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« on: February 03, 2023, 13:53 »
Never have I been more pleased to owe someone $20.
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« on: February 01, 2023, 21:52 »
As I recall, Pond5 only sends out 1099s if youve earned more than $600. I always have to compute my taxable income from them manually as a result.
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« on: January 30, 2023, 21:54 »
Tick, tock, tick tock,
60 days before the bet between cascoly and pigsinspace ends.
So far, no news but bad news in peoples mailboxes from Adobe.
A bet I would like to lose, not win.
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« on: January 19, 2023, 21:21 »
Been to Germany a few weeks ago, there are recycling machines at the super market, you insert one empty plastic bottle and out comes 25 cents, euro 25 cents.
Lucky. In the USA its 5 cents, and even then its only certain states. Except Michigan, where its 10 cents, but unless you can steal a large van loaded with cans to make the trip, its not worth it.
Lol, really? That's actually a Kramer/Newman idea in one of the Seinfeld episodes. 
Who do you think Kramer stole the idea from!
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« on: January 17, 2023, 22:18 »
Been to Germany a few weeks ago, there are recycling machines at the super market, you insert one empty plastic bottle and out comes 25 cents, euro 25 cents.
Lucky. In the USA its 5 cents, and even then its only certain states. Except Michigan, where its 10 cents, but unless you can steal a large van loaded with cans to make the trip, its not worth it.
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« on: January 16, 2023, 20:49 »
But requirements for 2021. were made in beginning of 2021. Requirements for 2022. were never made and 2022. has ended, so you know, it is not possible for AS to set rules for 2022. anymore and it is not possible for us to meet these rules because they don't exist.
Yes, AS people could theoretically be kind and give us codes because they like us (and not because they want us to upload, sell, earn money), but I don't think it is very likely.
of course it's still possible - all AS has to do is describe how they're going to select who gets the bonus. absolutely no reason they had to do it on 1/1/22
still waiting for any doom-prophets to make a $ bet on their 'knowledge'
Id put $20 down that its not coming back for this year, but what do I get if I win?
i'll take your bet - if AS doesnt give bonus codes this year i'll send you $20 by paypal
Wait a second, we gotta wait all year? I'll be hungry for some of the good ramen much sooner than 2024.
ok, we'll give AS until end of March? (which is when my current bonus ends)
{thanks for getting me my payment sooner!?! i'll tell you how tasty the ramen was!}
Its a deal.
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« on: January 14, 2023, 15:56 »
But requirements for 2021. were made in beginning of 2021. Requirements for 2022. were never made and 2022. has ended, so you know, it is not possible for AS to set rules for 2022. anymore and it is not possible for us to meet these rules because they don't exist.
Yes, AS people could theoretically be kind and give us codes because they like us (and not because they want us to upload, sell, earn money), but I don't think it is very likely.
of course it's still possible - all AS has to do is describe how they're going to select who gets the bonus. absolutely no reason they had to do it on 1/1/22
still waiting for any doom-prophets to make a $ bet on their 'knowledge'
Id put $20 down that its not coming back for this year, but what do I get if I win?
i'll take your bet - if AS doesnt give bonus codes this year i'll send you $20 by paypal
Wait a second, we gotta wait all year? I'll be hungry for some of the good ramen much sooner than 2024.
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« on: January 13, 2023, 11:10 »
But requirements for 2021. were made in beginning of 2021. Requirements for 2022. were never made and 2022. has ended, so you know, it is not possible for AS to set rules for 2022. anymore and it is not possible for us to meet these rules because they don't exist.
Yes, AS people could theoretically be kind and give us codes because they like us (and not because they want us to upload, sell, earn money), but I don't think it is very likely.
of course it's still possible - all AS has to do is describe how they're going to select who gets the bonus. absolutely no reason they had to do it on 1/1/22
still waiting for any doom-prophets to make a $ bet on their 'knowledge'
Id put $20 down that its not coming back for this year, but what do I get if I win?
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« on: January 11, 2023, 20:05 »
Im with Her Ugliness on this. While I wish the program would continue, its clear the program has been discontinued. Thats disappointing, but its Adobes software and theyre free not to continue the program.
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« on: January 10, 2023, 21:19 »
I would say you absolutely do. Just think for a moment about all those important features that are visible and eminently recognizable - eyes, hairline, eyebrows, ears, not to mention other parts of the body.
Jo Ann, just because my hairline *is* recognizable doesnt mean I want it to be.
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« on: January 02, 2023, 22:22 »
Ive done sky replacement on some gray sky images in Photoshop and had some success there, but Im very intrigued about this idea of adding lens flares. I go out of my way to avoid lens flares when taking photos, because I always felt like theyd be less likely to sell. Adding them artificially AND getting sales from that? Wow.
