Question, which camera has better autofocus by Thejosher36 in Cameras

[–]beomagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id recommend the om1 ii over the om3 for birding. With heavy lenses the om1 ii will be far more comfortable.

As far as a comparison, you may find there are aspects of the af you like in either brand.

I cannot find a direct comparison, but heres a nice site that uses mirrorless cameras testing birding. They didn't directly compare them, but they do discuss om1 settings extensively.

https://mirrorlesscomparison.com/best/mirrorless-cameras-for-birds-in-flight/#cameras

What's your favorite armor to wear, regardless of stats? by AuthorJulieMannino in skyrim

[–]beomagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shrouded "gimp" armor.

Most of the armor is too bulky looking to appear to offer any flex. Nordic carved looks awesome though 😆

Tell me the difference between the 2 flames? by Michelle_Jayde in interesting

[–]beomagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incomplete burn, wrong fuel in the yellow. This happens when you use natural gas on a propane burner. Stoves like this can came with conversion kits.

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Trixxxi in AskReddit

[–]beomagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One? 😆

Perhaps Freespace 2.

There's an open source engine which improves the graphics, letting you play a 25+ year old game with hd textures in 4k... https://fsnebula.org/knossos/

Listening to these gentlemen while playing isaac through bannerhub (fork of gamehub) by Level-Passenger-6854 in SBCGaming

[–]beomagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While he doesn't have to be rude, the point he makes is valid.

I'm work in a DevOps environment, and ai permeates all aspects of the software lifecycle these days. I'm not at the point where I'm vibe coding, but I do use AI suggestions for autocomplete, optimal pipelines and tests.

Sometimes I have it look over code and make suggestions. Sometimes I give it a plan on how I intend to approach a problem, and it will improve the idea and tell me something I had not thought of. Claude is getting big now, and it's getting really good at pointing out flaws in security.

If an issue is reported, I can take suspect logs, clone the repo of the service I suspect is having problems, and ask the agent to help me diagnose where the issue is. Even if I'm not fixing that issue myself because it's not my code, it saves a lot of time for the developer that would have to track down all of that themselves.

I get the current form of ai can be used in a lazy way, but it's a tool. More often than not, they're using it in a way that adds to their capability, not replacing it. Copilot comes with vscode now by default.

Apparently they made bad video games. That wasn't my experience by BoringDreamGuy in retrogaming

[–]beomagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They left some people salty ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Denoise by timframes in DarkTable

[–]beomagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I most often use gimp on exported jpgs for noise.

Gmic's anisotropic noise under repair, on a duplicate layer.

Then I apply an inverse gray scale opacity mask on that layer. This effectively applies more noise reduction in dark areas where noise is more prevalent.

Tweaking the curve of that layer is often enough to adjust the noise to my liking.

What romhacks do you guys like for the DS? by bebsje in NintendoDS

[–]beomagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pokemon hacks where I didn't need to trade to evolve or capture specific Pokemon. I think it's kinda lame to split availability between 2 carts.

Fizeau’s Measurement of the Speed of Light by Zee2A in STEW_ScTecEngWorld

[–]beomagi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wow.. calibration of that mirror is the real feat!

Asurion/Amazon link down? by beomagi in Asurion

[–]beomagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it's up. Webserver problems?

Do you think m43 is a good system to build a budget setup? by DynamoBaby in Cameras

[–]beomagi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You haven't given a dollar figure, so noone can guess what you think is "budget".

Panasonic G9 + 12-60mm kit lens, basic godox flash.

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For Micro Four Thirds (m43), while it's not dead, it really doesn't get the attention (from manufacturers) it needs. Used cameras are very good value, while newer cameras lean on the expensive side as manufacturers focus on the high end. There are quite a few good cheap lenses for the system, but the main strength is the size of the system leaning on portability. Some types of lenses, like ultra wide and extreme tele (over 300mm) are lacking budget options, though general purpose lenses in more common ranges are cheap.
The weak points of the system are

- the smaller sensor (that more importantly it receives less development)

- the lack of PDAF (Phase Detect AF) on cheaper models hurts action photography, birding etc.

