psychomugs

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by psychomugs 4y ago
They aren't novelties any more than using a prime non-zoom lens on an antique film camera is a novelty. That would be tantamount to claiming that playing on a large unwieldy needs-to-be-tuned acoustic piano is a novelty compared to a d
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by psychomugs 4y ago
>the most successful businesses aren't the ones with the best products, but with the most effective marketing and highest sex appeal. This goes without saying. Also, having owned/used over half of those on the list, none of the
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Leica charges hundreds more for monochrome-only and screenless models of their cameras. The fact that there have been several generations of their suggests it's working and helps keep them afloat.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Both of the cameras I listed are more expensive than many perfectly capable interchangeable-lens cameras (Ricoh GR ~$1000, Fuji X100 ~$1300 [currently prone to scalping for even more]), but still rightfully warrant the demand because of the
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I have a fair share of dislikes of what people spend their money on, e.g. conspicuous consumption on fads, Teslas in particular, because they have or will directly impact my being as an individual through policy and regulation. The instrume
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by psychomugs 4y ago
No UI, no keyboard requiring a different mental interface if you are coming from a traditional i.e. piano-based instrument, at least twice the size.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
It's unfathomably stupid to me that one would care so much about what others spend their money on, as if it were something actively harmful. To each their own, the only real winner here is the one selling their product.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
The same as how professional photographers use expensive 'real' capital-C Cameras with interchangeable capital-L Lenses but still carry pocketable point-and-shoots for 'fun,' e.g. Ricoh GR, Fuji X100. Tools should be enj
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by psychomugs 4y ago
That last 10% is precisely the point. Nothing AFAIK has the audio-oriented tape-style workflow with a keyboard and groovebox functionality in as small a footprint as the OP-1. The reality is that the OP-1 has been successful enough to war
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by psychomugs 4y ago
So... you judge character based on appearances? No other gear company has tackled the all-in-one synth-sequencer-4trackrecorder-groovebox that is the OP-1 in the decade since its release. TE not capitalizing on this would be financially n
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by psychomugs 4y ago
The bad-flash point-and-shoot aesthetic is in now. NY street photographers championing the Bruce Gilden-esque technique are growing into their own in publications like NYT and defining the wave.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I wish I had found out about MediaPipe before the tail end of grad school, but my collaborator integrated some neat stuff into our project. Very cool; thanks for sharing!
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by psychomugs 4y ago
> The real problem with academics (at least for me) was the lack of any real academic freedom - working 24-7 on something and making sacrifices towards a goal you think is really useful and worthwhile is one thing, but doing it just beca
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I've recently been listening to some talks from Matthew Crawford and his arguments for protecting manual, human tasks from automation and safetyism. I find his stance to be a good middle ground between technocratic progress and luddite
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I'm of this attitude as well, that the Jevon's paradox would kick in for cars again and lead to more use, like how ride-hailing apps worsened congestion.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
It sounds similar to the hypothetical what-happens-the-day-after-capitalism; those who want - or at least don't not want - struggle to think of the pragmatics of what it looks like. I wouldn't say I'm a born-again-whatever -
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by psychomugs 4y ago
"There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship–be it JC or Allah, be it YHWH o
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I had a roommate who did this every time they went to the kitchen, like a cupboard- and cabinet-opening spectre.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Definitely. Marathon metaphors aside (I ran an actual marathon during grad school, which would be a closer metaphor if there were no cheering crowds and your coach threw banana peels at you most of the way), I've come to realize that t
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I've had similar funks throughout my PhD and thesis-writing experiences. It's hard to fish out the mantras that kept me going at those times (though I have backed them up in notes that I will revisit after some distance from the t
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I just finished last year in the US and your first paragraph sums up my experience.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Congratulations. Other people have other ways of allocating value to their work, of which the written thesis is a crucial component not external to it.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I'm mildly bullish on AR, especially compared to the escapism offered by VR; thanks for sharing as I'll be keeping an eye on this space.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
"The absence of limitations is the enemy of art."
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by psychomugs 4y ago
You’ll worry less about what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Been a while since I used it, but MyFitnessPal was a great simple tool for me.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
I attribute this to the car-first infrastructure that robs children out of exploring beyond their immediate neighborhood until they get their license.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Obsidian, Quick Notes, and an Apple Watch shortcut that dictates text to a reminders list (I was using Drafts, but am trying to minimize the number of different platforms I use).
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by psychomugs 4y ago
Obsidian is the tool I wish I had during grad school. Thank you for the continued improvements and dedication to modularity.
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by psychomugs 4y ago
This is the note-taking version of Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) in practically any hobby, e.g. camera bodies and lenses for photography, instruments and software for music. After the initial honeymoon phase, you realize that achieving th

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