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timbray

@timbray@cosocial.ca

Web geek and environmentalist with a camera at the bottom left corner of Canada. He/him.

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tess, to random
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I want to be more active in different discussions on here but don't want to dump irrelevant stuff onto everyone or make additional accounts. I wish we could have different personas or sub-profiles, so I could read a single TL but post to different feeds that could be subscribed separately.

timbray,
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@tess I disagree pretty strongly. One of the nice things about social media is that people are more wholly present in the conversation, not just a voice for some company or club or whatever. Obviously some people have vulnerabilities that make it absolutely necessary to segment their presence. But it’s nice when people don’t have to.

3TomatoesShort, to random
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If I wanted to get a little camera specifically so I could take better photos of my garden birds - so optical zoom being a big requirement I guess - does anyone have knowledgeable thoughts on whether this would be a decent choice?
I don't think I want the learning curve or the cost of a DSLR 🤷🏼‍♀️
https://www.camerahouse.com.au/kodak-fz55-friendly-zoom-blue

timbray,
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@3TomatoesShort It's hard to buy something that will take better pictures than your phone, assuming you have a phone less than 5yrs or so old.

I have a suggestion: Go on eBay and buy a used Sony RX100. It'll be immensely better than that Kodak.

marcusjenkins, to fujifilm
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Fujifilm fans: Have we reached peak Fujifilm? Their mirrorless cameras have all been SO good over the last ten years that any photographer could pick any of them up and be in control of their image right away. Great handling, great user interface, great sensors. I look at the X100VI and the X-T50 and think, meh, so what? (And, bloody hell, that's a LOT of money!)

timbray,
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@marcusjenkins Lots of room for improvement on the autofocus. They're way behind Sony, Canon, etc. Weatherproofing is also second-rate.

Not in crazy about the x-t50 dedicating a whole dial to film simulations.

I mean, I love them, they're what I use.

timbray,
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@marcusjenkins @masayuki60 Me too! Also, the Pentax weatherproofing is excellent. I shot thousands of pictures with the 40mm pancake.

voxpopsicle, to vancouver
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Well that's a first. Attacked by a seemingly unhealthy rat on a sidewalk in East Van. Had to kick it away a few times, reported it to the city. Keep your eyes open people!

#vancouver

timbray,
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@voxpopsicle If it managed to injure you, get yourself medical attention immediately. Sounds like rabies.

carnage4life, to random
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I’ve had mixed feelings about manager readme. On one hand I do a verbal version in my first meeting with new collaborators to let them know I communicate directly but mean well.

OTOH, the power dynamic as a manager can read as a list of flaws your team has to put up with.

timbray,
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@carnage4life If I had a manager who couldn't be effective before 3PM I'd leave that team. Is he serious?

Green_Footballs, to random
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I wonder if Google realizes what a complete fucking shitstorm they’re about to unleash on the internet if Chrome suddenly stops supporting all 3rd party cookies. As they’ve promised to do in the 2nd half of 2024.

timbray,
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@Green_Footballs I'm thinking the whole AdTech universe has been preparing for this for a long time. Everybody knew it was coming, no?

timbray, to random
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Yeah, I uninstalled Telegram a while back, and recommend doing so. I don’t think it could compromise my Android device but there’s good reason to think it might try.

https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/112465003153698905

chris, to canucks
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I love questionable goalie decisions by the other team....
https://channels.im/@lovenhl/112464086089581892

timbray,
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@chris That's just weird.

waldoj, to random
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Heat pumps and induction ranges are two strong examples of products that are better environmentally and better products than their gas/oil competitors, for almost everybody. (EVs will get there, but they’re not there yet.)