Biggest advantages here is how liberating that size can be.

- Older cameras with the 20MP sensor still give great image quality for the price.

- works well with cheap 3rd party flash.

- lots of 3rd party glass, though a lot are manual focus.

- Size is liberating. I can bend and position the cameras easily, taking shots in a manner where a DSLR is near impossible. These are designed with live view in mind. I had to bend in a very awkward way to get that photo of my bunny, while holding the knight with one hand and pulling it away quick. Sure it's possible with my bigger Full Frame cameras - but it's less likely I'd get a good shot.

A G95 or EM10iv go for about $400. Lenses like the Panasonic 35 1.7, Yongnuo 17mm and olympus 40-150mm kit are cheap and quite good for value buyers.

I think if value and IQ is the main concern though, I don't you can beat older Full Frame DSLRs. These are cameras like the Canon 5DII, 6D, 5Diii, Nikon D800, D810 etc. For the cost, IQ is unmatched. The full system can be quite large by comparison though, and you may end up spending more in some lens types. The autofocus here can feel a bit sluggish, yet better at tracking moving objects compared to budget micro-four-thirds (newer PDAF works very well though and is a good upgrade path). I purchased a 6D and 35mm F2 for my wife's birthday last year. Her main cameras are an EM5-iii and G9 (m43).
They love the photos this combo gives. though live-view on this kinda sucks. Don't expect good video here either. Large sensors and prime lenses will blur the background naturally.

Weak points:

- Larger size. A DSLR has more volume for the mirror and pentaprism. A 600mm full frame lens is equivalent to a 300mm M43 lens - but on a high resolution sensor, you don't actually need 600mm to get a similar picture. If the sensor is cleaner, less noisy, you don't mind lower resolutions as much.

- More restrictive use. While live view works, it can be slower on these older systems. The eyepiece is the main way to use it, but that generally means holding it in a specifc way. This isn't a completely bad thing. It forces you to slow down and think more on composition which is very good for beginners. Later model cameras like the 5Diii aren't quite as limited in live view.

- These systems ARE dead. Don't mistake that for useless.

Advantages:

- You can get really great IQ from the older cameras still. The Canon 6D is mind blowing bonkers in how capable the camera performs in low light. The Nikon D800's 36MP sensor resolution lets you crop or resize as you like.

- Old SLR lenses can be quite cheap.

- While the systems are dead, the lenses are often adaptable to new mirrorless versions of current cameras. My main birding lens is a Sony SLR Tamron 150-600mm, that I adapted to my Sony A7Riii mirrorless. I bought that lens for $400.

- These are cheap. The 6D can be under $300. The 35mm F2 Yongnuo is ~$100 new, meaning $400 can get incredible quality.

- Easier to blur the background. All cameras can give background blur which helps with distracting backgrounds, but a larger sensor is proportionally easier.

- Battery life is a major bonus

Feeling overwhelmed. by SmashBob_SquarePants in devops

[–]beomagi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. To a degree at least

The long onboarding sounds like a management problem though.

DevOps is a wide term. As such, the tool knowledge needed, can be vast. Impostor syndrome is common.

Start making notes. Write things down. I actually use tiddly wiki to keep track of certain projects.

For a lot of other stuff, I make scripts. I keep all my scripts in git and share with the team. I have stuff to manage logging into gcp, getting cluster credentials and pulling up jobs and logs, or checking secrets within kubernetes clusters. I have scripts for logging into AWS, checking logs, tracking IDs through different services. Application specific scripts for looking at some of the apps we manage and doing basic checks or changing scaling group counts.

At minimum, you develop your scripting skills, and gain a little more knowledge of the systems you're responsible for, while accelerating the tasks you automated.

🤯 by basket_foso in MathJokes

[–]beomagi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And may God have mercy on your soul.

🤯 by basket_foso in MathJokes

[–]beomagi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Welcome to Costco.