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Selling books online was the one Genius / Lucky move that Bezos did. He's not special, his website was just the easiest to use. Bezos picked Books specifically because Books have a pretty stable price, and don't degenerate that quickly. It was easy to make fans because book-people could find those obscure titles A normal book-chain has tons of wasted space by being in many places with the same books. Amazon, having one big warehouse in the middle of nowhere and mailing stuff out with the US Postal Service was easy enough. Books taught amazon how to ship poo poo. It's not a big deal if a book gets lost in the mail, just send another one out, and nobody wants to steal a book. It works like a pawn shop. Look at colleges who get kids to pay 100 dollars for a book, and then get 10 dollars back. Compare it to grocery stores and Restaurants.. Groceries are tough because a lot of food stuff goes to waste. And the hardest business is Restaurants. If you want to lose money, open a restaurant. The amazon restaurant is going to be insane
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mazzi Chart Czar posted:Selling books online was the one Genius / Lucky move that Bezos did. bezos is an ex hedge funder who had full VC backing to take his time and corner markets.
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Clip-On Fedora posted:https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1699876973152026757 lol
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ArmZ posted:bezos is an ex hedge funder who had full VC backing to take his time and corner markets. Oh Really? I got it wrong, I thought he got money from his family, that allowed him to start his business.
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mazzi Chart Czar posted:Oh Really? I got it wrong, I thought he got money from his family, that allowed him to start his business. he did
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:my coworker just expressed to me that he "doesn't watch any content that was filmed before HD" as if it was an original, interesting position to have and now I sort of think he's a fuckin idiot. he's extremely stupid
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Dr. Jerrold Coe posted:he's extremely stupid Doesn't 35mm film have something like 5K equivalent resolution? Does he think everything before the 2000s was just filmed on video like a cheap horror movie?
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In "all rich people are depraved and connected to each other" news - Masterton's wife is the daughter of John Philips of the Mamas the the Papas, who introduced his other daughter MacKenzie to coke when she was 9 years old and perpetuated a 10 year incestuous relationship with her. John's bandmate Mama Cass was known for procuring women for parties for the same West Coast circles frequented by Dennis Wilson, Charlie Manson etc,
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:my coworker just expressed to me that he "doesn't watch any content that was filmed before HD" as if it was an original, interesting position to have and now I sort of think he's a fuckin idiot. this is especially funny to me because most content filmed before HD can be remastered into at least 720p depending on era, and most often into 4k, because 35mm film is boss e;fb
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awkward_turtle posted:Doesn't 35mm film have something like 5K equivalent resolution? Does he think everything before the 2000s was just filmed on video like a cheap horror movie? Yeah, it's kinda funny how good older footage looks compared to most of what was produced in the '90s and '00s. Directors who shot on film during the heyday of video probably seemed old fashioned, but they're the ones whose legacy doesn't look like poo poo today.
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Truga posted:this is especially funny to me because most content filmed before HD can be remastered into at least 720p depending on era, and most often into 4k, because 35mm film is boss so much tv poo poo was shot on digital tape and it is pretty unwatchable, hope this helps
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:so much tv poo poo was shot on digital tape and it is pretty unwatchable, hope this helps the co-worker is still dumb
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:the co-worker is still dumb I'm just saying there was some easily attainable common ground here
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HootTheOwl posted:Aren't soap operas filmed at a higher quality than normal TV and normal TV cant use it because then people will think it's a soap opera? it's a higher frame rate, afaik
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gradenko_2000 posted:it's a higher frame rate, afaik
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HootTheOwl posted:Aren't soap operas filmed at a higher quality than normal TV and normal TV cant use it because then people will think it's a soap opera? gradenko_2000 posted:it's a higher frame rate, afaik I hate TVs that have interpolation that make everything feel like a soap opera. Logically I understand it's running at a higher frame rate and it's smoother and more realistic but I do not like it at all.
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Why ARE soap operas broadcast in a higher frame rate? I always thought it was weird soaps specifically did that, you'd think that'd be the realm of stuff like football or basketball
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Justin Tyme posted:Why ARE soap operas broadcast in a higher frame rate? I always thought it was weird soaps specifically did that, you'd think that'd be the realm of stuff like football or basketball sports also broadcast at higher frame rates. Idk why soaps do it, maybe they got all their shooting equipment second hand from the sports studio?
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Justin Tyme posted:Why ARE soap operas broadcast in a higher frame rate? I always thought it was weird soaps specifically did that, you'd think that'd be the realm of stuff like football or basketball Football and Basketball are shot from afar, and broadcast in real time. Film costs more money and I think they're all done on digital now.
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Thank you Tom Cruise. Motion smoothers are the scum of the earth
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:sending this to my dad goin over to family's house for holidays and finding out their tv settings are set to "circus mode" of motion smoothed hosed up contrast "cinema" settings is a time honored tradition
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Justin Tyme posted:Why ARE soap operas broadcast in a higher frame rate? I always thought it was weird soaps specifically did that, you'd think that'd be the realm of stuff like football or basketball TV in the states is broadcast at 60hz to match the frequency of the electricity (can't remember if there's a good reason for them to match but in europe it's also 50hz). used to be cinema and tv were pretty fundamentally different in how an image got to your eye but they've pretty much converged. 24hz broadcast on a traditional TV setup would have looked like flickery garbage.
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