atomicthumbs

7 ms·

31.
by atomicthumbs 10mo ago
not really, because all the sousveillance in the world doesn't grant the average joe the power of a single cop
32.
by atomicthumbs 10mo ago
There are more things in this world than software. Many of them are important!
33.
by atomicthumbs 10mo ago
100%
34.
by atomicthumbs 10mo ago
AIs think like a rock flies.
35.
by atomicthumbs 10mo ago
> Virtually all successful existing sequence models rely on mean squared error (MSE) or dot-product similarity for both their bias and retention. This reliance can make models sensitive to outliers and limit their expressive power. [...]
36.
by atomicthumbs 10mo ago
The person you're replying to asked for a source, not an anecdote.
37.
by atomicthumbs 11mo ago
Those aren't iMessage hardware backdoors.
38.
by atomicthumbs 11mo ago
Do you have a testable hypothesis about this or are you flailing in the dark?
39.
by atomicthumbs 11mo ago
these things are popping "ordinary" adults' minds like popcorn kernels and you want to take their safeguards off... why?
40.
by atomicthumbs 11mo ago
better not use UPS; goods moving under ATA carnet are on their prohibited list
41.
by atomicthumbs 11mo ago
"Im from a totally normal middle class-ish family." Maybe that's why you can't comprehend the idea of being poor in a fashion that doesn't let you escape, even working as hard as you possibly can and making all the
42.
by atomicthumbs 11mo ago
Optical quality is kind of a problem with a flatbed; even with it perfectly flat, it looks a lot better coming out of a Coolscan.
43.
by atomicthumbs 11mo ago
Do you use it with an old computer, or do you have a good way to interface a SCSI scanner with a modern machine? I tried to get my Precision II up and running but the SCSI card driver would crash Windows at random intervals.
44.
by atomicthumbs 11mo ago
It'd be nice if they were able to adapt the Hasselblad/Imacon "virtual drum" concept and curve the film underneath the sensor for side-to-side flatness. I wonder if that's feasible with a 2D sensor.
45.
by atomicthumbs 11mo ago
The Coolscans used RGB LEDs.
46.
by atomicthumbs 11mo ago
The APOLLO lunar laser ranging experiment uses a 3.5 meter telescope as a laser turret and manages to get about 2,400 photons back from those retroreflectors every half an hour, and it's a challenge just to find the things as the spot&
47.
by atomicthumbs 1y ago
i don't think they're ever gonna fix that
48.
by atomicthumbs 1y ago
Have you tried using a light switch?
49.
by atomicthumbs 1y ago
the car looks mutated and slimy. most stuff that's used computational photography before now didn't imagine things from whole cloth
50.
by atomicthumbs 1y ago
turn off "attention aware features" under accessibility -> Face ID & Attention if you don't like it checking whether you're looking at it
51.
by atomicthumbs 1y ago
how is apple's not "proper?"
52.
by atomicthumbs 1y ago
how do you propose they prove that they don't have your encryption keys
53.
by atomicthumbs 1y ago
anyone who knows about cars is pointing at that last demo video and going "What the fuck is THAT."
54.
by atomicthumbs 2y ago
>it goes against everything we as humans appreciate. Classical style, Greek columns, open spaces, ornate decoration. Speak for yourself.
55.
by atomicthumbs 2y ago
As someone who works at an e-waste recycler, I can tell you that what you are describing is an environmental and ecological nightmare.
56.
by atomicthumbs 7y ago
doesn't do a thing for music.
57.
by atomicthumbs 7y ago
Used cars don't get thrown out when they're traded in. And it's not "spiritually bad," it's actively destructive to the environment. Manufacturing things requires a great deal of energy.
58.
by atomicthumbs 7y ago
We are an e-waste collector, we have to pay to recycle most electronics we receive, and the only reason we still exist as a business is because we do the environmentally friendly thing of ensuring as many devices as possible is refurbished
59.
by atomicthumbs 7y ago
I wrote the Twitter thread and I use a Marantz 2230, for what it's worth. All my own audio equipment was recycled at some point.
60.
by atomicthumbs 8y ago
>And what does the alt-right have to do with 4chan? Oof

More ›