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Comment on Devil May Fly - WIP fighter jet parry in ~games
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Comment on Indecision: Get a camera despite having a phone in ~tech
PetitPrince Link ParentAdditional info for OP: there's several classes of camera that depends on the size of the sensor. Roughly speaking, there's a factor of 2 in the size of the sensor for each step. From biggest to...Additional info for OP: there's several classes of camera that depends on the size of the sensor. Roughly speaking, there's a factor of 2 in the size of the sensor for each step. From biggest to smallest you have:
- Large format: the thing with the bellows. It's huge, cumbersome and somewhat charming.
- Medium format: large camera. Hasselblad, Phase One, Pentax and the GFX line of Fujifilm live there. IMAX film have this format. Most of the twin lens reflex are also there (<- specialty vintage camera)
- Full frame: based on the historic 35mm film format. Most enthusiast / pro level camera lives in that class. Historically Canon and Nikon were the dominant brand, but for quite some time now Sony (who bought the tech from Minolta in 2005, they're not coming from nowhere) became a very viable competitor
- APS-C: based on a failed film format that was 2x smaller than the standard 35mm. Turns out in with digital camera it's not that big of a deal. Most entry camera are there, but there are also higher end camera for all brand (notably most of Fujifilm lineup are there)
- Micro four third: as /u/BashCrandiboot mentioned, it's a system that uses an even smaller sensor (but still many times larger than your iPhone sensor). Most brand there (Panasonic, Olympus/OM) thrives on specialty and/or retro styling (which coincidentally is also the whole strategy of Fujifilm with their APS-C). One specialty thats not worthy is cinema: Panasonic GH series were famous to cather to film maker.
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Comment on Indecision: Get a camera despite having a phone in ~tech
PetitPrince LinkSo you want a camera. On the smartphone vs dedicated camera debate, I often like to make a culinary analogy. You can survive eating only your supermarket prepared meal. Just put it in your...So you want a camera. On the smartphone vs dedicated camera debate, I often like to make a culinary analogy.
You can survive eating only your supermarket prepared meal. Just put it in your microwave / oven and your you're good to go. It may even taste good or excellent (those IKEA meatball are a meme for a reason). They have armies of food scientist, tasting panel participant and so on to develop the product, so it stand to reason that this kind of food is at least palatable. And you just need a microwave or an oven!
This is your smartphone camera app. Again: there's a tight integration of hardware and software engineer, color scientist et al. just to make your life easy and capture a decent picture when you press the shutter on your screen.With homecooling, there's two thing it unlocks: 1) you can choose higher quality material and 2) you have the possibility to cook yourself. Those two things doesn't make you automatically a tastier meal; you can still screw up your a99 wagyu steak (insert you plant based alternative of choice here) that has been blessed by high ranking monks in the mountains by overcooking it (or boiling it).
But if you nail the prepatation, it can be noticeably better than anything you can find in a supermarket. And when you feel lazy, nothing prevents you to throw those ingredient into a thermomix to have something quick and easy.And so with photography, a bigger and better camera will not automatically produce better picture. You can still screw up. But at minimum you'll get can get more details in your picture because of the higher size of your sensor, and the quality of the optics in front of it. But if you engage in the art and craft of photography, you can improve as a photographer and have the means of putting thing in manual where it makes sense and leave stuff in automatic when it's especially convenient (we mostly leave autofocus on, and knowing which exposure automatism to use depending on the situation is something you'll get used to)(culinary analogies : home made puff pastry or ramen noodles - it's not worth it).
As other mentioned, the actual operation of a dedicated camera is vastly different (and better) compared to a smartphone. You can have a proper grip instead of an awkward hold. I'd say that having a viewfinder (compared to a screen) also helps tremendously. When the only thing you see is the picture you're going to take, you notice thing you can easily miss with just looking at a smartphone screen.
As other also said: every dedicated camera (with manual controls) released in the last ten years are good to excellent. I'm going to cover a week long LARP event next week with hardware that's 9 and 7 years old and I have total faith in them.
Granted, it's enthusiast and/or pro level gear (my dad's Nikon D810 with a 18-35 2.8, and my Fujifilm x-t3 with a 24-70 2.8 equivalent I'm renting) but the bottom point is: don't hesitate to check the second hand market, there's good deal to be had. -
Comment on Indecision: Get a camera despite having a phone in ~tech
PetitPrince Link ParentRaws are a family of file format (there's usually one per brand - Fuji have .raf, Sony have .arw, Canon have .cr2, Nikon have .nef) that records the "raw" data from the sensor. It's often in the...Do RAWs actually need to be developped physically or are there programs for that?
Raws are a family of file format (there's usually one per brand - Fuji have .raf, Sony have .arw, Canon have .cr2, Nikon have .nef) that records the "raw" data from the sensor. It's often in the tens of MB, whereas for picture you'll share on social media is often in the order of 0.5MB in jpeg.
