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CStamp

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I'm still here, I have photos to prove it. (All photos I post are mine unless specifically stated otherwise.)

My non-pinned posts are set to delete after 2 months.

No alt text, no boost.

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sundogplanets, to random
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I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)

CStamp,
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@sundogplanets Extremely arrogant and far from genius CEO?

siracusa, to random
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I’m still seeing this pop-up on my iPhone a few times every week. It feels like it’s been over a year now…

CStamp,
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@siracusa Is this helpful? https://beebom.com/mute-unmute-notification-popup-airpods-fix/

CStamp,
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@siracusa Good luck. Stuff like this is annoying.

JoeUchill, to random
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Can I use gasoline to cook spaghetti faster?

CStamp,
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@JoeUchill @Kevin Someone else posted a recipe that called for non toxic glue to help keep cheese from sliding off a pizza.

mattblaze, to photography
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nerditry:
I make mostly (but not exclusively) B&W images (at least for my fine art work). Is it worth using a dedicated monochrome sensor?

Most digital cameras are designed to record color, using a special mask in front of the sensor called a "Bayer filter". This allows color information to be derived from the raw sensor output, which otherwise would just record brightness. But the Bayer filter can also reduce effective resolution of the image a bit.

So what's the tradeoff?

CStamp,
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@mattblaze @promovicz @reinoudk "It's not like all B&W is the same"

B&W has always been an art form, not just stripping colour. Folk shooting it know about colour saturation vs colour tones. Just shoot an image of a playground painted in primary colours. Use of filters to accentuate blue skies or other colours was/is a thing.

If you use software that converts colour to b&w, there will be an area with filter choice, that allows the person to convert as if the image was shot with that filter.

CStamp,
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@promovicz @mattblaze @reinoudk Ah, got it. Interesting. There is a preview that shows all the colour channels. I guess there would have to be enough of a demand for camera manufacturers to add that as a preview feature. For now, photographers need to do what they've always done when shooting b&w, understand what they are shooting, though at least now they can see if and where they are clipping.

CStamp,
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@mattblaze LOL. Whenever "real (whatever)" or purists start talking, I love to point out that the famous Lincoln portrait is his face on someone else's body. 😃

NanoRaptor, to random
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Most people on earth can’t remember anything before 1997.

CStamp,
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@NanoRaptor It varies a lot by country and poorer countries, with shorter lifespans, really affect overall numbers. Median age of Monaco, for instance, is 56.2. :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_median_age

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

RickiTarr, to random
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Have y'all ever had someone act like you were hurting them somehow by just liking a food?

Any time I buy or make kimchi, my Mom says it's so gross and she doesn't want any and just on and on. I never offer it to her, or make group food with it, but for some reason she seems offended by it, and I don't know why.

CStamp,
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@mentallyalex @RickiTarr I once had someone tell me they didn't "trust" tofu. :)

CStamp, to random
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Suzanne Vega seems very underrated when people talk best ofs.

gedeonm, to random
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This would be a good weekend for a re-watch of Band of Brothers. Just sayin’ 🇺🇸

CStamp,
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@gedeonm @Eggfreckles Have you ever seen the old tv series, Combat? There is a two-part episode called "Hills are for Heroes." To me, it was the best representation of warfare and what it's like to be in the trenches.

The series itself is brilliant. There is one smarmy episode per season, but, otherwise, such a good series. Most of the actors in it had actually fought in the war, which maybe contributed to their ability to convey war weariness.

CStamp,
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@gedeonm @Eggfreckles Oh, highly recommend. It is a really good series. The first 4 seasons were in black and white, then the 5th in colour.

globalmuseum, to Portugal
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A German pro surfer, rode a wave over 115 feet tall at Nazare, Portugal, a record breaking surf!

surfing

CStamp,
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@globalmuseum For folk who want to see the end of the ride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=50&v=CIXbZPHLv2o&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo

The ends of these always look so dangerous. He made it back up the other side of the wave before it crashed over him. That must've been exhilarating, to say the least. :)

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
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Lady Gaga splits fans after admitting she had Covid during 5 live shows.

