AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org
Toughbook fan, Mathematician and Locksmith with limited success in other areas.
Political stance is far right and far left. Proponent of First Aid Kits and PPE. Easily disheartened by big tech. Partially hinged personality and stubborn enough to not write this in the First Person.
Distrust of Psychology and a fan of satire. I love a good joke and contradict myself. Somewhat serious but easily distracted.
Joined Jan 2020
@thor Scars are the tattoos of the victorious.
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I could make a lot of money with my skills if only I was an asshole.
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As a tech guy, you kind of have two options. Sell your soul as a developer, working on some incredibly dull project, or become a manipulator of people. Neither option is very appealing. There is a third option, which is where I am now, where you're basically not making any money. The one where you do stuff you like, in a way that agrees with your ethics. This SHOULD be the thing that is profitable, but the world sucks.
@freemo It could be TRT.
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Suspicious Patterns in #OpenSource Social Engineering Takeovers
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"The mysterious object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home ... was part of a Cargo Pallet packed with 5,800 pounds (2,630 kilograms) of aging batteries jettisoned from the ISS"
https://www.space.com/object-crash-florida-home-iss-space-junk-nasa-confirms
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Moisturizer is just a heroin addiction for your skin. Do people even realize that if you use it more than a few times it causes your skin to need it to even function and like cigarettes you need to use it just to get your skin like it used to be.
People who use it for years and then stop will literally have their skin peeling off and cracking.
@freemo It is advised that young men not stop moisturizing and it seems to be effective.
@skyblond Yes. The one good thing about the Samsung S series is the high quality cameras paired with an app that isn't full of contempt.
I think you also have a faster capture speed with your phone than many digital cameras. I would have loved to test the burst mode on a bullet in flight. It should work with subsonic rounds from 3m but that's not very safe to do.
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@AmpBenzScientist I think samsung's expert raw app did a fairly decent job to capture raw. But the real cameras are still worth its price, in terms of pixel counts and the size of cmos, compare to a smart phone
@jellycrystals @freeschool @freemo It was a very thrilling experience to use for the first time. After a small pass on my face, I immediately went to my neck and shaved it.
I've never managed to cut myself with the razor but then again, it would require me to resharpen the edge. It's the steam engine of razors. With that said, it will last a lifetime.
People will often use their thumb on a knife edge to see if it is sharp. If they do it on a razor, that edge is ruined and will need resharpening. So three sharpening stones and a good strop are highly recommended to keep one good and sharp.
@freemo If you want to critique the cutthroat, the only issues are the maintenance and the worst tug of any razor.
Essentially the least of one's worry should be getting cut. It's not a quick shave. Then I use a safety razor, double edged, to get spots that I missed. To finish it off I like to use the classic Listerine as aftershave for a very historically accurate shave.
Also for people who complain about the cost of razor cartridges, just look at the cost of sharpening stones for a straight razor and a good strop. It can be much worse.
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The synthesiser keyboard we're building will sound like this, among other things. Yes, this will be in the production model.
My friend discovered something odd when experimenting with AI. It's a brief looking into a particular error.
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OpenStreetMap mapping parties
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/mapping-party-tips.html
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Im a little crazy about shaving. Though i dont always shave or shave often but when i do im a bit anal about it. First off i use an old school safety razor, but the three half blade kind rather than a single double blade. I also only use the razor for about 3 shaves then replace it. I also remove clean and dru the individual blades between shaves, oil them and store them outside of thr bathroom to avoid humidity. I even rotate the blades between shaves.
In case you arent familiar with half blade safety razors i attached a picture.
@freemo You mentioned shaving preferences. This is my favorite way. It feels like nothing else to get a good shave with one of these.
Maintenance isn't too bad.
@skyblond RAW formats are really useful. Using the Camera2 API can be hit or miss but it's a good option if the regular photo app doesn't support RAW.
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Today I took a lot of photos (more than a hundred), but in the end, I only selected 14 that were usable. I used Affinity Photo 2 to process these RAW files. Although I have Lightroom Classic, I wanted to try Affinity's software as an action to resist and break free from Adobe's subscription model.
The 50MP RAW from the main camera of the Samsung did surprise me a bit. There is more flexibility in post-adjustments compared to JPG, but it still doesn't compare to a real camera. However, considering the cost-performance ratio, I am satisfied. So far, including the phone, the equipment I use for photography doesn't exceed 13,000 RMB, which is roughly the price of an entry-level camera and lens.
Unfortunately, these photos are too large, averaging around 15 to 20MB each, so I can't upload them to Mastodon. I will try other platforms instead.
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Note: This toot is translated from Chinese into English using AI. I'm too tired to speak in English...
Toughbook fan, Mathematician and Locksmith with limited success in other areas.
Political stance is far right and far left. Proponent of First Aid Kits and PPE. Easily disheartened by big tech. Partially hinged personality and stubborn enough to not write this in the First Person.
Distrust of Psychology and a fan of satire. I love a good joke and contradict myself. Somewhat serious but easily distracted.
Joined Jan 2020
