Put up a bird feeder in the back yard last night, I've already seen three (non-squirrel) customers:
- Bluejay
- Downy woodpecker
- Black-capped chickadee
@freakazoid It looks like they have an explanation of their encryption here: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_details.html
It appears that you are right that they are base64-encoding the blocks: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_details.html#encrypt-the-blocks
Seems an odd choice, but apparently it's a standard option in PHP's openssl_encrypt.
And here are two pictures of the (adult male, I think) white-breasted nuthatch I got through the binoculars this morning.
I am much more confident in this identification.
They seem like a good match for these photos taken recently in NYC: https://urbanhawks.blogs.com/urban_hawks/2020/09/black-throated-green-warbler.html
Here are some pictures of the yellow-headed warbler I saw yesterday (managed to snap a few not great pictures through the binoculars this morning).
I think they are black-throated green warblers, despite the fact that none of the ones I saw were actually black-throated.
@ted Yeah, that's another option, but it does seem like when you mount your phone to binoculars or a scope, you get these circular photos, like the one from this review: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2HL520KIX1F6W
tyler has a post about our ongoing consultation re: a move to gitlab (community edition) for wikimedia projects:
https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2020/09/21/from-gerrit-to-gitlab-join-the-discussion/
input from involved parties (or folks with experience using gitlab in other big free software projects) would be most welcome.
I'm thinking maybe this one could work? https://www.amazon.com/Canon-EF-S-55-250mm-F4-5-6-Cameras/dp/B078GQTWFX
I'm not entirely sure how to translate the focal lengths of the lenses into an equivalent of my experience using binoculars. If I could get photos that were somewhat equivalent to what I see when I use my Athlon Midas ED 8x42 binoculars, I'd be very happy.
Any #birding folks have suggestions on how to take pictures of distant birds without spending a huge amount on it?
Not looking to become a professional wildlife photographer, just to have some identifiable pictures of the birds I've seen.
I have a Canon T4i, but I'd probably be as happy or happier to just get a little clip-on telephoto lens for my phone if a decent one exists.
I think the warbler may have been a black-throated warbler, but I couldn't get a picture of it and I don't remember if it had the black throat.
It's been hanging around here for the past few days, so I hopefully I can catch it again.
Lots of birds in my backyard this morning:
- Pileated woodpecker
- Downy woodpecker
- Bluejay
- White-breasted nuthatch (?)
- Warbler with yellow head and back
- Some sort of hawk
@bkastl I also think it was refreshing to see a take that was orthogonal to the "is the algorithm biased" take.
@bkastl That's sad. I thought it was very interesting. ☹
Head's up: Major breaking change coming to tzlocal, as in the next version it will return zoneinfo time zones: https://github.com/regebro/tzlocal/pull/92
Anyone using `tzlocal` should test against master. If your application doesn't break, you are probably using tzlocal wrong anyway.
@shit I tried, it's a very different experience and the pictures don't come out great. 😥
Now I need to get a telephoto lens for my phone or camera, because I keep wanting to take pictures of the stuff I see in the binoculars.
@freemo I heard Ohm got that law passed with a lot of help from Tamminy Hall, so I'm not surprised to find it on shaky ground, TBH. 😉
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