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« on: October 09, 2022, 15:08 »
PayPal is basically a bank at this point. If my bank took money from me because I lied on the internet, theyd get beat down hard in court. PayPal should be no different. I am freaked out by the abundance of misinformation on the internet and what that means for democracy long term, but this isnt the answer.
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« on: August 07, 2022, 22:18 »
As the person who posts a lot about stock industry and company news, it must be new if Jo Ann didnt know about it!
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« on: June 29, 2022, 16:13 »
Selections are happening. I nominated seven images (big total, I know), and one was selected two weeks ago.
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« on: June 26, 2022, 22:13 »
Uh oh Jo Ann, what happened to your shower!
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« on: June 23, 2022, 19:50 »
This thread convinced me to look at my numbers over the last year. Like Zero Talent, my downloads are up, but my RPD is down. I was happier before I knew this
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« on: June 17, 2022, 16:09 »
Wordplanets point is well taken. At first glance, the image would be fairly easy to make in Photoshop today, but in 1981, I dont have the faintest idea how it could have been done. What may have been transformative then I dont think should be looked at the same way now.
All that said, Im very skeptical of a court case decades after the work was made and nearly as long since Warhol himself died.
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« on: May 30, 2022, 15:32 »
Brandon beat Trump, so keep cheering him on.
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« on: May 25, 2022, 11:22 »
Are you seeing the image pop up in reverse image searches on lots of websites?
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« on: May 21, 2022, 23:08 »
When Adobe remade their tiers three years ago and increased payments for most contributors, I was excited and thought it would push other stock companies to increase their payments or at least not decrease them. Then along came Shutterstock less than a year later with their cuts
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« on: May 11, 2022, 11:42 »
Thanks to the incompetent idiots in charge, we're on our way to a recession.
I anticipate that many companies with either start downgrading or cancelling their microstock accounts from sites like SS and AS.
My SS sales has dipped in the last few weeks. Less big sales and less daily downloads.
Just brace yourselves for what's to come and stop supporting people who are economically illiterate.
More a Covid/Putin/China recession... Covid for stopping worldwide production.. Putin for raising transport costs worldwide with higher energy cost (due to war).. and China for slowing down its economy with their "Strict 0 Covid" policy..
Inflation levels and oil prices were incredibly high before the war in Ukraine started. China only started the lockdown.
The US economy shrank by 1.4% in Q1 and it wasn't caused by China locking down. China's GDP went up by over 4% in the same time period.
The main cause of the situation is because of energy scarcity and uncontrolled spending. Both of which are caused by policies of the current administration. The war in Ukraine doesn't help, it's certainly not the main cause of it.
The highest inflation in 40 years is caused by the federal reserve printing money it doesn't have. Failure to hold the people in charge responsible is reason why we're in this situation. So let's not make excuses for incompetent people.
So, if you were the government.. what would you do ?
Stop spending so much money. Stop trying to stop domestic energy production.
Oil prices and Natural Gas spiked after we slowed down our own product of energy. This caused food prices to spike, along with everything else. It's self-inflicted inflation.
Unfortunately there is literally no elected politician in either party with any interest in cutting any spending. The Republicans made that clear before the pandemic when they cut taxes but didnt cut spending at all. Its just silly that some are now arguing to cut spending. If they meant it, they would have done it when they had control.
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« on: May 04, 2022, 19:57 »
The only way SS would increase commissions is if its in their business interest to do so. Very few folks left when they cut commissions. As far as theyre concerned, lower commissions doesnt hurt their business.
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« on: April 23, 2022, 15:05 »
A couple weeks ago, I received an official looking email from Adobe, saying my 1099 was incorrect and I needed to go to a website to download an updated one. The URL was... less than official looking, so I emailed Adobe directly. The responded to say it was a real email.
Although the site URL still made me uncomfortable, I visited and put in my info. Apparently I made $30 less than they originally thought.
That's what I want to do, go through refiling my taxes over $30 in less income. I think I'll pass! Hopefully the IRS doesn't mind keeping more than they had originally planned...
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« on: April 10, 2022, 22:02 »
If youve already got a good quality camera, try it out and see how it goes, but I dont know that Id spend the money to buy one new. The autofocus in my DSLR is dying and Im not sure it makes sense to spend the money to get a new one. But I definitely appreciate the passive income from what Ive already taken.
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« on: March 22, 2022, 20:26 »
I see the problem as it always has been and will be. Mat makes a good point, less drama and adulteration leaves the buyers more options. But here's the other side. Some buyers want ready to use images. Some don't know how to make their own adjustments. Some want fast and good, so they can spend time on something else, like designs and layouts.
I agree. I work with someone who uses stock images, but barely ever touches Photoshop. Not everyone has the interest, even though it surprises me. Photoshop is so much fun to mess around in!
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