You're a big Doctor Who fan, right? If I asked you what the world DALEK meant, you'd probably tell me that it is an anagram of KALED - the original name of their species. You'd be wrong. In 1965, it was clearly established by a canonical source, that the world DALEK stands for: Destroy without […]
I bloody hate hardware manufacturers. I wanted to use HDR on my PlayStation 5. The console supports it, my TV supports it, my amp supports it, my cables support it. Yet it wasn't working. I tried everything - updating firmware, replacing cables, and even reading the manual. Nothing. And then I stumbled on the answer […]
@Edent that's bizarre. Can I ask if you are using the receiver to do any image processing? I've a Yamaha and its set to just pass through whatever video signal it gets. And it does. Which why I was just wondering if that (a processing step) was why you had to do the enhanced thing.
@drs1969 No. It is set not to do anything.
But the PS5 source communicates with the Amp (sink) to see what it supports. Otherwise it might send something which can't be displayed.
🆕 blog! “The question which could bring down the government”
This is a retropost. Written contemporaneously in May 2020 during the height of the pandemic, but published long after the events. The day the EU referendum was announced, the then Prime Minister came to visit our office. We were given a chance to talk to him in front of TV cameras. Th…
🆕 blog! “Is it rude to make a profit from your friends?”
You're in a restaurant with a group of friends. The waiter won't let you split the bill, so you offer to pay for it on your card and have your friends send you their share. How much would you charge them for that service? That sounds absurd, right? OK, you might agree to split the […]
Heather Burns has an absolutely deft way of turning the sometimes-dull world of digital privacy into entertaining, informative, and actionable prose. Too many of these sorts of books end up being a list of woes and end with "someone should do something, I guess?". Understanding Privacy is different. A…
@Edent Yes. This is an excellent book. I specifically liked the contrasts between EU and US approaches. Must read for anybody doing anything with customer data.
Ugh. I hate to DNF a book, but Soul of a New Machine is getting more tedious. Just seems to be proto-bros being dicks.
I completely see how staggering this book must have been on publication. The mix of fake-it-till-you-make-it and move-fast-and-break-things is pretty revolutionary for the time.
But now it's a tedious and played out narrative. And it isn't like they're developing a "famous" computer.
(Not looking for your permission to stop reading and/or I'm pleased you enjoyed it.)
Would anyone be interested in participating in thermal photography?
I was thinking of taking photos and videos of people & infrastructure. That sort of thing.