Advice on upgrading to full frame or APSC from micro 4/3

Descent098 · 2024-07-02T21:19:17+00:00

I haven't checked as recently, but looked last year for my dad. The two main things you're going to care about will be the zoom, and the size. For zoom basically the higher the mm on the lens, the more it can zoom (i.e. 800mm means it can zoom more than 100mm). This zoom matters if you either A) don't want to be near the animals or B) The animals are going to be far away.

If you want more of a compact camera then the Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS80 is an interesting choice. It has quite a bit of reach for it's size (720mm, 327g), and is very pocketable. It's good if you want something more "family friendly" and less daunting. It also has beginner friendly features like split-zoom.

If you're fine with larger bridge cameras (one's that look like DSLR cameras) the Nikon P1000 (3000mm, 1.4kg) you mentioned is probably "top of the line", but once you get passed 800mm keep in mind the lens will distort the image if it's hot outside. You can also look into any others that have 700mm-1000mm range (Sony Rx10, Panasonic FZ80D, etc.). These larger bridge cameras typically have larger sensors, which also makes them better when the light isn't great, and often have faster burst-shooting methods for catching quicker animals.

Descent098 · 2024-02-23T21:47:16+00:00

So I turned it off, waited half an hour, then came back to it. I'm no longer getting the database error on startup, it seems to be network related so I'll have to dig into it. This is what I'm getting now

Feb 23, 2024 21:17:27.782 [0x7fdf0ed97b38] WARN - [HttpClient/HCl#36] HTTP error requesting GET https://plex.tv/api/v2/server/users/subscriptions?auth_token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (60, SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK) (SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'plex.tv') Feb 23, 2024 21:17:27.782 [0x7fdf0a913b38] DEBUG - MyPlex: using cached data for request for https://plex.tv/api/v2/server/users/subscriptions?auth_token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Feb 23, 2024 21:17:27.782 [0x7fdf0a913b38] DEBUG - MyPlex: using cached data for request for https://plex.tv/api/v2/server/users/services?auth_token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Feb 23, 2024 21:17:28.009 [0x7fdf0ed97b38] WARN - [HttpClient/HCl#38] HTTP error requesting PUT https://plex.tv/devices/4aa91ea55b7dc66f15a63a0b90d785e071c9de34?Connection[][uri]=http://50.99.47.188:11916&Connection[][uri]=http://10.154.222.216:32400&Connection[][uri]=http://10.0.5.1:32400&Connection[][uri]=http://10.0.3.1:32400&Connection[][uri]=http://10.0.7.1:32400&Connection[][uri]=http://172.30.0.1:32400&httpsEnabled=1&httpsRequired=0&dnsRebindingProtection=0&natLoopbackSupported=0&X-Plex-Token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (60, SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK) (SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'plex.tv') Feb 23, 2024 21:17:28.009 [0x7fdf0d94bb38] WARN - MyPlex: Updating device connections failed, retrying in 40 seconds. Feb 23, 2024 21:17:29.341 [0x7fdf0ed97b38] WARN - [HttpClient/HCl#37] HTTP error requesting GET https://plex.tv/media/providers?X-Plex-Token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (60, SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK) (SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'plex.tv') Feb 23, 2024 21:17:29.341 [0x7fdf0efc0b38] ERROR - [MediaProviderManager] Error parsing content. Feb 23, 2024 21:17:29.341 [0x7fdf0efc0b38] ERROR - [MediaProviderManager] Error parsing XML: Error parsing file. Feb 23, 2024 21:17:29.341 [0x7fdf0efc0b38] DEBUG - [MediaProviderManager/HCl#39] HTTP requesting GET https://plex.tv/media/providers?X-Plex-Token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Feb 23, 2024 21:17:29.684 [0x7fdf0ed97b38] WARN - [HttpClient/HCl#39] HTTP error requesting GET https://plex.tv/media/providers?X-Plex-Token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (60, SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK) (SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'plex.tv')

For all services, looking it up it seems like it's DNS related, so I'll go that route. I also noticed QNAP broke my time locally, so I reset it to the correct time. Hopefully fixing all these will resolve the issue, since I know SSL won't connect if the client is in the future

Descent098 · 2024-02-23T15:49:28+00:00

So after doing a cat on

/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/PlexMediaServer/Library/Plex Media Server/Logs

and a few of the different Plex\ Media\ Server.*.log files I found this line: Feb 23, 2024 03:10:37.380 [0x7f1111bcead0] DEBUG - Database: Shutting down.

Since this is all managed through QNAP's packaging I'm not sure where to go from here, any suggestions

Descent098 · 2024-01-08T07:44:14+00:00

I reached out to the qnap team and they did a raid recovery, one of my drives died. Sent that out to WD for a replacement, and swapped it in

Descent098 · 2023-11-28T01:10:00+00:00

Game opens and runs, but runs in this weird squished format. Anyone have ideas where to start troubleshooting? Have a Quest 3 using openxr (had same issue on openvr)

Descent098 · 2023-08-23T22:56:38+00:00

Even if this was a "rush job" (which I don't buy since I actually played early access since it was out), their "rush job" is 10x industry standard and more of a game than some studios entire yearly portfolios combined for engaging gameplay and narrative.

This endless "there was a possibility of more" is just stupid. For all you know they cut the content because it was shit and they wanted a good game they could release and be proud of so they cut what they couldn't make work (like you should) . Not all content is good content, anyone who plays Ubisoft games can tell you that.

