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by readbeard 6y ago
I don’t know, supposedly [0] Apple provided patches to help get Blender running on M1. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/jsc03l/blender_on_...
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by readbeard 6y ago
Is there any measurement or objective fact in the world that you can become aware of except by means of subjective experience?
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by readbeard 6y ago
Well, it wouldn't be the same effect. Similar, sure—but e.g. laser printing looks different from physically pressing an inked plate against a piece of paper. For one thing, you have the physical act of pressing; for another, you have d
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by readbeard 6y ago
That line length should be restricted in body copy is a universally accepted principle among typographers [0], and has been for a very, very long time. The reason is a practical one: when line length passes a certain point, it is harder for
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by readbeard 6y ago
BMD has published an excellent series of introductory video tutorials and 5 training books (available for free in PDF form, along with media and project files to follow along). Going beyond just showing how to do X, I think they do a great
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by readbeard 6y ago
I'm not clear on what you intend as a proposed definition, so to help get us on the right track, I'll take a few stabs at distilling down your post to what I think you might be suggesting. Is one of these close? 1. Facts are propo
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by readbeard 7y ago
I don’t know, but their clickbaity headline writing isn’t doing their credibility any favors in my book.
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by readbeard 7y ago
Interesting! As I was completely unfamiliar with China's constitution, I pulled up the Wikipedia article and the source document. Supporting your point, here is a particularly surprising (to me) article: > Article 35. Citizens of th
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by readbeard 7y ago
Or the Mac Pro. While it’s not a laptop, the original cheese grater Mac Pro is a delight to open up. It’s amazing to see what Apple can come up with when they make serviceability a central design goal. The new one looks nice too, though it
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by readbeard 7y ago
Not for the renderer I am using (Terragen), which has specialized features for rendering skies. I do normally use GPU rendering when it is an option though.
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by readbeard 7y ago
I am working on a project right now where I am rendering atmospheric effects (lots of clouds). Even on a 12-core workstation, it takes a very long time to render a single frame to even be able to get a good idea as to what things will look
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by readbeard 7y ago
For those of you who don't know, RED has for years been using these patents, which include claims on techniques that would have been obvious to a domain expert at the time of filing, to stifle competition from other camera manufacturer
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Apple challenges RED patent claims on RAW video(docketalarm.com)
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by readbeard 7y ago
But $300 is not the entry cost to kick the tires. Resolve is free! There is this idea out there that Resolve Studio is the only pro version of Resolve, but that is just not true. I used (non-Studio) Resolve for months coming from Premiere b
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by readbeard 7y ago
Absolutely. In my view, it's not that Resolve is a $300 professional app with a free dumbed-down version—Resolve is a free professional app with a $300 amped-up version. Many of the features added by Resolve Studio are super awesome th
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by readbeard 7y ago
The thing is, most people don't actually need 4K. In fact, I believe most modern films—including big-budget blockbusters—are still being mastered in 2K (with UHD Blu-Ray discs being upscaled from the 2K masters). My question to anyone
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by readbeard 7y ago
While it would be possible to edit a film using the original camera reel, this is generally not a good idea because (1) most motion pictures are captured on negative film and (2) the repeated cuts, splices, and general handling of the film
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by readbeard 7y ago
Yes, it is unfortunate that Cycles no longer supports OpenCL on macOS. There has been talk in some of the Blender groups about porting it to Metal (Cycles was designed from the ground up to support multiple platforms like OpenCL and CUDA),
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by readbeard 7y ago
Not just e-commerce sites—change.org shows "### have signed," where the number is programmed to tick upwards at a somewhat randomized rate. This is simply dishonest—a lie designed to make you feel like you'll be missing out u
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by readbeard 7y ago
You might also check out Pollen [0], a publishing system written in Racket. The creator of Pollen, Matthew Butterick, uses it to produce his own digital books—including the outstanding Practical Typography [1]. [0] https://docs.r
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by readbeard 7y ago
But merely performing a song doesn't give you any kind of monopoly whatsoever on the lyrics. Even arranging a song wouldn't give you copyright on the lyrics unless you substantially changed them. It is simply false that Concord Mu
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by readbeard 7y ago
Indeed! Consider a simple brochure-style marketing page, which is often a good use case for static HTML. Such a page should be centered around content, and that content (photography, illustration, copy, animation, etc.) may need to be speci
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by readbeard 8y ago
> The fight now should go the other way - reverting current insane copyright term to its previous lengths. Copyright lobby might not be able to extend it more, but it doesn't mean that the current one is acceptable. This proposal is
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by readbeard 8y ago
Is this the paper to which you are referring? https://rufuspollock.com/papers/optimal_copyright_term.pdf
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by readbeard 8y ago
If copyright were shortened to 20 years as suggested, it would be legal to freely distribute copies of Windows 98 and Photoshop 5.0. I doubt that would make a dent in sales of Windows 10 or Creative Cloud. Newer versions of both would still
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by readbeard 8y ago
You’re right—the use of the term “intellectual property” has muddled public discourse on this important issue. Society as a whole benefits from a robust system of copyright, trademarks and patents to incentivize art and innovation. But just
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by readbeard 8y ago
Steve Yedlin (cinematographer of The Last Jedi) posted an excellent analysis of image resolution in cinema on his website. It utterly convinced me that resolution beyond 2K/1080p is superfluous on most normal-sized cinema screens at no
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by readbeard 8y ago
While you may be right, 14 and 28 years (with extension) are currently unrealistic goals due to international obligations [0]. However, I believe returning to the terms of the 1976 act (75 years or life plus 50 years) would be imminently ac
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Ask HN: Who wants to reform IP law?
1 points by readbeard 8y ago|0 comments