"The star then revealed that she “did 5 shows with Covid” as she didn’t want to cancel and disappoint the tens of thousands of supporters who planned to attend." 🤦‍♂️

#LadyGaga #COVID19 #COVIDisNotOver @auscovid19

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/lady-gaga-chromatica-ball-covid-tour-when-b2550949.html

CStamp,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 Didn't want to disappoint fans by risking all her crew. :(

ai6yr, to random
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My wariness of plumbers further cemented by a local plumber who is charged with BOTH killing a rival and also allegedly killing one of his 72-year old customers. #killerplumber #crime #ConejoValley https://digitaledition.toacorn.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=2f3c2eb8-1d97-45c8-91ba-0ee05ae28940

Article describing the murder of a 72-year old, by his plumber

CStamp,
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@ai6yr Yikes. + eBodies :)

br00t4c, to DadBin
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Family sues Disney for $50K after man finds fiancee unconscious at the end of Humunga Kowabunga water slide

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/disney-lawsuit-brain-injury-water-slide-b2551295.html

CStamp,
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@br00t4c "Court papers state that her fiancé and his mother found her limp body at the end of the ride and “frantically asked the attendants to help.”

Those attendants said that they were not lifeguards and would have to find someone to help. Meanwhile, the woman’s fiancé pulled her from the water while that help was on its way.

“Eventually a lifeguard came and said they couldn’t help or touch Plaintiff either and called an ambulance,” court documents state."

Just wow.

donni, to random
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I miss my old naive belief that most people are reasonable

CStamp,
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@donni Sigh, yep.

CStamp, to random
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The only way to fight these tech companies is to never upgrade. They need to be begging for customers, not having customers begging to be treated with dignity. :(

CStamp, to random
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I wish news outlets covered good people as vigorously as bad people.

jwz, to random
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Studies find that trigger warnings do nothing.

In other news, water is wet.

Warnings appear to heighten the anticipatory anxiety a person may feel prior to viewing sensitive material while making them no less likely to consume that content [...]...
https://jwz.org/b/ykQm

CStamp,
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@jwz It would be interesting to see the data and actual percentages. I make my own mutes and CWs and they make me happy. I pass stuff unless I'm in the mood for whatever the topic is I've hidden. As for folk who post porn, I am always grateful when they use a CW because there are things I am very happy not seeing.

So "nothing" has to come with qualifiers.

CStamp,
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@udittmer @jwz Maybe. I'd still need to see data, with sample size and controls, to believe they do nothing.

br00t4c, to random
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Kids accidentally collected 72 clams thinking they were seashells. Then came the $88k fine

#capital

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/clams-shells-california-pismo-fine-b2550685.html

CStamp, (edited )
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@br00t4c "Officials say that in 2023 58 citations were handed out at the location."

It sounds like there aren't a lot of signs to let people know about the rules. Great way to collect money for the community coffers. ;)

CStamp, to random
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LOL. Headlines around the world: unsealed documents revealed Spanky had boxes of classified documents in his bedroom.

MAGA world, to distract from Spanky having yet more unsecured piles of classified documents: FBI had orders to shoot and kill Spanky when they were excising their warrant to look for classified documents.

OMG. All the writers who have ever been told to dial it down are eating popcorn and pointing, "see? Coulda happened just like I wrote it."

CStamp,
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@CWilbur LOL.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I didn’t realize so many people were actually afraid to be free. I don’t mean Black people, either.

CStamp,
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@StillIRise1963 I remembered an interview around your last election campaign. A republican attended a dem town hall. She used words like "horrified" when describing people thinking her child had a right to health care and a good education. She could't believe that everyone talked peacefully, without people screaming and acting angry. She made it clear that she doesn't believe she has a right to good things, everything should be a hard struggle.

That's when I realized how broken many are.

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