There's some special dedicated program that does that, but it's an art (your camera captures more data that your screen can render, so you have to make choice). Almost all camera can also outputs regular jpeg (Fujifilm is famous for its jpg processing that try to closely mimic their analogue film stock colors), but you lose all the editing range that you have with raws (it's way easier to rescue a badly exposed photo with raws compared to jpeg).
Often those program also have photo sorting and culling capabilities (pro photographer often have to manage hundred of even thousands photos per session, so relying on your OS is highly inefficient). Those can also be quite expensive and/or subscription based.
I personally got a perpetual license for Capture One in 2023 for a hundred bucks (lucky promotion) but normaly it's 300. Adobe Lightroom is a very popular choice, but Adobe has discutable business practices and my Pro photographer friends (corporate portraiture) hates it's color rendering.
Some free and open source alternative exists, but it's been a while since I try them. Raw therapee seems competent. Dark Table works in a wholly different paradigm than every other raw developper in the market ; it's very destabilising with my decade of Lightroom and Capture One experience.
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
PetitPrince LinkThere's a lot of mention about the quality of the music, but no one actually named the person responsible for it: it was mainly Yasunori Mitsuda. Interestingly, this was a bid for him to get into...There's a lot of mention about the quality of the music, but no one actually named the person responsible for it: it was mainly Yasunori Mitsuda.
Interestingly, this was a bid for him to get into composing at Squaresoft (he was sound designer before). Basically "let me compose some music or I quit". He worked hard, so much so that he developed stomach ulcer and Nobuo Uematsu (legendary resident Squaresoft composer at the time) had to help while he was ill (Noriko Matsueda also helped for one track).
As with many other Squaresoft IP of the time, there's an arrangement album existing; and for this one Mitsuda and his collaborator chose to make it not orchestral/symphonic, but acid jazz.
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Comment on Tildes, I need your advice. Looking for Nintendo Switch 1 and NS2 games. in ~games
PetitPrince Link Parent+1 With this game you will either get a iron bonded group of kids or a tornado of children arguing against each other. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is also a good way to get them to...Overcooked 2 is a much more challenging coop game, but can also be pretty fun... although it can also be incredibly frustrating too, so be warned. ;)
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With this game you will either get a iron bonded group of kids or a tornado of children arguing against each other.
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is also a good way to get them to comminicate with each other. One player is a bomb diffuser and has a switch while another player (or a team of other players) gives them vocal instructions based on a actual paper manual that you have to print at home.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
PetitPrince Link ParentAnti-recommendation : If you were "meh" with Nier Automata don't ever try to play Nier. I feel that everything Nier try to do narratively Nier Automata does it better (which is reassuring in a way...Anti-recommendation : If you were "meh" with Nier Automata don't ever try to play Nier. I feel that everything Nier try to do narratively Nier Automata does it better (which is reassuring in a way since it's an earlier game).
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Comment on iOS 26 is here in ~tech
PetitPrince Link ParentA decade ago? Try Windows Aero in Windows Costa that was released two decades ago.A decade ago? Try Windows Aero in Windows Costa that was released two decades ago.
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Silksong’s real final boss: The translator who broke his NDA and wrote like a dead poet
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games
PetitPrince LinkTetris (5) Carmageddon (1) Star Wars TIE Fighter (1) Castlevania: Arika of Sorrow (1) Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden - Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa (1) Scroll Lock-on (1)Tetris (5)
Carmageddon (1)
Star Wars TIE Fighter (1)
Castlevania: Arika of Sorrow (1)
Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden - Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa (1)
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Comment on Vivaldi takes a stand: keep browsing human in ~tech
PetitPrince Link ParentGenuine curiosity : Can you tell me what usecase you have?Genuine curiosity : Can you tell me what usecase you have?
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Comment on Tildes' Colossal Game Adventure: Inauguration and nominations in ~games
PetitPrince Link ParentPlease add me to the list :)Please add me to the list :)
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Comment on Tildes' Colossal Game Adventure: Inauguration and nominations in ~games
PetitPrince (edited )Link ParentHi ! I'm your resident Tetris nerd (feel free to stalk me on Tildes, I haven't found the time to properly review TGM4 yet, sorry !) and I approve this nomination. Let me also demonstrate why it's...Hi ! I'm your resident Tetris nerd (feel free to stalk me on Tildes, I haven't found the time to properly review TGM4 yet, sorry !) and I approve this nomination.
Let me also demonstrate why it's a subject that's deceptively deep:
Mostly because core gameplay has been consistent from the old NES and Gameboy version, all the way up to Tetris 99 BR game.
I disagree: while it's true that the basis is the same (tetraminos, 20x10 playfield), if you look more clearly at the competitive scene you'll find out that there's in fact 3 different competitive scene: Classic, TGM and Guideline. They all have widely different design goal and gameplay.
Classic Tetris (NES Tetris most predominantly) focus on survival and mechanical execution. In particular with the development of the "rolling" technique in the early 2020s, it's really about surviving as much as possible. High level runs can last hours.
