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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Have you heard the original meat puppet versions? Nirvana basically covered them exactly.

Not saying that's bad. But when you look at songs like "All along the washer tower" by Jimi, or "Whiskey in the Jar" by Metallica. Those covers are completely changed to fit their style. In my mind, that's what makes a cover great.

A lot of Nirvana's style is the Meat Puppets

Good covers, but they lack original twists. Meat Puppets even played the music in the unplugged performance. So really it's wasn't Nirvana covering them as much as Kurt Cobain singing.

It's what I have against Weezer's cover of Toto's Africa. Good cover, but it doesn't scream Weezer at all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Would you rather have 2-3 lines with cashiers or 6+ self checkouts?

I would say I would get out of the store way faster doing self checkout. I call that efficient.

Places like Sam's Club with their Scan and Go checkout. I can scan all my groceries with my phone as I put them into my cart. Then I just walk under an arch with cameras that scans what barcodes it can. Then I walk out the door. I don't even have to wait in line or go to a self checkout.

Cashiers aren't efficient

If the company had to pay cashiers, then the prices of goods are just going to go up. Corporate execs and board members want the money.

So, do you let the Corporate execs and board members save money and hope not to raise prices (maybe lower them), or make them pay a cashier so they are going to raise prices.

Even though I hate the "please place the item in the bag!" "Unscaned item in bagging area!". Self checkouts are efficient, and the future.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (5 children)

8 hous at $15 an hour is $120

Two security cameras. At most $2000

Assuming the register is basically the same price

Do you want to pay a person to stand and scan groceries for 2 weeks for $1200?

Or do you want to spend $1200 on cameras that will last years?

30k+ a year vs. $1200 once

People could steal 29k worth of stuff, and the company would still makes the same profit.

The cameras are basically security theater anyways. No one is ever going to watch the footage unless needed.

The efficiency is definitely there

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

the ability to create art from scratch is what makes someone an artist

What is "scratch"?

That's the whole argument against AI art.

Did you make spaghetti with pre-made noodles?

Did you make your own noodles?

Did you grind up your own wheat?

Did you make easy mac in the microwave?

Which one is a true chef?

Maybe

Probably

Definitely

Probably not

Does the AI make the "art" or does the artist use AI as a tool.

The chef creates the easy mac. A person cooks the easy mac.

Having AI create the "easy mac", then trying to claim cooking the "easy mac" makes you a chef is what's wrong

But if you get the AI to create the noodles, sauce, meat ball seasoning, etc. And you put it all together well. Then you can claim you're somewhat of a chef.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

The hyphen helps people remember partial plates, and you can look up a vehicle fairly easily with a partial plate, color, make, and/or model

T28-5U47 vs T285U47Y

Chances are you'll remember T28 or 5U47 more than T285U47Y.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

NA beers, ie "NA Budweiser", doesnt mean "north american budweiser", but "non-alcoholic budweiser".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Smart switches are so nice

Going to bed? One touch of a widget on my phone's home screen and all my house lights go off.

Front porch lights need to be on a timer? Smart switches do that

I recommend Kasa brand. Look for refurbished ones and you can get them under $10 a piece.

Easily worth ~$8 dollars per switch if you're doing it new.

I think worth ~$12 if you're willing to replace yourself

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

A lot of downtime in Gilmore girls

Conversations are wordy and fast though

Most words per minute is a weird metric

A TV show that had an average talking narrator throughout would probably win.

Yet "Most words per minute" seems to portray that the characters speak fast.

When in reality the show with the least amount of non-conversation is going to win, even if the characters don't talk fast.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What did ghouls ever do to you?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

~50% of men probably wear a size 9-11 shoe

That's a "Large" sock

Man with a size 8 shoe could probably still wear a "Large" sock and be fine.

~75% of women wear a size 7-9

Women with 6 or 6.5 should still be able to wear a 7-9 sized sock.

Families have genetically similar feet

I know from my experience, my father, my brother, and I all wear the same size. We all had different preferences and our own socks, but I could have easily worn their socks.

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