Notices by Silversalty (silversalty@mastodon.social)

@arstechnica
Remember when 'federal officials say' might have deserved some respect?

@arstechnica
Ugh!
With Davies back in control I expect to see a lot of pointless running to replace interesting plot development.

@Gargron
I guess that sun lit wall in the background has the same Italian heritage.

@Gargron
It's an interesting image. Quirky pose but that's part of the draw. I find the face oversaturated and when I checked in an image editor there was a greenish color cast. Maybe my cheap monitor. ??

@Gargron
Once saw a small Asian guy using a Pentax 6x7 at a hot air balloon festival. Wondered at the weight. I had Nikon F with bag of lenses as weight comparison. Then guy put his hand down facing behind him holding a lens. Little woman came running up with a replacement lens.

@arstechnica
This is Musk pushing US government to fund his expensive projects.

That is, even more so than it already does.

@Gargron
Sorry to read this since you provide so much value to so many people, likely without the level of compensation you deserve.

Anyway, many thanks for your efforts on our behalf.

@arstechnica
As mentioned, unsprung weight also affecting ride quality. And where are the brakes?
Lots of precision gears in just about the dirtiest area of a vehicle. Looks to be a complex sealing problem.

@Gargron
I've have in the past given up on poor lenses. I had a Nikkor 50mm f1.4. Later I got a 50mm f2.0. The 2.0 was much better in low light and only really half a stop slower. I sold the 1.4.

@Gargron
I suggested that but the image I based that on had a very strange pattern of blur.

I was never a fan of third party handling of my film. I've seen greasy hands handling my film. Once.

@Gargron
But this image has decent sharpness. Deep corner blur is fairly standard.

@Gargron
Sharpness generally looks good on this except for upper right stone work. I'm wondering about your process of going from negative film to digital image.

@Gargron
Center seems sharp and edges soft. Sign of a poor lens. But the left side wire fence has some sharpness. Lens elements might not be properly aligned.

@Gargron
Forgive my critique but the clarity of this image is strange. Is it a scanner problem? Scan or digital pic of a print?

@Mastodon
I've created columns with selected members in them. 'Lists' seems an extra step since they can also only include followed members. Saves having to repeat aggregating members at time of each column creation. Can lists created by other members be copied and used (with non-followed members not displayed until followed)?

@arstechnica
Start of The Expanse wars.

@arstechnica
Lol.
Like his fronting for the idea of 'effective altruism.'

@arstechnica
In the past the Novavax vaccine was not as widely available as the mRNA versions. Will this be the case again? Also, with costs no longer being covered, how much will these vaccines cost?

So much about this controlled market seems, not for safety and public benefit, but instead, for its exploitation.

@Gargron
Reminds me of the public art exhibit in Central Park NYC - The Gates. As I walked through it I was thinking, 'This is strange but people (me) are enjoying it. [To use an old term] It's a happening.'

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-gates-opens-in-new-york-city-central-park

@arstechnica
This is sleezy disgusting corp behavior. Should not be allowed to describe the item as dual feature.

Got to find a more repulsive term than "enshitification."