Tetris the Grand Master (TGM for short) is about extrinsinc spped, or in other words making the game as fast as possible while giving you just enough tools to overcome the adversity. A slightly anachronistic comparison would be "the Dark Souls of Tetris". There's also a grading system that brings an excellent meta-game aspect to the experience. Oh, and in those game there's a finite end to the game; the goal is to finish it as fast as possible. Most runs compete in about 13 minutes.
Guideline (every single Tetris since 2001 with the exception of the TGMs) is about intrinsic speed, or giving to the player as much too as possible and letting them play as fast as he can. This makes the game arguably too easy for single player ("casual" but I don't like this term), but this is a very good playing field for multiplayer or for modes like 40 lines. A high level bout is finish in about a minute or so.
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Comment on Special announcement about “Hollow Knight: Silksong” soon in ~games
PetitPrince Link ParentI'm glad to read that those 7 years were due to them taking their time, not because of some management issue.I'm glad to read that those 7 years were due to them taking their time, not because of some management issue.
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Comment on What are some of your favorite Nintendo Switch games? in ~games
PetitPrince (edited )LinkObviously Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. BotW in particular is a clean break from the previous Zelda formula that started with A Link to the Past. However its open world...Obviously Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
BotW in particular is a clean break from the previous Zelda formula that started with A Link to the Past. However its open world doesn't have an ubisoftian "follow the marker" game design, it's way more player driven. The map is designed to have visual points of interest and you're the one placing the markers, not the game.
Tear of the Kingdom is a better game, but not necessarily a better experience. There's a joyful sense of sandbox to the game, but BotW is more concise in its game design.
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Comment on Neuromuscular aim assist in ~games
PetitPrince Link ParentPassable in absolute term but not very good. I lacked some essential technical skills to complete the project and my supervisor wasn't able to point me to effective resource and/or libraries for...How well did your thesis pan out?
Passable in absolute term but not very good. I lacked some essential technical skills to complete the project and my supervisor wasn't able to point me to effective resource and/or libraries for some of the stuff he wanted me to implement - he wanted me to implement a PID controller for my arm from scratch (everything in Labview) and directly go beyond the 1D PoC with a quaternion representation of the orientation of the arm; alas PID controllers and quaternion was not something I studied and I developed a severe allergy to Labview.
is this realistic or is he pullin' our leg?
That's plausible but in a typical youtuber fashion he's probably overdoing it with the stimulation parameter and going over the pain threshold, with a simple algorithm that's like "maximum stimulation until crosshair is on target". Without pain IIRC we can only stimulate a muscle at 50% or so of what we can do naturally.
I thiiiiiiiiink his up/left/down/right setup is a bit of and oversimplification ? For the left/right movement there's a pair of muscle that good for it (try to wave and make a hello gesture by moving only the wrist) but for a forward/backward movement it's a combination of several muscles. But I might be wrong and anatomy is not my strong suit.
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Comment on $30K Ford EV truck due in 2027 with much-simpler production process in ~transport
PetitPrince Link ParentIsn't that the ID.3?One I’d like to see make a comeback is the EV version of VW’s Golf.
Isn't that the ID.3?
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Comment on Neuromuscular aim assist in ~games
PetitPrince Link ParentIIRC with NMES you're not recruiting directly the muscle fibers but rather the nerves that control them. While you can recruit more nerves with more current (some nerve fibers are buried deeper)...He mentions turning it up, does he push more current through? Does that really speed up his movement or is that necessary to send the signal deep enough into muscle tissue?
IIRC with NMES you're not recruiting directly the muscle fibers but rather the nerves that control them. While you can recruit more nerves with more current (some nerve fibers are buried deeper) there's only so much fibers you can recruit. At some point you might get unwanted nerves. Also: the pain threshold is often under the maximum recruitment current. In other words: maximum stimulation will hurt for sure. While I'm sure he's playing up a bit for YouTube, it's not completely irrealistic.
Source: I made basically the same experiment (although 1D, and no Counter Strike) for my Master's thesis 8 years ago.
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Comment on How many remakes have ever actually lived up to or surpassed the original? in ~movies
PetitPrince LinkTrue Lies is a competent blockbuster and certainly amps up the action part (I mean, the Harrier?) while La Totale goes more into comedy. It also helps that Thierry Lhermitte is known to play...True Lies is a competent blockbuster and certainly amps up the action part (I mean, the Harrier?) while La Totale goes more into comedy. It also helps that Thierry Lhermitte is known to play ordinary men (or at best attractive men, but he's no Vandamme) while Schwarzenegger... is Schwarzenegger, so the setup that the protagonist is a James bond type spy hits harder with La Totale.
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Comment on I spent months living with smart glasses. People talk to me differently now. in ~tech
PetitPrince Link ParentI initially thought of a grocery list, but then I realised that an always-on reminder/checklist have a nice range of application: measurement for wood working, sheet music when learning a new...I initially thought of a grocery list, but then I realised that an always-on reminder/checklist have a nice range of application: measurement for wood working, sheet music when learning a new tune, recipe when cooking, talking point when doing a speech...
As a fan of both Ace Combat and Devil May Cry, this looks bonkers and I need this like yesterday.