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by vortico 8y ago
>it sounds like you don't view using a DSLR here as misrepresenting the product in the advertisement? Not really. I'm saying that it's already largely misrepresented through 99% other factors. The use of the DSLR is such a
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by vortico 8y ago
Sure you can. For those images, start with properly placed lights. Then murder the images in your editor by increasing shadows beyond what is natural, and tune with the curve editor. What objective limitation does a phone camera have that w
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by vortico 8y ago
Professional cameras are easier to use, and the shallow DoF looks more professional (especially to inexperienced photographers).
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by vortico 8y ago
I don't have a phone capable of RAW images, but it's not a focus of the camera's design for those that have it, unlike professional cameras, so the bit depth will be low and it will expose the high ISO noise before "smar
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by vortico 8y ago
Yeah, but it looks crappy because you can't extract information behind the edges of foreground objects.
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by vortico 8y ago
The sensor and lens of phones are good enough today to look exactly like the picture in the video (besides the shallow DoF that is only possible with large lenses). The quality is primarily in the skill of lighting the room (in this case wi
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by vortico 8y ago
Ah, thanks, I had forgotten.
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by vortico 8y ago
Why not just 1 line? Of course, the application will halt after one test fails, but some people like it this way. #include <assert.h> Usage: void test_foo() { assert(foo() == 4 /* foo should be 4 */);
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by vortico 8y ago
No company that accepts Bitcoin I'm aware of holds cryptocurrency for more than a day. Even my own company cashes out in a matter of hours via BitPay. Of course, they would exchange every day to their USD bank account. This is complete
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by vortico 8y ago
>And what happens in that 15 minutes? They can beat off to a free site I guess. Nobody's in that much of a rush. In fact, most pay sites take a few minutes after a CC transaction is made because as the article suggests, their transa
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by vortico 8y ago
Very easy to defend, since there are infinite possibilities of what a Coinbase transaction in your bank statement could mean. "I wanted to try out crypto so I bought a takeout pizza" he might say. Not the case with CC-Bill or Acme
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by vortico 8y ago
The customer doesn't need to use crypto for rent or milk. And the customer shouldn't care about the idea of paying content producers directly, that's not the point. The customer uses a fiat -> crypto exchange/wallet c
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by vortico 8y ago
Yes, definitely. I barely use Bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies at all (because USD works great for everything I do), but cryptocurrencies are perfect for this industry because they are - fast enough. 15 minutes to validate a transaction i
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by vortico 8y ago
"But officer, I wasn't speeding! If I was, I'd be going 90mph and my engine would explode!" "So you were going 89mph and knowingly operating a vehicle with a dangerous engine?"
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by vortico 8y ago
Those statements are picked for journalism effect. Alone they sound suspicious. If surrounded by 20 minutes of conversation on the subject, they wouldn't seem out of place at all.
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by vortico 8y ago
What percentage of involvement was him in the language design?
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by vortico 8y ago
Chasing migrating buffaloe?
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by vortico 8y ago
But (if I used dating sites) I wouldn't use them for the software, I'd use them because of the people. People use them because other people use them. My confusion is why anyone would use a newly created dating site with initially
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by vortico 8y ago
Honest non-loaded question: What is the point of this? Assuming this open-source software and accompanying premium software ( https://ph7cms.com/pro/ ) exist to meet some demand, why is there demand for more than a handf
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by vortico 8y ago
Correct, and people would equally upset if Google removed search query links to Infowars' website pages, regardless of whether they like or hate the actual content. That's what this debate and people's concern is about.
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by vortico 8y ago
They served the metadata. Whoever hosts the actual audio files isn't really a factor in the debate.
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by vortico 8y ago
Since you mentioned movements in free software, "open core" has been emerging in the last 4 years as a viable way to do business while allowing other individuals and companies to build onto your core platform while still being abl
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by vortico 8y ago
No longer using paper is also a factor.
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by vortico 8y ago
I think he/she means the Monte Carlo class you take in your first year of nuclear grad courses.
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by vortico 8y ago
Like what? There are two native American dwellings listed, but what are more examples?
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by vortico 8y ago
This is like saying "Goodbye car, hello airports!" If your needs change, then of course your favorite solution may change.
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by vortico 8y ago
Really cool illustrations!
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by vortico 8y ago
Well, probably a more accurate way to say it is from the article >very successful authors (your JK Rowlings and James Pattersons) help pay the bills for the less successful books The editors don't just take home the money. They&#x27
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by vortico 8y ago
A print book costs less than $1 to print, $0.5 to handle/ship, and $0.5 to sort/shelve. Books cost around $10, and printing companies aren't growing unboundedly, so the money has to go somewhere. It goes to the process that i
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by vortico 8y ago
Right, but based on the article title and phrase that's repeated throughout the article, it would be called "You can't write a computer program", but the point of the article will be "your good idea isn't neces

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