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by dbspin 6y ago
Obviously it's subjective, but all of these demos have the 'watery' digital sound that's an immediate giveaway. By definition they're unconvincing.
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by dbspin 6y ago
This is an argument against zoning residential properties near freight yards, airports etc. Not a criticism of making cities more livable. No one should have to tolerate that level of noise pollution. It's actively hazardous to mental
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by dbspin 6y ago
Interesting, I've written two novels and over a dozen radio drama series in Scrivener. Currently using it to finish first draft on a spec film script. It's pretty fantastic. Interested to hear why it didn't work for you - esp
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by dbspin 6y ago
The first two of those are non-violent opinions you clearly disagree with. The second two are pro gun ownership - which would be perceived as appeals to violence in most of the world, but in the US is a perfectly common political position.
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by dbspin 6y ago
I'm going to have to argue my point here... We're talking about different things. If you're talking about footage flexibility and colour fidelity - absolutely you'll get much better results in good lighting on an Arri or
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by dbspin 6y ago
Freelance videographer and cam-op here. Your Arri experience is skewing your perspective. Any recent highly regarded DSLR will be significantly better in low light, intelligently apply both sharpening and noise reduction, and do so with aut
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by dbspin 6y ago
Ireland here - Whatsapp is ubiquitous, even amongst the elderly. Presumably because iPhones are still in the minority, so iMessage hasn't taken over.
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by dbspin 6y ago
Just want to confirm this as an Irish person. The language is of symbolic / nationalist importance only. It's not used in everyday life except by hobbyists or residents of a few tiny 'gaeltacht' areas. In other words, En
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by dbspin 6y ago
Yikes, tried to use Ardour multiple times back in the day (I used to work as an independent radio producer and sound engineer). Classic open source desktop software in that it promised the world, but in practice was extremely difficult to e
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by dbspin 6y ago
Well, the original meaning of casuistry is "the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry", which seems apt to this article. We have another name for what the article is describing,
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by dbspin 6y ago
Your examples all speak to attending superficially to another persons request or interests, then half assedly following through. My parents did the same thing, alas.
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by dbspin 6y ago
This is quite frankly ludicrous, and speaks to an unintentionally humorous pomposity. It's quite literally impossible to estimate the potential utility of another persons leisure time. But part of the joy of gift giving is trying to fi
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by dbspin 6y ago
American retail sales culture is fixated on price - percentage off deals, 'now only x' etc are far more prominent than in Europe. Not sure how that squares with being expected not to care about the overall total of a purchase.
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by dbspin 6y ago
You're conflating video camera and digital camera sales. It'd be great to see sales numbers for all the major manufacturers, but Canon have in the last year launched five new cinema focused cameras (R5, R6, C70, C300 iii and C500
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by dbspin 6y ago
Eliza does pass the Turing test in the original form proposed by Turing. There are many examples of people mistaking Eliza for a real person. Turing doesn't specify competition or specific training required for the 'tester'.
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by dbspin 6y ago
Ireland has literally hundreds of accents with a population of less than 7 million. And that's not an exaggeration. Many Irish people can identify the specific town another Irish person is from based on their accent. I went to school i
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by dbspin 6y ago
Wonder if you have a link to this. I've tried researching it before, and all I could find was internal discussions of the intention to remove the tariff, no codification into legislation.
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by dbspin 6y ago
The United States is literally the only country ever to have used a nuclear weapon offensively. Nations build nuclear weapons as a defence against invasion and regime change. Democratic or authoritarian, five eyes or 'axis of evil&#x27
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by dbspin 6y ago
I don't know how egalitarian it is. Having visited Geneva and spoken with many people there about the crazy high cost of living - it seems that most low wage earners survive by living in nearby French towns and commuting in to work. Th
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by dbspin 6y ago
ELIZA passes the Turing test. The fundamental issue with the Turing test is that it doesn't even attempt to assess machine intelligence. Instead, it assesses human ability to assess humanity. As walking talking pareidolia machines that
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by dbspin 6y ago
Interesting that the immediate counterpoint is the New Yorker comic strips. While certainly witty, I'd question whether these are even intended to be funny. As in, do people literally read them and laugh out loud, find themselves think
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by dbspin 6y ago
The loss of a viable ecosystem may make that a mute concern.
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by dbspin 6y ago
This is absolutely untrue for video cameras - both DSLM's and larger 'cinema cameras' like the FX9 and C300 iii, let alone Arri and Red models. They're selling faster that they can be manufactured in many cases.
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by dbspin 6y ago
As a European I agree. It's bizarre trying to buy things in America, where you're expected to keep a running tally of state and federal taxes. Just put the actual price on the label, how hard is that?
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by dbspin 6y ago
Actors don't avoid action scenes because of lack of time. But because... 1) Doing your own stunts steals work from the stunt team, who are payed per stunt. It's greedy and narcissistic because... 2) An injured star can shut down (
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by dbspin 6y ago
As a writer I do too. There are many issues with the scheme, primarily around the elements of 'writing' which are technically essential to making a living (teaching, talks etc), but not covered in the requirement that income be pr
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by dbspin 6y ago
Worth nothing that this 'small amount' is 50,000 euro. Which is almost double the total income of the median fine artist or writer. Sources: Exemption - https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money_and_tax&#x2F
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by dbspin 6y ago
Editor / videographer here. Interested in those claims. Hardware encoded H.264 and H.265 don't have any visual quality differences when encoded at the same bitrates in the same containers, as far as I'm aware. Could you list
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by dbspin 6y ago
Macs are significantly cheaper in the US than in Europe.
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by dbspin 6y ago
Professional use in creative industry - film, TV, videography, audio production, and a million other things. 16GB ram and a souped up integrated GPU won't cut it for many 'Pro' applications Mac has traditionally excelled at.

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