Because carbon emissions are free, it’s important that low-emission new products be clearly better than the polluting status quo. It’s a high bar, it’s not fair, but I’m glad we have heat pumps and induction ranges as a model.

timbray,
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@waldoj @nlpbot With respect, I disagree. I'm old, drove ICE cars for decades. Have driven an EV for 5 years, would never consider going back. On the charging infrastructure you have a point - if you're the person who regularly travels 1000 km to random destinations, much is still missing. (I'm not that kind of person.) On the other hand, with an L2 charger at home, the cost and annoyance savings of never visiting a gas station is massive.

timbray,
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@waldoj Don't forget E-Bikes, another strong example, especially for those of us who are not young.

timbray,
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@glennf @waldoj @nlpbot For those of us with the undeserved good fortune to have a property including a parking spot, the economics of L2 are a complete no-brainer. One of the biggest EV obstacles is people in condos with a regressive HOA, and even with a good HOA some condos have architecture issues that make the cost horribly high. I think there’s an opening for some tech innovation there?

timbray, (edited ) to random
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Your reaction to the AI buzz:

timbray, to random
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Mastodon instance tuning, live-posted on Mastodon:
https://cosocial.ca/@mick/112459768599992790

timbray, to random
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I'm shocked - SHOCKED - that the #1 vendor of artists' tools is oblivious to artists' concerns about GenAI.

https://petapixel.com/2024/05/18/adobes-ceo-is-just-not-on-the-same-wavelength-as-artists/

timbray, (edited ) to random
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Leftist rage with good design values as a service: @nogodsnomasters

ww3real, to random
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By the end of the day, the four divisions trapped between the Karen Army Group and the Ayeyarwady are at 60% fighting strength, and their commanders are asking for evacuation, not reinforcement, even if it means stranding replaceable equipment.

timbray,
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@ww3real A little hard to reconcile with latest map.

BTW, I do appreciate you soldiering on with this project. A morsel of spicy entertainment a couple times a day, much enjoyed.

timbray, (edited ) to random
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Best first-person narrative I’ve read about what Tesla FSD feels like in practice: Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Struggled Soon After Leaving My Driveway - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-17/tesla-s-full-self-driving-struggled-soon-after-leaving-my-driveway

paulehoffman, to random
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Even though it's Flame Friday, I'd prefer calm and reasoned responses to this question.

I often set up boring CLI-based Linux hosts to do minor server things at a VM provider. They let me choose between images of up-to-date Debian and Ubuntu (among other distros with which I am much less familiar). Is one noticeably better than the other; if so, why?

timbray,
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@paulehoffman Historically Ubuntu has had more bells and whistles and stuff, but Debian has never in my experience failed to have anything I need. Less is more.

timbray, to random
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Fascinating (if you've traveled the Pacific Northwest much at all). Detailed. It'd be an infrastructure moonshot. To cut the cost, I'd drop the Portland/Eugene leg.

Hey @alon, relevant to your interests.

https://social.ridetrans.it/@CascadiaRail/112453429142060005

jessamyn, to random
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Drop-In Time toots! I made a few little social media posts (thanks Canva!) about the fact that drop-in time exists and it was busy today.

First: a pregame request to track down a fiendishly expensive textbook in a... less expensive form. It's in the 15th edition and I could find the 14th. I respect the rights of authors to make money off of their work but the "No you have to have this edition and we print a new one every year" textbook scene is a racket. Could I find it? Of course I could.

timbray,
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@jessamyn I use Excel regularly and had never heard of "split cells"… must investigate. Thanks!

timbray, to Israel
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It’s totally impossible to understand the #Israel & #Palestine big picture without focusing on the settlers, who are stone racists, brutal hoodlums, and are standing squarely in the path of anyone trying to find a path to peace, saying “You shall not pass”.

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/magazine/israel-west-bank-settler-violence-impunity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.6mAk.XsH4Y03IOg9x&smid=url-share

timbray, to random
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A programmer can say “I’m mocking time” and be making perfect sense.

ben, to random
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If Google makes its money through contextual ads on search results pages now, in an AI-driven world it’ll make its money through sponsored answers (or just contextual ads related to the answers). The way sites will continue to get traffic is through buying ads.

timbray,
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@ben @researchbuzz I think there's a coherent case for basic Web search with something like PageRank regulated as a utility like water or electricity. (I personally built one of the pre-Google web search engines in 1995-6.)

blaine, to random
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I'm not sure it's ever going to be a "thing" like but here's my contribution to .

This absolute unit (actually kind of small for a moose, but still) visited our yard yesterday. No sign of Rocky. 🫎

A moose walks across a small glade in a primarily coniferous forest.

timbray,
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@blaine Damn long legs.

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