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by jjcob 2y ago
I've done that for weight loss, so I focussed on calories only. That was pretty easy: - while cooking, you weigh every ingredient. Either I just take photos of the scale with my phone, or I write it on a sheet of paper. - when cooking
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by jjcob 2y ago
In my experience, the cables and dongles were prone to loose connections. You had to fiddle with the plugs to make sure they had a proper connection. Selecting the right resolution was also problematic. Sometimes the native resolution of th
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by jjcob 2y ago
I was so happy when HDMI caught on that the troubles with VGA ports in meeting rooms were finally a thing of the past. But now I randomly get "HDCP not supported" messages when trying to make a presentation because... I have no id
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by jjcob 2y ago
Yes, but that requires extra hardware. I wish Nikon would just include useful features like USB webcam mode out of the box.
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by jjcob 2y ago
The problem is that right now, you need to install a Nikon Spyware app on your smartphone if you want geotagged photos. If the camera had GPS built-in, you could have geo-tagged photos without needing spyware on your phone. Geotagged photos
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by jjcob 2y ago
In case you are considering Nikon as an alternative, their Webcam Utility might be free, but it doesn't work on the latest version of macOS. There are 3rd party utilities (paid), but I had trouble with autofocus when I tried them. I wi
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by jjcob 2y ago
I checked the docs, and you are right, I mixed something up. Bluetooth does not need "precise location". Bluetooth has its own permission dialog since iOS 13. I confused it with the "Access Wi-Fi Information Entitlement"
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by jjcob 2y ago
Requiring "precise location" is probably necessary because it wants to use Bluetooth to discover speakers. Any app that uses direct bluetooth could theoretically get your precise location from a Bluetooth geotag, so Apple requires
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by jjcob 2y ago
They seem to imitate the MrBeast format. But they are missing the storytelling, pacing, execution and scale of MrBeast videos. (And also the banter that makes MrBeast videos feel a bit like a sitcom episode)