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811.
by fleddr 4y ago
I 100% agree and I thank you for calling things what they are.
812.
by fleddr 4y ago
Transmitted anywhere in milliseconds also means transmitted to a lower cost country, so be careful with this flexibility.
813.
by fleddr 4y ago
"Netherlands enjoy the highest subjective measure of life satisfaction among all OECD countries. Perhaps one reason is that their mothers are also among the most likely to work part-time." I'm from the Netherlands and can con
814.
by fleddr 4y ago
If filming a "genuine" act of kindness isn't suspicious enough, the "hold this" move removes any benefit of the doubt. It's maddening that a "creator" (read: grifter) does this but what I find even mo
815.
by fleddr 4y ago
Yes, it's called common courtesy.
816.
by fleddr 4y ago
No, it doesn't. It has value but no hard value. Perhaps to clarify what HARD means: not getting the necessities of life. Food, energy, health, transport, defense. It's existential.
817.
by fleddr 4y ago
You really make a habit of changing the subject, pointless to discuss with you.
818.
by fleddr 4y ago
Wish I saved the link but recently there was an article documenting the exact opposite: every time somebody answers Russia's bluff, they back off and compromise.
819.
by fleddr 4y ago
Sorry, didn't bookmark the article but when you search for "China tech crackdown" and/or "China slashes tech sector" you'll find many articles detailing what happened. I'll update this if I find the a
820.
by fleddr 4y ago
The way I see it, anything can happen, and putting a label "very likely" on it as it comes to nukes, is suspicious. You'd need to be exceptionally close to the source of decision making to call this likely, you can't jus
821.
by fleddr 4y ago
Tech producing real, hard, undisputed value, typically in the real world. To make the distinction more clear, think of what you can take away. Facebook could stop today and society will be just fine, despite some moaning here and there. The
822.
by fleddr 4y ago
No, because China doesn't produce chips (a few minor exceptions aside). Producing modern chips such as found in smartphones, laptops, etc is pretty much done exclusively using ASML machines. Which are under embargo and cannot be sold t
823.
by fleddr 4y ago
Well, perhaps you've come to the wrong place. Most tech discussed here, and produced in SV, is basically hijacking people's emotions to click on things. That seems to be where trillions of USD and the world's best engineers a
824.
by fleddr 4y ago
I'm sure you're right, but my comment was not a pro/anti China comment or an assessment of the much larger scope you seem to make of it. It's a mere example of a society making a hard choice in where it defocuses and foc
825.
by fleddr 4y ago
I agree in part that this type of economy was "enforced". Still, it's absolutely critical to own our own role in it, as citizens and consumers. With the cheap unsustainable option being there, we all exploited it to the maxim
826.
by fleddr 4y ago
The problem with Zeihan is that he spots a pattern (correctly), then extrapolates and escalates it to the very maximum, and leaves the conclusion at that. Meaning, the very concept of agency or intervention to correct course does not exist
827.
by fleddr 4y ago
It feels like we're at the end of an era. Most of us spent an entire lifetime in a particular model. The model being that supply is pretty much unlimited, given that you have money. And even money is a pretty fluid concept. Not only is
828.
by fleddr 4y ago
Ads don't apply to Medium. It's a subscription model. In theory it's a refreshing take as they rightfully recognize the many (ethical) issues with running ads, surveillance tech, and so on. If for a moment we would assume a v
829.
by fleddr 4y ago
Giving a shit has many personal benefits that go beyond the question of financial sustainability. Career-wise, if you give a shit about your work and your colleagues this does add up to a reputation. When you do things "right", do
830.
by fleddr 4y ago
If you want to be a contrarian, you can consider right now to be the golden age of DSLR. That is, for the gear heads and bargain hunters. The truth of the matter is that as it comes to image quality, a DSLR is in no way inferior to mirrorle
831.
by fleddr 4y ago
Yes, as example I'll use one of my friends, a mother. Several years ago, before smartphones, she bought a DSLR because she wanted to make better photos of her kids, in comparison to the crappy compact cams back then. And as I saw her w
832.
by fleddr 4y ago
On Nikon's Z mount you can use F mount lenses with an adapter going back to 1959, just to illustrate their extreme commitment to backwards-compatibility. This new Z mount isn't going anywhere. It's not Nikon's style to c
833.
by fleddr 4y ago
Nikon isn't dying. They were slow to make the jump to mirrorless but that's due to their giant legacy customer base, which Sony lacks. And in a way, Nikon never really is fast in releasing things. Only now is the Z system really c
834.
by fleddr 4y ago
The industry is not dying, it's returning to its former prosumer/pro territory, and in that section it's very much surviving. Prosumer may even be thriving.
835.
by fleddr 4y ago
Excuse me, a much simpler camera like the D850? I have an ebook here explaining its auto focus system, it's 200 pages.
836.
by fleddr 4y ago
"a lot of people were complaining about the autofocus" A lot? This must mean you get your info from Youtube grifters. Every serious reviewer has praised the Z9 for having world class auto focus capabilities that defy belief. Peopl
837.
by fleddr 4y ago
Nikon and Canon used to make the vast majority of their revenue from their entry level DSLR systems. That customer base has pretty much disappeared and it has everything to do with smartphones. If I recall the statistic correctly, the DSLR
838.
by fleddr 4y ago
There's no such thing as an image relying on the capabilities of a Z9. In terms of raw image quality, it uses the same-ish sensor as a high-end DSLR, say a D850. Resolution and dynamic range are highly similar. A mirrorless system does
839.
by fleddr 4y ago
Pretty expensive Insta filter.
840.
by fleddr 4y ago
Rather than this community's emphasis on petty issues ("no javascript"), I'd start by saying something positive about Medium. If you can't be bothered to self-host a blog, you can link your domain to your Medium pub

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