AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org

I found out that the OV sensor supports RAW formats and this isn't listed as a feature on the phone or included in the app. For an Android that got mixed reviews with the bad being focused on the cameras, this is very odd.

So the OmniVision sensor isn't the best available by it's own admission but the software cripples it. It has AI and other useless features built into the camera app. I used some tricks to get a RAW capture and it is so much better.

I'm working on this and it is already becoming less of a disappointment. The max stock settings make much of the photo look horrible and people look soulless. It made me think about how much better my Samsung S4 was with photos.

If you have an Android device that takes horrible quality photos, check out different apps for taking photos.

Just managed to take a picture in a RAW format when it says that the camera doesn't support it. With the capable DSPs onboard, this doesn't surprise me much. What surprises me is how bad the pictures are by default on this device. I went through documentation and found a few OmniVision sensors and a Sony sensor. OmniVision has fantastic sensors.

It's 40.56C or 105F right now with 42% humidity so it feels like 113F or 45C.

There's nothing wrong with dreaming of a better world. Be the change you want to see in the world.

I didn't lose all my work when the power went out. I'm further ahead now.

That feeling when several hours of compiling work is taken out by a power outage. Welp that's enough for today.

Yet another GPL violation has come to my attention but I'm wondering about a likely violation. Proprietary code relying on a GPLv2 portion, that might be slightly modified, extensively would be considered a derivative work.

I really hope that this violation is on the GPLv2 code.

I found another case where Ghidra refuses to work correctly. It's definitely time to work on tools that I can use more effectively.

I should probably do more work with my RV64GC MCUs. I would love to have access to more equipment for testing. The ageing titans like a Xeon Phi and Xuantie are of great interest to me.

I thought that VLIW implementations had been failures in the past like Itanium or AMD GPUs (TetraScale). So Qualcomm has tried it and it is quite impressive.

I fixed that device and proved the tech support wrong. It took about an hour and a half but it's working correctly.

I keep seeing tech companies being real bastards with their tech. It's putting people's health at serious risk while they rake in the profits. It's a bitter pill to swallow that they can do this and get protection from my government. Yep this sounds like the America I know all too well.

My M5StickV still makes me feel giddy when I use it. The object detection, tracking and capability is still amazing for what it is. I bought this thing and it was more capable than a gaming PC with an HD camera. Don't underestimate cheap hardware. That was my first RISC V experience. Dual core RV64GC in a tiny package.