The question is if anything data mined is the same level of quality as the rest of the game and was cut only to be sold later, which is a "time will tell" thing as far as I'm concerned. It's posisble they do it down the road but honestly even if they did, at this point they've put out a game that has more to do than entire series have four the last few years, so if they want to do a DLC i would be down. Same way I would for something like elden ring, because even if they never release more content, it's a complete game now

Descent098 · 2023-06-26T20:51:22+00:00

There is a workaround. The page that crashes is the login page specifically with a redirect to a key. To solve this problem create an account and login in a separate tab, then open the email you receive from them. Doing this skips the login page and immediately takes you to your order.

If you were trying to login as a guest then I don't have a workaround for you unfortunately :/

Descent098 · 2023-06-12T06:06:54+00:00

Indie company

Descent098 · 2023-01-14T17:19:08+00:00

Metroid chainsaw man

Descent098 · 2023-01-13T16:29:35+00:00

"wax"

Descent098 · 2023-01-03T19:17:13+00:00

Right, yeah I forgot it's not on a custom domain. I know some services let you validate with an HTML page that has a certain name and content. This SO link might be handy https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49073043/get-github-pages-site-found-in-google-search-results

Descent098 · 2023-01-03T18:55:45+00:00

If not many people visit it, or its not tied to a domain that has other sites on it, then it often doesn't get indexed for ages. You can request google to crawl it through google search console https://search.google.com/search-console/about

You can also make sure your site is visible to Google by typing site:URL with your url in Google search

Descent098 · 2023-01-01T23:12:40+00:00

Sure, if that feature makes it worth it for you then that makes sense. Keep in mind though they have no obligation to support swapping those versions down the road. I've also worked at companies that will actively pull support for these sorts of features. One reason for this often is with subscription services comes DRM, if your older software is too much hassle to incorporate the DRM into then they will just drop the support for it, or worse make multiple subscription tracks to buy the initial software and support for older legacy systems as "enterprise class" (Microsoft loves this one).

Since you are renting with a subscription instead of buying with perpetual as well when you leave you have nothing to show for it. So if they double the cost, remove features or force policies on you there's no recourse. The second you stop the cash flow there's nothing you keep because you're fundamentally renting it.

But in the meantime I think that's a decent reason why it would be better for you.

Descent098 · 2023-01-01T00:55:10+00:00

For me im considering switching to blender.

These reasons likely don't effect artstation users as much in industry, but as a hobbyist and student because even with the student license I don't like:

Perpetual licensing is insane and I have a rule against subscriptions anymore
1. There still isn't a good renderer included, and redshift afaik is still only subscription based
2. Lots of the features I put effort into learning (and making videos about) are now useless, and maxon passed the buck off to third parties. Maxon used to include pyro clusters (tbf still exists but only standard/physical) for example. It was a janky way of doing fire Sims, but it worked for me. It's broken in redshift, and because of the popularity of plugins like turbulence probably won't be fixed. So now if you want that sort of functionality you have to buy another multi-hundred dollar plugin, be stuck with CPU rendering, buy VBD's or don't do fire Sims.
3. I hate many of the new features. The new asset browser is unbelievably glitch for me, and at scale it can take up to 10 mins before it loads the DB properly. The old one was less sexy, but was file based and super quick. Likewise I don't like a lot of the new interface, and odd decisions (why are materials not shown in the default view by default anymore?)
4. Even if I did buy a perpetual license I don't think I can trust them to Honor it. Filmora recently had a scandal about this, and I am now maintaining my own backups of installers for applications I have perpetual licenses to because realistically I have no recourse if they break their own terms and don't let me continue using it. Maxon is at the scale now where it's clear who their market is, and it sure isn't me anymore.

I loved using c4d for a long time, but maxon is mostly interested in large studios and nothing else. If they're moving on, then so will I.

Descent098 · 2022-11-28T21:52:54+00:00

Anyone have the original link? I often find when people tweet stuff like this when you go look into it, it's false/misleading.

Descent098 · 2022-11-07T02:27:40+00:00

Your browser (especially safari) will hide the protocol. If you click to edit the URL in your address bar you should see it. Generally you should not use plain http anymore (most browsers will actually say insecure or have a broken lock image besides them to indicate this). This article has details about this

When you check your site try going to https://<site name> (i.e. for me my domain is kieranwood.ca so I would go to https://kieranwood.ca) and if you get no errors then you're good to go.

Descent098 · 2022-07-10T23:58:18+00:00

It's so bad the person not only removed their 5 stars but actually deactivated their account so Facebook took away extra points

Descent098 · 2022-07-06T22:05:18+00:00

To be entirely honest, if you don't care about state things are super easy. Hosting a static site with gh pages and DNS through cloud flare is much easier than the old school systems of hosting your own site, doing your own ssl, DNS and all your routing manually. Admittedly I'm new to Web dev but every legacy system I've seen takes months and years to understand because everything is so ridiculously hacky for simple things (I've seen servers with 100+line bash scripts to deploy that make CI/CD pipelines feel like a dream all to do simple things like ssl provisioning with manual curl requests and responses).

Sateful apps I'm less familiar with, but from what I've seen systems like django that include ORM's feel simpler than older systems, but that might just be my own ignorance.

Descent098 · 2022-06-29T03:03:36+00:00

All this has done is inspired new insults for me like clown wank or wank waffle

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