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by sib 2y ago
Nikon claims 8.0 stops of "VR image stabilization" for their Zf camera (released late in 2023). https://www.nikonusa.com/p/z-f/1761/overview ("Based on CIPA standards; when using the telephoto
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by sib 2y ago
Yes
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Comcast to Launch Peacock Netflix and Apple TV+ Bundle at 'Vastly Reduced Price'(variety.com)
3 points by sib 2y ago|3 comments
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by sib 2y ago
Cable company (re)launches Cable TV
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by sib 2y ago
Sounds like a great excuse / communications strategy!
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by sib 2y ago
In the App Store there's a new build of the iOS app as of 3 hours about (call it about 11am US Pacific time). It includes the GPT-4o model (at least it shows it for me.)
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by sib 2y ago
Really? How does that work if two motorcycles go by in parallel and only one is "extra-loud"?
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by sib 2y ago
>> I really enjoy the Affinity tools; they more than meet my modest requirements. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/canva-press-...
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by sib 2y ago
For many years, the most accurate (paper) maps of the Soviet Union were those created by the CIA. The USSR's own maps included lots of intentionally incorrect data.
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by sib 2y ago
How long does the process take? What is the overhead (space / equipment / other costs)? And therefore, how much is the provider earning per hour?
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by sib 2y ago
>> Netflix not only had technology no one else had (at that time), but an innovative business model that hinted that it might provide something to its customers that no one else had ever offered to anyone outside of science fiction: t
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by sib 2y ago
Agreed. As someone who's read and watched a lot of Soviet-era spy fiction, along with lots of actual history, I found it pretty underwhelming. I forced myself through 3 seasons and gave up.
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by sib 2y ago
Yes, that's why I wrote "(rent, utilities, etc)"... And for a rental, which is what my comment was in relation to, there are generally no property taxes or maintenance fees.
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by sib 2y ago
Traditionally the guideline was that housing costs (rent, utilities, etc) shouldn't be above 30% of gross income. $66K / $300K is only 22%. So, I wouldn't call it insane.
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by sib 2y ago
For those groups, typically at things like quarterly all-hands, etc. Not on a daily basis as they do in the retail side.
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by sib 2y ago
Yes! I moved from the US east coast (first three decades of life) to the west cost and it took about 6 months to reorient, as the ocean was now on the wrong side, which messed everything up...
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by sib 3y ago
>> The interesting one to watch out for is how often democracies form with the support of an existing democracy - I only have a loose understanding of the history but France seemed to have an outsized role in the US becoming what it i
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by sib 3y ago
Zion (the parts people see, at least), is tiny by comparison. Also, as a photographer, the shuttle system is pretty awful. It's no longer easily possible to do get out to where you want to be well before dawn.
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by sib 3y ago
Yellowstone National Park - 1872 Sequoia National Park - 1890 Yosemite National Park - 1890 Teddy Roosevelt - president from 1901 - 1909
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by sib 3y ago
He's a leader in t̶h̶e̶ a party of big government FTFY In the US, at least, all significant parties are parties of big government...
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by sib 3y ago
Apparently it wasn't "ok" if it had to be done secretly...
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by sib 3y ago
In this case, a seemingly pedantic distinction matters: Pilot != Master Pilots are very highly paid
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by sib 3y ago
Forget rural areas and small villages... I live in Los Angeles (the city, not the county), directly in between Century City and UCLA - https://maps.app.goo.gl/vUetG5fBjaiCkfXm8 . When we moved into our house in 2020, the bes
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by sib 3y ago
The problem is that these satellites pollute the night sky in exactly those areas that are currently not polluted by other sources. So if you go to an International Dark Sky Place to do astrophotography, you end up with a whole bunch (techn
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by sib 3y ago
There are old houses in the US that have bronze placards on them that say, "George Washington slept here." Goethe is so famous that in Heidelberg, Germany, there is a building with a placard that says, "Goethe almost slept
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by sib 3y ago
Bikers gotta watch out for the cats as well! https://www.kuow.org/stories/cougar-attack-washington-state-...
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by sib 3y ago
Good thing that the heat death of the universe will prevent infinite scrolling... And push alerts - so, pretty much every app?
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by sib 3y ago
No, it's definitely not. I was pretty surprised...
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by sib 3y ago
Or perhaps regulators will just require Apple to adopt Google's messaging app strategy, which is clearly much better for consumers: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-...
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by sib 3y ago
"techniques from an arcane branch of theoretical computer science called computational complexity theory" I mean... complexity theory is pretty much at the core of theoretical computer science, right? Hardly an arcane branch of it

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