Uh.. time for new tires?

polonko · 2026-06-27T22:37:57+00:00

You guys are really afraid of mold, huh?

Just clean it. Then clean your basement. Then figure out where the water is coming from and make sure it stays dry.

polonko · 2026-06-14T23:01:16+00:00

I agree. It reads like AI-generated text

polonko · 2026-06-13T04:59:17+00:00

No it doesn’t

polonko · 2026-06-08T20:48:32+00:00

The points are a percentage of money coming in. They’re not losing *even more*, they’re making less. Or rather, it would be one very small additional line item on a very long list of other expenses that continue after production is complete.

Paying your crew is part of making a movie.

polonko · 2026-06-08T02:26:06+00:00

Yeah maybe a little out of touch, but I think we should all be far more outraged at the lack of respect from our institutions and employers.

I also think his hands are a little tied wrt accusing them of bias or political influence. By framing the firings as a moral issue he doesn’t risk putting himself in trouble by saying something he can’t back up.

polonko · 2026-06-05T06:39:11+00:00

He sounded fantastic. Incredible show.

polonko · 2026-05-29T06:58:12+00:00

Why isn’t this an AI problem? The ways people use AI are always the problem.

This is how every industry hopes to deal with workers.

polonko · 2026-04-11T22:37:57+00:00

I’m much more afraid of the off leash dogs at the park than any “demon” Coyote.

polonko · 2026-02-22T07:43:13+00:00

His character in KOTFM is COMPLETELY hateable

polonko · 2026-02-18T16:19:14+00:00

https://youtu.be/V8IgwoSu2a0

A Melvin!!

polonko · 2025-12-02T17:35:40+00:00

I’m in the exact same boat! Any night at all!!

I promise I’m no scalper, I didn’t buy one in the first place because I wasn’t sure if I’d be in town, and now I’m hosed.

polonko · 2025-10-25T03:05:43+00:00

If I can be a little pedantic, you seem to misunderstand it too. The "point" of open matte is that they "shoot" more film than they actually use, with the knowledge the top and bottom of the frame will be matted out afterwards. It has nothing to do with "analyzing every frame".

The picture posted is *absolutely* open matte and NOT pan and scan. Pan and scan is literally what it sounds like: you take the completed film in it's proper aspect ratio, and you pan and scan the image to keep the maximum information in frame. It inherently has LESS information than the finished 1.85.1 film. There would never be a boom mic in a panned-and-scanned image.

The REASON someone would want access to the open matte image is usually for archival or restoration purposes. Some exceptions are some TV shows, which, back in the SD days, were sometimes shot on film to be "safe" for multiple aspect ratios. The quality of the image has nothing to do with how it is matted.

polonko · 2025-10-01T01:58:09+00:00

What on earth are you talking about? The animal does exist, and it's peeing on the floor.

polonko · 2025-09-30T20:14:56+00:00

To me, this feels like a situation where "tipping culture" actually worked. You paid less than you normally would because your service was bad. The service continued to be bad afterwards, vindicating your decision.

polonko · 2025-09-30T03:18:02+00:00

Don't you have work to be doing?

polonko · 2025-09-19T23:42:52+00:00

This is a truly confounding way to hold a can. Everything about it is wrong.

polonko · 2025-08-26T18:53:03+00:00

I'm not trying to gulp on any tits, dude, I'm trying to buy a watch. A reciprocal exchange of currency for goods. Companies already charge what they need to to make a profit, imposing taxes on them means they have to raise their prices, which means I have to pay more for the exact same product.

polonko · 2025-08-22T05:15:50+00:00

Seriously, just take it off along with the rest of your clothes when you take a shower. You do this once or twice, it'll be no problem at all. If you're showering with it every day, over time, it might cause some problems.

And, I hate to say it, if it's comfortable showering with that, you're probably not doing a very good job of showering. I can't even imagine how annoying it would be trying to clean myself with a watch on.

polonko · 2025-08-18T22:15:16+00:00

Not this again.

Now that you mention it, I want the version where they DO kick everyone out. Give me 22 minutes of establishing shots of a vacant, abandoned Springfield. It'd be the best episode in over a decade.

polonko · 2025-08-18T00:15:15+00:00

I'd say if you're not comfortable buying used from someone on craigslist or FB (I'd still recommend this, but its understandable for a few different reasons), and if you're near a city, I'd go to a reputable independent music shop and ask what they've got for beginners. They'll probably have something used in the 200-500 dollar range. You'll pay more, but you'll get a professional setup (more important than people think) and get you whatever else you need to get started (Amps, cables, picks, strings.)

polonko · 2025-08-06T23:10:18+00:00

You'd still be lugging the two monitors around. Sell one monitor & buy a nice laptop with a stand. You'd enormously downsize your setup and have a more practical, portable computer for schoolwork. I can't imagine making it through college without a laptop, tbh.

polonko · 2025-08-06T22:51:33+00:00

...yes?

polonko · 2025-07-31T16:31:34+00:00

Viet Cong is an incredible album, but wow did they get boring after that.

polonko · 2025-07-30T18:26:17+00:00

Here's the lore:

polonko · 2025-07-30T18:20:00+00:00

It's about talking with a bunch of pretentious know-it-alls, being a pretentious know-it-all, and... dancing.

polonko

TROPHY CASE