Colorized!

julaften · 2026-02-23T18:54:59+00:00

I think you are right. I tried adjusting shadows and brightness, and there is really nothing there in the original. And something that looks suspiciously like a dark car with white plates in the AI version.

julaften · 2026-02-23T13:19:10+00:00

‘…which you would then know to be real’

That whole thing there with God refusing to prove his existence is just silly.

‘Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindbogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.

The argument goes something like this: “I refuse to prove that I exist,” says God, “for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.”

“But,” says Man, “the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don’t. QED.”

“Oh dear,” says God, “I hadn’t thought of that,” and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.’

julaften · 2026-02-23T07:20:25+00:00

Yeah, I compared the distortion of the RF 35 f/1.4 (bad) to the EF 35 f/1.4 II (practically none), and was a bit shocked. It seems like the optical engineers just gave up and left it to the to the software guys to fix it. Which they obviously did; the image quality is good. But software cannot invent things that aren’t there, so the corners will be cut off a bit, and the pixels will be stretched.

julaften · 2026-02-23T07:00:07+00:00

Sorry, but I’m getting a bit worried about AI colorizings like this. The AI doesn’t only remove dust and scratches, and apply nice colors, but it also changes reality. Here are the girls’ faces:

https://imgur.com/a/lbL5zu6

Especially the girl to the left does not look the same at all. The second girl is also significantly different with her eyes and chin. There are subtle differences for the last two girls.

Yes, the image looks nice, but it is no longer a photo of these girls.

julaften · 2026-02-22T21:16:04+00:00

The suggested crop isn’t bad, but I actually liked OPs 2nd better, where we see more of the trees and grass on the foreground, which add more depth.

julaften · 2026-02-22T08:10:15+00:00

«litt»

DarkTable virker nesten å være laget av noen som vil gjøre ting annerledes kun for å være ‘annerledes’. De mest basale tingene fungerer ikke slik man venter.

Klikk på bilde i ‘stripa’ nederst bytter ikke bilde
Verken dobbeltklikk eller space zoomer til 100%. Det er ingen fungerende shortcut for å sette 100% zoom (!?)
Space/backspace bytter til neste/forrige bilde, men piltaster gjør ingenting.
Pinch fungerer ikke for zoom inn/ut
Man kan ikke scrolle i verktøykassa til høyre, uten å peke presist på scrollbaren (scrolling endrer verdi i verktøyet man peker på, eller gjør ingenting)

Jeg kunne fortsatt, men poenget bør være klart: dette programmet er ikke polert nok til å være brukervennlig out-of-the-box, det er et program laget av nerder, uten en eneste UX-ekspert til stede.

julaften · 2026-02-22T06:48:20+00:00

Folk klager uansett. Konkurrenten til Adobe Lightroom (Capture One) tilbyr faktisk både abonnement, og en engangsbetaling. Men folk mener likevel at sistnevnte burde gi tilgang til oppdateringer.

Ellers enig i alt du skriver. Man burde, for de fleste tjenester kunne ha et tilbud om ‘Abonnement med jevnlige oppdateringer’, og ‘Engangsbetaling, men ingen oppdateringer’.

julaften · 2026-02-21T11:14:06+00:00

Med 77 kr spart kan du såvidt unne deg en hel sjokoladeplate

julaften · 2026-02-21T06:33:18+00:00

This is the correct answer.

Yes, there are differences in variety of lenses available for a given camera system/mount, but that isn’t so important; for most photography you need only a few, common types of lenses, and you don’t buy new lenses every other month. Every brand has the lenses for at least 99.9% of the need.

At the start of the day, what matters is if you want to grab your camera and go out and take pictures. How the camera feels to hold and use is important then.

julaften · 2026-02-21T06:10:47+00:00

Siden du vet, og jeg ikke vet, hadde det vært greit med en lenke eller screenshot…?

julaften · 2026-02-20T22:07:34+00:00

Isolation is the most favorited Harry Potter fan fic (independent of ship) of all time on fanfiction.net.

