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  1. Comment on The origins of the Antichrist in ~humanities

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    I found this very illuminating of the political situation in the US (qanon & co).

    I found this very illuminating of the political situation in the US (qanon & co).

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Why a tire company is the judge of fine dining in ~food

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    Looks amazing. I've never been in a three stars, I've looked a couple of times but you have to book 3 months in advance, so it's not so easy to plan...

    Looks amazing. I've never been in a three stars, I've looked a couple of times but you have to book 3 months in advance, so it's not so easy to plan...

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Films made for Netflix look more like TV shows — here’s the technical reason why in ~movies

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    Sharpness doesn't have much to do with sensor resolution, but much more with the lens. If you use a soft lens on a high resolution sensor you'll get a soft image. Then comes post-processing. The...

    Sharpness doesn't have much to do with sensor resolution, but much more with the lens. If you use a soft lens on a high resolution sensor you'll get a soft image. Then comes post-processing. The 4k requirement says pretty much nothing about the look of the image.

    I think the reason why Netflix films seem like TV shows is that they're generally not too good.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Why a tire company is the judge of fine dining in ~food

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    Was a nice video overall but he was very heavy handed with the "haha Michelin star's restaurants are for rich people and super fussy". Michelin star's are mostly for people that love food, and as...

    Was a nice video overall but he was very heavy handed with the "haha Michelin star's restaurants are for rich people and super fussy". Michelin star's are mostly for people that love food, and as a hobby it's not unreasonable for most people to go a Michelin star once in a while, and I think everybody that can appreciate good food should go at least a couple of times in their lives.

    Someone also pointed out in the comments that Japan has about the same number of star Michelin restaurants as France.

    7 votes

  6. Comment on Why store code as text files? in ~comp

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    One issue is that pre-parsed code -> AST is a destructive process (e.g. in languages with zero-cost abstractions, all the abstraction is stripped away), so the inverse process will be very...

    One issue is that pre-parsed code -> AST is a destructive process (e.g. in languages with zero-cost abstractions, all the abstraction is stripped away), so the inverse process will be very ill-defined (there's tons of different code that can produce the same AST).

    Try @code_llvm sin.(zeros(100)) (shows you the LLVM AST, which all languages that target LLVM should be compatible with) in Julia if you want an idea of how impossible going back to the nice abstract syntax would be.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on YAYA KIM - Life is nothing (2022) in ~music

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    This is part of monumental 30 tracks album release. She apparently wrote and produced (recording, mixing & mastering) the whole thing. This song is fire.

    This is part of monumental 30 tracks album release. She apparently wrote and produced (recording, mixing & mastering) the whole thing. This song is fire.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on What are your failed hobbies? in ~hobbies

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    I mean your hand should be roughly parallel to the ground when playing, not vertical : https://i.redd.it/6oaispmor2w21.png But yeah I should probably go see a doctor for my wrist...

    I mean your hand should be roughly parallel to the ground when playing, not vertical :

    https://i.redd.it/6oaispmor2w21.png

    But yeah I should probably go see a doctor for my wrist...

    1 vote

  10. Comment on What are your failed hobbies? in ~hobbies

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    @Pistos I've tried adjusting my seat up and down but the issue is that I have a bad wrist from playing too much games when I was young. Just having my palm down hurts after a while (I'm using a...

    @Pistos I've tried adjusting my seat up and down but the issue is that I have a bad wrist from playing too much games when I was young. Just having my palm down hurts after a while (I'm using a vertical mouse now).

    Guitar can be pretty demanding on the wrists too but it's not an issue for me because your hand stays aligned with the forearm.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on What are your failed hobbies? in ~hobbies

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    The keyboard, I played quite a bit but it fucks my wrist and I don't have a good space where I can leave it connected. I play acoustic guitar now, it's easier to grab and play.

    The keyboard, I played quite a bit but it fucks my wrist and I don't have a good space where I can leave it connected. I play acoustic guitar now, it's easier to grab and play.

    7 votes

  12. Comment on Dir en Grey - Vinushka (live 2018) in ~music

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    Always loved this song, but the live version is next level.

    Always loved this song, but the live version is next level.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Bandcamp has been acquired by Epic Games in ~music

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    To be honest Bandcamp has been very stagnant in terms of features, they sit on a large userbase but don't really take advantage of it. I'd love to see better streaming, better social features (à...

    To be honest Bandcamp has been very stagnant in terms of features, they sit on a large userbase but don't really take advantage of it. I'd love to see better streaming, better social features (à la last.fm v1.0), reviews, better discovery, ...

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Mark Osborne's MORE in ~movies

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    I saw the metaverse ad and it's eerily similar to this classic animated movie. Worth a rewatch.

    I saw the metaverse ad and it's eerily similar to this classic animated movie. Worth a rewatch.

  17. Comment on Is Firefox okay? in ~tech

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    Reskinned isn't quite the right word, Vivaldi adds tons of features other browser don't have.

    Reskinned isn't quite the right word, Vivaldi adds tons of features other browser don't have.

  18. Comment on In France, a racist conspiracy theory edges into the mainstream in ~news

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    A good part of the traditional center-right rallied Macron (he is the center-right candidate) so Les Républicains are trying to appeal to more far-right electors. That said they are incredibly bad...

    A good part of the traditional center-right rallied Macron (he is the center-right candidate) so Les Républicains are trying to appeal to more far-right electors. That said they are incredibly bad so I don't expect them to have much success (in the conspiracy theory she mentioned they are among the bad guys...).

    1 vote

  19. Shooting with a 1936's Zeiss Ikonta camera

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    Recently I got for free an old Zeiss Super Ikonta 531/2, it's a medium format foldable camera from 1936. It was in decent shape but the lens was very foggy. Fungi can grow on lenses but I think it...

    Recently I got for free an old Zeiss Super Ikonta 531/2, it's a medium format foldable camera from 1936. It was in decent shape but the lens was very foggy. Fungi can grow on lenses but I think it was just general dirt. Opening it was a bit tricky (I had to get watching-making tools, because the screws are very tiny) but I managed to clean the lenses quite well. I shot a first roll but the focus was off, so I had to make sure the front lens element was at the right distance, using some semi-transparent tape on the back of the camera to see the image.

    Then I shot a second roll and developed it myself, which was also a first (it's not super hard though), I had no idea if the images would come out good, or even at all (wasn't even sure I loaded the developing tank correctly). Seeing the images come out of the tank for the first time is quite magical, and they came out great (some of them at least...) :

    https://imgur.com/a/bF817x9

    Even with my crappy development & scanning I can get high-res images that compete with my expensive digital camera. The lens (Tessar 105mm, f3.8) is quite sharp wide open (statue shot) and I even took a long exposure shot at night using a release cable. The process is very slow and focusing is hard, but it's quite fun and rewarding. These kind of cameras are very cheap but the rest (film, accessories, development, repairs, ...) not so much.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on The true cost of your cheap chicken in ~food

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    In France we have a good quality label that is available everywhere. It's a bit more expensive but it's not even that bad. Not sure if there's an equivalent in the US. That's an unannounced...

    In France we have a good quality label that is available everywhere. It's a bit more expensive but it's not even that bad. Not sure if there's an equivalent in the US.

    That's an unannounced control of a farm (the owner isn't even there) : https://youtu.be/PaYcogm19xY?t=174

    They even test that it tastes better xD

    2 votes