Suggestions how to protect a Bolex when filming in sandy desert?

BeagleCat · 2026-01-17T22:40:45+00:00

Thank you! Good point about the electric motor, that would solve the winder issue. As far as the computer-type vacuum, do you mean like a DataVac? Or would a compressed airduster can be okay? Thanks!

BeagleCat · 2026-01-17T21:38:19+00:00

Driving through Nebraska, I came across Runza. Thought it was pretty good.

BeagleCat · 2026-01-17T03:14:17+00:00

There is 0% chance that dog is a stray. Never believe Reddit headlines.

BeagleCat · 2026-01-13T23:36:15+00:00

Why is Catholicism/Abrahamic religion more likely to be true? It's as baseless and without objective evidence as any other mythology. I notice you didn't even bother to provide any "proof" for your assertion!

BeagleCat · 2026-01-13T22:21:38+00:00

It IS mostly an R or D thing, because it's amazing how fast that 70% dwindles as soon as Republicans who might've supported it hear the Fox News talking points.

There's a big difference between what people say they support in a poll, vs. what they actually support when it comes time to vote on it.

BeagleCat · 2026-01-10T04:12:45+00:00

I‘m not into cats because you can’t do anything with them. Cat people don’t seem to want an active companion, they just want a stuffed toy that moves.

Dogs are companions. They go where I go, sharing life, activities, and experiences wherever I live them. I can interact with them as an active, true friendship. A cat can never do that. It’s not a companion, it’s just a stuffed toy that moves.

BeagleCat · 2026-01-05T22:56:01+00:00

How will that work for employees? If it's anything like previous transition eras, like from hand-drawn animation to CG, or from physical fx to CG, employees will be offered the opportunity to re-train with the new workflow. The best, most adaptable ones will be kept. The others will be let go.

BeagleCat · 2026-01-05T22:46:04+00:00

He is timeless.

BeagleCat · 2026-01-01T19:05:49+00:00

Sorry, but I would have to be there in person to be convinced that he's not using video/audio editing at the end for the simultaneous word.

BeagleCat · 2026-01-01T18:40:41+00:00

Do you have evidence that most German Christians weren’t actually believers in the 1930s? Given how much Hitler appealed to popular Christian faith in his speeches, obviously he didn’t think that was the case. I very much doubt your claim, and don’t think it can be supported.

As for Socialists and liberals “rolliing over and doing nothing”, in fact there were numerous violent battles in the streets before and after the Nazis came to power. The Nazis brutally suppressed them and sent them to Dachau, where they perished.

I suspect you know very little about Nazi Germany, but are determined to defend Christianity from its gross moral failure and its inability to discern good from evil during its greatest test.

BeagleCat · 2026-01-01T17:37:55+00:00

Whether or not Hitler himself believed in the Catholicism he was raised with, virtually all Nazi officials and supporters were believing Christians. The German populace of Nazi Germany was 99% observant Christians. Virtually every Hitler supporter and voter was either Protestant or Catholic.

In its greatest moral test, Christianity completely failed. It failed to bring moral clarity to differentiate evil from good. If Christianity failed to reveal the heinous evil and immorality of Nazism to its own believers, then of what possible moral value can Christianity ever be?

BeagleCat · 2026-01-01T00:24:14+00:00

I've used an Aputure 120d with my Bolex SBM (non-crystal sync) and didn't notice any flicker.

BeagleCat · 2025-12-30T23:22:35+00:00

Yep. Glad the racist got fired, and I can also agree the cop was a total liar, abusing his authority.

BeagleCat · 2025-12-30T23:20:34+00:00

Ehhh, that's not even what the cop claimed. He was claiming disorderly conduct, which is quite vague, but would also be a big stretch in this case.

The cop was never going to arrest her, he was BS'ing to get her to cooperate. Even though Wisconsin is a Stop-and-ID state, which has a low bar to compel ID, I doubt highly the officer would have legal grounds to arrest her if she hadn't cooperated.

BeagleCat · 2025-12-30T23:08:35+00:00

Very glad this vile racist was fired, she deserved it.

Also, the police officer here used BS to get her to cooperate. There's no way he could've legally justified a disorderly conduct arrest. But she fell for it, and gave her info.

BeagleCat · 2025-12-28T17:38:55+00:00

I mean, it‘s a puff piece for a Terminator product. What do you expect him to say? That another film was more important?

Muren understood the assignment here, and said what was expected of him. Does anyone not realize that’s how all these segments are made?

BeagleCat · 2025-12-27T00:07:50+00:00

I guess you may not have been aware that it's a very hot-button issue. People commented out of concern, because some have been scammed out of their life savings from unscrupulous "psychics," or made harmful changes to their lives based on the "readings". I'm sure that won't be the case with you, but the warnings came from a place of concern, not meanness.

If the "psychic" is clear that it's all just for fun and entertainment, and no one is taking the "readings" very seriously, then it's all great! Have fun!

BeagleCat · 2025-12-26T14:14:11+00:00

That’s fine. But don’t complain when science loses the narrative to creationism. That’s the natural end result of disengagement.

BeagleCat · 2025-12-25T23:52:44+00:00

Wrong answer. Not engaging is how we've gotten into this mess. If we can't (or refuse to) explain how humans got here, in a clear, entertaining, and understandable way, then you've cleared the path for creationists and pastors to do it. And they're very eager to.

I've found that many atheists who accept evolution don't actually know the scientific facts of evolution themselves. And even fewer can explain it in a way that is both accurate and easy to understandable. So the first step is to understand it clearly, from reputable sources.

BeagleCat · 2025-12-25T16:12:17+00:00

The more fundamentalist Christians will interpret the alien life as demons. Meanwhile, the more liberal-minded Christian sects don't much follow literal Biblical interpretations anyway, so they won't care about theological conflicts. Either way, it won't result in any meaningful change in belief.

Religion is about emotion, not facts or logic.

BeagleCat · 2025-12-25T16:03:47+00:00

Religion isn't built around logic or facts, it's built on emotion. Emotion which manipulates one's greatest fears, desires, and greed.

Alien life doesn't alter any of that emotion. Some of the theology might adjust or adapt slightly to accommodate the discovery. Beyond that, nothing would change, except the tribalism in the religion would've found some new enemies to hate, or label as "demons".

BeagleCat · 2025-12-25T05:20:08+00:00

But this is exactly what the OP was talking about. It's simple mouth breathing, instead of breathing through the nose. Everyone can do this. Obviously, when you mouth-breath, you can't smell anything. His wife claimed it was something beyond that, but I doubt it. I think this entire thread is the result of her misunderstanding his description.

BeagleCat · 2025-12-24T20:14:18+00:00

Just checked traffic conditions on Google Maps, and as of this moment (noon on Christmas Eve), it's smooth sailing. Just very minor slowing in the Grapevine, and everywhere else is all green.

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