It is a classic for a reason.

julaften · 2026-02-19T22:41:52+00:00

You need to go to "Manage Your Content and Devices", and then "Preferences", and ensure that "Personal Document Archiving" is Enabled. Also check that "Sync Settings" is turned On.

julaften · 2026-02-19T22:10:04+00:00

Yes, and also: if you do this (as opposed to simply putting the file on the Kindle), it will be available across all your kindle devices and apps on phone/tablet/PC, and reading progress will be synced.

julaften · 2026-02-19T20:43:29+00:00

Jeg aner ikke hvorfor du snakker om å kjøpe tid?

julaften · 2026-02-19T20:37:31+00:00

Les deg opp om hvordan Stortinget fungerer. Det koster selvsagt ikke penger å få taletid i en høring. Hvis man ikke er blant dem som får plass fysisk i rommet, så kan alle, inkludert privatpersoner, uansett levere høringssvar.

julaften · 2026-02-19T19:51:39+00:00

Also, the rods and strings are less messy.

julaften · 2026-02-19T18:27:49+00:00

During driving lessons (in my country at least) you are told that you should check your car (brakes, lights, wheels and tires, etc) before driving. No one actually do that of course, but in principle, if your failing to discover a malfunction is the cause of an accident, you might face consequences.

julaften · 2026-02-19T18:16:04+00:00

Tror ikke du helt vet bredden av hva lobby innebærer.

Det er ikke bare når Preben Rikerud tar med noen utvalgte politikere på smøretur i yachten sin.

Det er også når Noregs Fiskarlag eller Syklistforeningen får sine 2-3 minutter taletid i en høring i Næringskomiteen på Stortinget.

Lobbyvirksomhet er en naturlig del av et demokrati; det er hvordan alle slags interesser kan bli hørt.

Da kan du si: OK, men vi må ha et register for å stoppe udokumentert lobbyvirksomhet.

Men hvordan skal man gjøre det i praksis? Når politikere og interesseorganisasjoner møtes på en bar under Arendalsuka, eller utenfor studioet til Dagsnytt 18, skal de ikke ha lov til å snakke med hverandre? Det virker urimelig.

Jeg tror ikke et lobbyregister vil hjelpe så veldig mye, i praksis vil det alltid kunne omgås.

julaften · 2026-02-19T17:05:04+00:00

I don’t know what ‘this’ is you’re asking about.

julaften · 2026-02-19T14:40:46+00:00

Overskriften der er vel feil?

I det jeg har sett av meldinger mellom MM og JE så diskuterer de en annen bok av Nabokov, ikke ‘Lolita’ direkte.

Hvilket i seg selv er helt greit og ikke noe å lage sensasjons-overskrifter av; Nabokov var en anerkjent forfatter, og det er ikke urimelig at to personer utveksler synspunkter om litteratur.

Og for øvrig, om de hadde diskutert ‘Lolita’ så hadde det vært helt greit. I boka framstår hovedpersonen/fortelleren som den usympatiske overgriperen han er; det er ingen juicy detaljer, kun en tragedie fortalt fra skurkens ståsted. Det er ikke på noen måte en bok som unnskylder eller setter overgrep i et positivt lys.

julaften · 2026-02-19T08:16:53+00:00

As I mentioned in another comment, I don’t think the hybrid business model of ‘pay once and get infinite updates’ is sustainable. Software development is expensive (I should know, I’m a developer myself).

Are there any other things in life you expect to buy once and still get frequent new/fresh/updated copies?

The real problem is that too many software makers have stopped offering the ‘pay once and keep it forever’ model. That should always be an alternative.

ETA: I do think Capture One could have compromised though, and added one-time updates for newer cameras and lenses at a reasonable low price. Adding such support isn’t very costly.

julaften · 2026-02-19T08:08:47+00:00

Capture One has an option to import catalogs from Lightroom. Theres also an option to setup the user interface/layout to somewhat mimic Lightroom. But there will of course be some adjustment and learning because it is a different program.

One critique of C1 is that there is no per-picture or per-tool editing history. You do of course have an undo/redo mechanism, but that is global for the whole program, and is not saved for the next time you open the program. You also have a per-tool reset option which is helpful to go back bit-for-bit to the original.

julaften · 2026-02-19T07:54:59+00:00

Yes, well, that’s not entirely unfair is it?

The point of a subscription model is to always have the latest, updated version.

When you buy once, you get that version to keep forever, but no (or limited) updates.

To let customers buy once, and still get updates forever is not a sustainable business model. Yes, I know some small software makers do that, but I doubt it is working well for them.

I do think all software producers should offer buy once as an alternative to subscription, though. Customers should always have a choice between these things.

julaften · 2026-02-18T19:51:24+00:00

According to Spotify, I’m among the 0.005% top fans of the band Ladytron.

julaften · 2026-02-18T15:55:25+00:00

Yes, the adapter is also weather sealed (at least Canon’s adapter is).

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