somethingp

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[–] somethingp 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Except most state/local governments do have property taxes on houses, land, and cars. Not unrealistic to apply the same towards other assets. Specially since taxing homes and cars is counterintuitive because you're taxing necessities, while taxing monetary/investment assets like stocks would make more sense to encourage more spending instead of just hoarding the money.

[–] somethingp 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If they'd continued paying for coffee, he would've only been able to go up to $16.899 million. Think of the horror and injustice!

[–] somethingp 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's a white color. You can tell they erased it from the legend

[–] somethingp 2 points 3 months ago

It was a poor reference to a quote from the TV show Community. The half Palestinian character Abed says that his father's falafel restaurant had been struggling for a while because "9/11 was pretty much the 9/11 of the falafel business"

[–] somethingp 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

9/11 was the 9/11 of the Jenga business

[–] somethingp 1 points 4 months ago

Closest real movie I can come up with is Shanghai Noon. It's not samurai, but it does have eastern martial arts in an old west setting.

[–] somethingp 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There's no way humans kill 100 million sharks a year. How many sharks are there?

[–] somethingp 2 points 4 months ago

That's a good idea. I think in that situation the fancy stuff matters less than the magnification so the "cheaper" telescopes might make more sense. I'll have to look into it!

[–] somethingp 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The guy who posted the screenshot has poor critical problem solving ability

[–] somethingp 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you guys ever go to the Texas Theater for Tuesday Night Trash? I went to the last one and it was a lot of fun. It happens the first Tuesday of every month and they screen a different B movie each time. The movie is free, and they do have drinks and food available for purchase.

[–] somethingp 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I actually was using my 200-600 with a 1.4x teleconverter. For photos it was a little easier but particularly for video was harder. But honestly it's all great. I don't do crazy hikes with a lot of gear so I'm happy to lug my 200-600 around. And it usually gets me the shot or close to it. I'm not a professional so it's not like anything depends on me getting the shot. It's more about the journey anyway haha

Main thing is my a7iv no longer feels like it's limiting me like my d3300 did and more often than not, it is my own limitations

[–] somethingp 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I started with a used Nikon d3300 a while ago, and then upgraded to an a7iv when it came out. I was mostly starting to feel the limitations of low light performance and slow autofocus on the d3300. For me the a7iv seemed like the right choice at the time, and I've been very happy with it. But I think if I were making the same decision now, I might choose the a6700. It's smaller, similar specs, cheaper, and most importantly for me, the apsc crop would be better for wildlife as it gives better reach. I recently went to Yellowstone and the number of times cool stuff was happening just a little too far away was a bit frustrating. If I had something like an a7riv or a7rv, it wouldn't be a problem because of how high resolution they are. But those cameras cost a ton more. But I'm still very happy with my a7iv and will not be changing cameras any time soon.

I would say that unless you have a lot of nice glass for the d3200 already, don't worry about switching to Sony. I think it really is the best brand for hobbyists because of how much affordable and excellent 3rd party glass is available for the system in both full frame and aspc. Just cannot be matched with any other system. Also, if you do want the crazy fancy stuff, the Sony G and GM lenses are some of the best in the game, and definitely have the most variety of lenses.

I would avoid m43. A lot of the newer cameras aren't particularly light or small. I think the Sony apsc cameras are often more compact and more affordable.

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