My daughter just showed me a picture that had the words “Jay AF” written on it. I know what “AF” means, but what’s the “Jay” mean? She went to a cirque du solil show and wrote it on a pic of some shirtless guys twirling around....
I’ve most frequently seeing AF mean “As fuck”. It’s even gotten to the point of bumper stickers that say things like “Mommy AF”. Outside that meaning, I’m not sure what else AF could mean.
common complaint about movie audio is ‘the speech is too quiet and the action is too loud’. this can be resolved with dynamic range compression or normalization. ffmpeg provides a normalization filter called dynaudnorm which u can use in mpv via --af=“dynaudnorm”.
Sony’s PlayStation is extremely good at two things: Making a console people want to buy, and having its devs make great single players games for that console.
Have they though? Sure they’ve made two headsets now, but it still feels like they are targeting a very niche, premium audience. It’s nowhere near as hard as Xbox leaned into Kinect for the Xbox One launch, for example.
They criticize the Q. Once again, a niche premium accessory that seems more like a test run for a later projeft than a real product. I don’t think Sony has a whole lot invested in that.
They claim the new PS5 slim models have a price increase. But that’s just the digital edition, which also now comes with a larger SSD and an upgrade path. The physical edition gets the larger SSD for free.
They criticize rumors of a Pro edition. Literally just tossing stuff against the wall to see what sticks here lol.
They cite Bungie failing to “teach” other studios how to make live-servicd games. That premise seems incredibly flawed to me: they bought Bungie for their existing productive portfolio.
They criticize Sony for going “off the rails” to try to stop the Microsoft-Activision/Blizzard acquisition. For es claims that Sony spent an “enormous amount of time and money and reputation on that fight”… But did they? Yeah lawyers aren’t free, but did Sony really spend an enormous amount? That seems like a stretch. And reputation is incredible subjective: a lot of people who aren’t Microsoft shills can see that mergers and acquisitions hurt everyone other than shareholders.
Forbes fails to cite any actual sales figures in this article, which would show that the PS5 has been dominating the Xbox series this gen. Comparing it to the Switch is tricky, but however you slice it the PS5 is selling well. Sony just released their fastest-selling game in history in Spider-Man 2. They just announced they are finally free of supply chain constraints on the PS5 and have told their shareholders to expect one of the biggest holiday seasons in history.
This article is a weird hit piece. Did someone at Microsoft write this?
It used to be a todo list set up where I just check off and add whatever books caught my interest but it wasn't very shareable so I moved onto storygraph which I liked more than goodreads as the data visualization and breakdown of books via tags and moods gives me a better idea of where I tend to lean in books I seek out and...
While Jitsi is open-source, most people use the platform they provide, meet.jit.si, for immediate conference calls. They have now introduced a “Know Your Customer” policy and require at least one of the attendees to log in with a Facebook, Github (Microsoft), or Google account....
Really great article on the importance of UX to software development.
Digitization genuinely can be amazing. It means that (with proper practices) nothing critical is ever lost, key information can easily be accessed and communicated without risk of loss or duplication errors, and additional analysis can be quickly and easily done (minimal cost per extra set of data analyzed; it does take appropriate design and investment to design the algorithm), and a variety of other benefits.
But if you don't have a very clear picture of how the data will actually be used in the real world, none of those benefits matter because the whole thing is a pile of shit.
I think that the additional weight on the water on the surface of the outer airplane body increases friction with the air, and also weight of the aircraft. But does the fuel consumption increase? And by how much?
If you consider the fuselage a cylinder and calculate the surface area of the lateral surface it’s 2pir*h. this site has the length as 209.08ft and the diameter as 20.3. That means the fuselage surface area is about 13300ft^2. That same site lists the wing surface area as 4605ft^2, for a total of 17905 square. Assuming an 1/8” of water accumulates uniformly, which is a bad assumption, that’s 2238 cubic feet of water. Each cubic foot weighs about 62 pounds, so that much water weighs 136000 pounds. The normal takeoff weight of a 777 is 534000 pounds, yeah that is a lot. However, only about half the surface area is exposed to rain and 1/8 inch is a lot. Id imagine it’s less than half that weight.
Former C-130 Flight engineer here, it was my job to calculate performance data for takeoff and landing.
Rain only matters because it increases stopping distance. It doesn’t affect engine performance, and it never even occurred to me that a wet airplane would be heavier than a dry one. To get a sense of weights we care about, our empty weight is ~90k pounds and our max (peacetime) takeoff weight is 155k pounds. Performance numbers are good for 5000 pounds, so even if the water weighs several hundred pounds we’d never notice.
The most important factor in engine performance is the density of the air, which is driven by temperature and altitude. You get more power on cold days and at low altitude, less on hot days and high altitudes. (Which is why Denver has long runways)
There is a decision tree when planning a takeoff, and extended stopping distances due to a wet runway sometimes pushes you to use a higher power setting which is a bit less efficient. So the answer to your question is maybe a little, sometimes, but not in the way you think.
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There is no possible basis in law for copyright infringement.
Copyright infringement isn't "you can do these things with copyrighted materials and everything else is banned". It's "these specific things (redistributing substantial portions of published works) are disallowed, unless you meet exceptions, and anything not explicitly disallowed is legal".
