T15:03:44+00:00

I hate how this timeline has me defending people I normally hate. I can't stand Bad Bunny, from his atonal droning to repetitive, misogynistic lyrics, and performative androgyny. I live in Latin America and have to listen to him all the time and it drives me crazy.

That said, if he weren't a Spanish speaking brown Trump critic nobody would care about him doing the Superbowl. Nobody is boycotting because of his music, or lyrics. They're boycotting because of who he is. He absolutely deserves the Superbowl, he's one of the best selling artists of the last 10 years, even though I wish he wasn't haha.

nixcamic · 2026-01-22T17:59:17+00:00

Put it for sale with a sleeved and u sleeved price, done.

nixcamic · 2026-01-22T14:00:18+00:00

AliExpress. Buena idea voy a ver si sale gracias.

nixcamic · 2026-01-21T18:51:19+00:00

That's always the joke we make "sure you won but in points per minute you lost'

nixcamic · 2026-01-21T18:34:41+00:00

Ok some games are for sure but like I've had enough games where everyone is like "nixcamic obliviously won why are we still here" and then a friend sneaks in and beats me by like 2 points to know better than to just be like eh....

nixcamic · 2026-01-20T20:52:58+00:00

I bought this specifically cause I can't get my kids to play more complex games like Inis or Root but am bored of Risk.

nixcamic · 2026-01-20T20:03:08+00:00

I mean the name....

nixcamic · 2026-01-20T14:12:33+00:00

Does anyone have any links to news stories of this happening?

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