The event production world is simultaneously very advanced and antiquated at the same time. I used a floppy disc earlier this year because some lighting consoles still use them. We then used said lighting console to control a projection mapped surface with motion tracking.

Here’s the thing everyone seems to be forgetting. Once a motorized vehicle leaves the ground under powered flight it is no longer under DOT’s domain it is now under FAA’s domain. FAA licenses are way harder to get and way easier to lose. They also require annual tests to keep. This is why flying cars are a non starter, because to pilot them you need a general aviation license.

There are exceptions but it’s always in the ultralight or experimental categories. A release of this car will fit neither of those categories.

Literally waiting for January. New employer won’t have an opening until then. Current job doesn’t know yet.

I haven’t had a cost of living increase in 3 years.

I work in events. The events are now only business events not party events. The only parties that are still happening are weddings. Even fundraisers have scaled back.

Audio engineer here, if you need assistance let me know.

As the saying goes “You’ll know a hero from a coward when you see which way they run.”

Fun fact this actually comes from an old tradition where a pineapple was a symbol of hospitality, and when the pineapple disappeared the hospitality was gone, the party was over and you needed to leave.

So literally a DJ fruit.

Spec ops the line. White phosphorus.

1. You can upgrade straight to hotels you don’t need to get houses before upgrading to hotels it’s just that no one has the capital to do that.
2. The original rules had a second phase to the game that replayed the game with the capitalism taken out using socialism instead, it was created by a school teacher as a way to showcase the dangers of capitalism. When Mattel bought stole the game from the original creator, they removed the second phase keeping only the capitalism phase.

I’m going to start this with allegory and bring it back around to practical application.

My neighbor IRL legitimately has greener grass than I do. She also has 4 dogs who poop and fertilize the lawn everyday. She can’t walk into her yard without shoes on or without watching where she steps. She has a toddler who isn’t allowed to play in her backyard because of the dog poop. I may see her greener grass and want greener grass, it’s fine to want greener grass. But once I stop and look at why she has greener grass and what not only her, but her family has to sacrifice to get that greener grass, I realize it’s not worth it to me. I like being able to grill outside, I like being able to walk barefoot, I like not worrying about what’s in my lawn. Would I like it to be greener? Sure, but not at the cost of losing the very thing that I want.

The way things are perceived doesn’t reveal what it actually took to get those results. Especially in the social media age where everything is a cherry picked version of reality. You are never getting the full story in today’s social media environment, and with the prevalence of filters and AI what tiny story you are getting might straight up be a lie.

The best advice I can give is to look at the greener field, and actually talk to people who have a greener field. Don’t just follow them on social media or watch videos about it, talk to them. It’s much harder to lie face to face than it is on a video. If you can, try it for a week, then ask yourself, would I still want to do this when life happens and things aren’t perfect. Would I want to do this for the next 5, 10, 20 years? Once you have an idea of what sacrifices it will take to get the greener field, then and only then can you ask yourself is it worth it? It may be, in which case, attack it with gusto. It may not, in which case, fantasizing is fun, but that’s all it is, a fantasy.

Good luck.

Because it hasn’t been long enough for the patent to expire so no one is allowed to make it.

In the live production world, there was a product called “spider pod”. It is a riser for a camera tripod to get the camera up higher. It came with a step for the camera operator. A metal worker who used to work in television made it, patented it, and ran the entire business out of his shed. It became a staple in the television industry. After his last kid graduated college, he retired. You can now only get them used and nothing has replaced them on the market.