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My daughter is a video editor looking for work and found a site called ytjobs.co Anyone know if it is legit?
  • From googling it for a few minutes, it seems to be legit, but as it's just a kind of marketplace to connect people, there seem to be complaints of a lot of bullshit like fake jobs being posted and stuff.

    If she is serious about editing, it might be a possible first step to find some crappy jobs to help fill out a portfolio.

  • California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores.
  • Not the op, but we do use them in my house too. We use every one that we get. We can line them with paper (we collect our junk mail paper for this purpose) to prevent leaks if there happen to be any tiny holes.

    Use a bag daily during dinner prep to collect all the food trash and packaging and stuff that needs to be moved to the main trash can. Also use them as small trash bags in the bathroom and bedrooms.

  • What electric toothbrushes do you guys use?
  • I have tried several of the cheaper ones, and what I noticed is that they would start growing mold inside the brush head. I don't really feel like putting mold in my mouth, nor do I feel like taking the brush apart and cleaning it every couple of days, so I just went back to a manual brush.

  • What do you think about random encounters?
  • I don't really like random battles for the most part, but they are not normally the thing that makes or breaks a game for me, either.

    Some of the first jrpgs that I remember handling battles better then the typical final fantasy was Chrono Trigger and Pokemon. In Chrono Trigger, you can typically see the enemies before you have to fight them, though they would often surprise you with enemies that you couldn't see jumping out. I think that worked much better than just the normal system where if you walk around long enough you get a battle. Then Pokemon has 2 different things that it did. First, for trainer battles, you can see the trainers on screen so you can make sure you are prepared before you go into a fight. Then for the normal battles around the world, it does use random encounters, but they take place ONLY within certain spots, like in tall grass or in a cave. So you still have a lot of freedom to roam around in areas without triggering battles, and when you do go through those spots, you know that a battle could pop up, so you can be ready for it. There are also items you can use to avoid encounters.

    For dealing with the annoyance of low level enemies, I think Earthbound had a pretty good system. In Earthbound, it shows you enemies on screen rather than doing random encounters, and once you get to a significantly higher level than the enemies, they will run away from you instead of coming at you, so you are free to just ignore them.

  • Is it inadvisable to use an m.2 NVME drive as a storage location for video editing render cache?
  • It should probably last you several years with no issues. Look at the warranty on the model you are interested in, and assume that it should last you at least that long.

    If it does fail, well at least it's just your render cache.

  • What movie have you rewatched the most?
  • Home Alone. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I don't really rewatch movies anymore. There is so much content out there that I haven't watched, I would rather see something new than just rewatch something that I've already seen.

  • The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble
  • They didn't just "happen to be around". They created the entire ecosystem around machine learning while AMD just twiddled their thumbs. There is a reason why no one is buying AMD cards to run AI workloads.

  • What's your favourite game made for a handheld console?
  • The first game I bought for the Nintendo DS was Trauma Center. It really sold me on the idea that new kinds of games were possible with the touch screen and stylus. It was also extremely challenging to get the highest rank on each stage. I spent hours playing the stages over and over trying to get the top ranks. The arcade style gameplay was pretty addictive, and it had a good storyline too.

  • OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
  • Actually Google tries their hardest NOT to point you to content. They scrape the data from sites and display it directly in the search results so that you don't need to visit any site except Google. Their new AI answers that they are pushing on users are just another step in that direction.

  • Is ice cream becoming too soft?
  • I can buy some ice cream and put it in my freezer, and it's extremely soft, I can just put a spoon in it with no resistance. I put that exact same ice cream in my parents freezer and it gets so hard that I can't even scoop it with an ice cream scoop unless I let it thaw out for a few minutes. The temperature it's stored at absolutely plays a huge difference.

  • Have you guys used over the counter teeth whitening treatments?
  • I've tried numerous ones, and nothing has ever made a noticable difference on my teeth. My teeth don't look that bad though, so I just quit caring about it and never buy any whitening stuff any more.

  • Worms Armageddon Anniversary Edition: A Retro Revival | Retro Gaming News 24/7
  • I was first introduced to the original Worms through a demo that came with a PC magazine. I spent way too many hours playing that simple demo, but it really sold me on the concept of worms.

    When Worms 2 came out, I bought it and I was blown away at it being such a massive improvement over the original. I think it was probably the first game that I spent a significant amount of time playing online. I even made custom sound packs based around some of my favorite shows, and I would customize my team names around them.

    Then Worms Armageddon came out. I was so hyped for the next generation of Worms, so I bought it immediately. And then... Well I have to say I felt disappointed. While it was certainly an improvement over Worms 2, with a few new weapons and some single player content, it really felt like more of an expansion than a whole new game. But alright, it is what it is, and I continued playing because it was still a fun game.

    And then Worms World Party came out. I thought that surely this must be the next big evolution in the Worms franchise. So once again I bought it. And god damnit, it felt like they had once again sold me the same damn game with a fresh coat of paint. And that's how I came to stop loving the Worms franchise.

  • My monitor has a headphone jack in the back. Can I use it only sometimes without having to plug/unplug it?

    I would occasionally like to use (wired) headphones, but 90% of the time I am fine with just hearing the audio that comes out of the crappy monitor speakers. If I plug the 3.5mm cable into the monitor's headphone jack (even without headphones attached), then no audio will come out of the speaker anymore.

    It is really cumbersome to plug and unplug the cable from the monitor, because I have to pull my desk away from the wall and bend upside down to even be able to see the port where I am supposed to plug it in.

    Is there some simple solution to this problem, or am I just stuck using one or the other? I have a small desk and don't really have room for external speakers.

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    Personal Finance @lemmy.ml Zarxrax @lemmy.world
    (USA) Do supplemental cancer/critical illness policies make sense?

    Me and my wife are in our 40s, and currently in good health. I get insurance through work, but it's a high deductible plan. I have enough in my health savings account to cover the out of pocket maximum for a few years.

    Cancer does run in my family, so I was considering a cancer policy. My grandmother has one with Aflac, and she received a good payout when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. I have seen that she also only has to pay a few hundred dollars per year for her policy, which seems pretty reasonable.

    However, I never really hear these policies discussed much online. Can it make financial sense to purchase? (And I guess I would keep paying it for the rest of my life) Or are these something that should be stayed away from?

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    Not seeing all comments

    When using Connect, I don't see all of the comments. I was just looking at a post where the counter showed over 40 comments, but I counted them and only saw about 16. Then I opened up the same post in my web browser and I was able to see all of the comments there.

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    InvokeAI 3.0 released

    It's looking really good! Major features include controlnet, support for SDXL, and a whole bunch of other cool things.

    Download: https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/releases/tag/v3.0.0

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    Peacock announces price increase
    www.theverge.com Peacock’s prices are going up in August

    The price hikes go into effect on August 17th.

    Peacock’s prices are going up in August

    Premium increasing by $1 per month, while Premium Plus has an increase of $2 per month.

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