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"Is this a serious question" is hard to take as anything but an insult. Any actual trolling or the like will naturally sink on HN without the risk of attacking

"Is this a serious question" is hard to take as anything but an insult. Any actual trolling or the like will naturally sink on HN without the risk of attacking genuinely curious questions. With the example Canon lens approach alberth had linked the device does not need to natively support stereo. The downsides, and why one might still spend 30k on an alternative, is said lens approach effectively halves the sensor area and the optics system won't be quite as well designed as a natively optimized one. Also the device is aimed to match the AVP precisely e.g. 90 FPS at full ~59 MP resolution. I doubt they expect to sell many units but the units they do sell are for top professionals looking for the absolute best stereo quality they could get for the AVP, not for prosumers or average productions which would be fine with the slight quality and workflow bump to save 20k.

ceejayoz 2y ago
> "Is this a serious question" is hard to take as anything but an insult. So is "I, as a non-photographer, openly question the utility of this pro-photographer tool to pro-photographers", though.
- zamadatix 2y ago
  Hmm, I have no trouble finding "Can you not... I'm no photographer but it seems like it'd be tough" type questions as genuine curiosity about an expert field instead. It's certainly possible to interpret it as an insult if one likes, that's often an easy task, but it definitely feels like it's not the only way to interpret the question.
- spiderice 2y ago
  Hard disagree. A person who is ignorant in a certain subject is allowed to ask questions about that subject in order to learn. > Can you not get this capability with... Can be interpreted as "this is pointless.. you can do this other thing for way cheaper" OR "help me understand why this exists because I don't understand it". GP is _clearly_ in the latter camp and saying "as a non-photographer" to make that clear. Since we're already quoting HN guidelines > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith
- rowanG077 2y ago
  Even after they were told it has a ton of value add. It indeed irked me the wrong way and that's why I took that tone.

ceejayoz 2y ago

> "Is this a serious question" is hard to take as anything but an insult. So is "I, as a non-photographer, openly question the utility of this pro-photographer tool to pro-photographers", though.

zamadatix 2y ago
Hmm, I have no trouble finding "Can you not... I'm no photographer but it seems like it'd be tough" type questions as genuine curiosity about an expert field instead. It's certainly possible to interpret it as an insult if one likes, that's often an easy task, but it definitely feels like it's not the only way to interpret the question.
spiderice 2y ago
Hard disagree. A person who is ignorant in a certain subject is allowed to ask questions about that subject in order to learn. > Can you not get this capability with... Can be interpreted as "this is pointless.. you can do this other thing for way cheaper" OR "help me understand why this exists because I don't understand it". GP is _clearly_ in the latter camp and saying "as a non-photographer" to make that clear. Since we're already quoting HN guidelines > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith
rowanG077 2y ago
Even after they were told it has a ton of value add. It indeed irked me the wrong way and that's why I took that tone.