You are unconditionally allowed to learn from copyrighted works. There is no legal basis for preventing it. There is no possible basis in copyright law preventing it. It would take new legislation restricting doing so, and it would be impossible to apply to any training that happened before this new crime against humanity of a law was written.
For example, I didn’t fall in love with Titanfall 2’s environmental art design—it felt a bit generic to me, like it was meant to be the backdrop for a shooter, as opposed to the Sevastopol in A:I or the station in SOMA that felt like existing locations....
The author argues that customers do not actually want chat bots for customer service, contrary to what companies claim. Chat bots can only handle simple, routine queries, but for complicated issues customers want to speak to a human representative. Companies are pushing chat bots to reduce costs and increase profits, without...
There is something delightful about riding a bicycle. Once mastered, the simple action of pedaling to move forward and turning the handlebars to steer makes bike riding an effortless activity.
I've been on a binge this year of reading some fairly good and some terribly bad thrillers and mystery books. I just finished reading "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie, which I greatly enjoyed, particularly after reading the Silent Patient, which I thought was awful....
With the recent AI tools in Photoshop it makes it even harder to go for Foss options (gimp/krita), so which Foss AI image manipulation tools are there that i can use to avoid adobe? For things such as fill in background and replacing elements of image & general generation.
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My daughter just showed me a picture that had the words “Jay AF” written on it. I know what “AF” means, but what’s the “Jay” mean? She went to a cirque du solil show and wrote it on a pic of some shirtless guys twirling around....
tip for dealing with audio mixing in movies
common complaint about movie audio is ‘the speech is too quiet and the action is too loud’. this can be resolved with dynamic range compression or normalization. ffmpeg provides a normalization filter called dynaudnorm which u can use in mpv via --af=“dynaudnorm”.
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PlayStation Is Making Bad Investments, Bad Decisions (www.forbes.com)
Sony’s PlayStation is extremely good at two things: Making a console people want to buy, and having its devs make great single players games for that console.
What's your favorite tool to track your reading habits?
It used to be a todo list set up where I just check off and add whatever books caught my interest but it wasn't very shareable so I moved onto storygraph which I liked more than goodreads as the data visualization and breakdown of books via tags and moods gives me a better idea of where I tend to lean in books I seek out and...
Opinion | Not Everything We Call Cancer Should Be Called Cancer (www.nytimes.com)
NYT gift article expires in 30 days....
Jitsi, the open-source video conferencing platform, now requires a Google, Microsoft, or Facebook account for their online service (jitsi.org)
While Jitsi is open-source, most people use the platform they provide, meet.jit.si, for immediate conference calls. They have now introduced a “Know Your Customer” policy and require at least one of the attendees to log in with a Facebook, Github (Microsoft), or Google account....
How feasible would starfield mods be on Linux?
I’m out of the loop on modding Bethesda games like Fallout and Elder Scrolls but I’ve seen some posts here and there about using Nexus games....
Bad software destroyed my doctor’s memory (www.theregister.com)
[Weekly] What are you reading this week? [8/13/23]
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Do airplanes consume more fuel on liftoff when it is raining?
I think that the additional weight on the water on the surface of the outer airplane body increases friction with the air, and also weight of the aircraft. But does the fuel consumption increase? And by how much?
Unspotted characters leave turn based mode when another character starts combat
Is this happening to anyone else? I’ll set up a clever ambush, load everyone up with buffs, and start a surprise round....
What are you reading this week? [7/30/23]
What book is currently on your nightstand?...
Quad9 Blocks Pirate Site Globally After Sony Demanded €10,000 Fine * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 27-07-2023 (lemmy.world)
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If artificial intelligence uses your work, it should pay you (wapo.st)
FPS titles with great environmental world-building? e.g. Alien: Isolation, Metro, DOOM '16, even Portal 2 counts -- games that feel like real, lived-in places and not just a series of arenas.
For example, I didn’t fall in love with Titanfall 2’s environmental art design—it felt a bit generic to me, like it was meant to be the backdrop for a shooter, as opposed to the Sevastopol in A:I or the station in SOMA that felt like existing locations....
Creative Good: Why customers don’t want chat bots (creativegood.com)
The author argues that customers do not actually want chat bots for customer service, contrary to what companies claim. Chat bots can only handle simple, routine queries, but for complicated issues customers want to speak to a human representative. Companies are pushing chat bots to reduce costs and increase profits, without...
What are you playing this weekend? 2023-07-08
Hello Everyone,...
Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time - The Atlantic (archive.is)
Tl,dr: Musk is irratic and has no plan, per a journalist who has covered him for five years.
Bicycle (ciechanow.ski)
There is something delightful about riding a bicycle. Once mastered, the simple action of pedaling to move forward and turning the handlebars to steer makes bike riding an effortless activity.
Best and worst murder mysteries / thrillers
I've been on a binge this year of reading some fairly good and some terribly bad thrillers and mystery books. I just finished reading "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie, which I greatly enjoyed, particularly after reading the Silent Patient, which I thought was awful....
Non-adobe AI image manipulation tools
With the recent AI tools in Photoshop it makes it even harder to go for Foss options (gimp/krita), so which Foss AI image manipulation tools are there that i can use to avoid adobe? For things such as fill in background and replacing elements of image & general generation.