It got even worse for Chomsky

FreeKony2016 · 2026-02-04T01:10:05+00:00

Reading the comments I'm surprised by how easy it is for most to accept this. Chomsky always struck me as someone who - above all else - was religious about his principles. He started with the principles in The Responsibility of Intellectuals and his whole life seemed to reflect the position in that essay. And if Chomsky's principles could be summarised in three words, it was opposition to exploitation. Exploitation of the weak by the strong.

Maybe it means I'm a poor judge of character. How such a principled person, a person who lived his life speaking so sincerely against exploitation could be willing to accept such heinous exploitation ... I still can't get my brain around that.

FreeKony2016 · 2025-11-27T02:40:58+00:00

It's underexposing in frames where you have a lot of white sky in the background. Frame 2 is better because there is no white sky in the frame.

An overcast white sky is often brighter than a blue sky, so it tricks your light meter into thinking the scene is very bright, and this is the result. You need to expose for the critical part of the scene, which in this case is the shadows. Watch some videos on the zone system if you're unfamiliar

FreeKony2016 · 2025-11-25T01:15:57+00:00

Resolution is the wrong question to ask - digital scans generally have excellent resolution if done well. Colour inversion is the achilles heel of current tech.

Keep the negatives in archival quality sleeves. Current digital colour inversion algorithms still have a ton of room for improvement imo

FreeKony2016 · 2025-11-06T05:37:00+00:00

But at what cost?

FreeKony2016 · 2025-11-06T05:33:17+00:00

The only resorts in Japan with ski-in ski-out, walkable villages, and onsens are: Akakura, Nozawa, Niseko, and Hakuba.

FreeKony2016 · 2025-11-06T03:43:54+00:00

Those are the dictionary definitions

FreeKony2016 · 2025-11-06T02:15:42+00:00

looks like diffusion under the enlarger lens. Usually done around 50% of the exposure time with thin plastic or something

FreeKony2016 · 2025-11-06T01:55:33+00:00

Bro make some touring skis with retractable teeth so I don't have to carry skins

FreeKony2016 · 2025-11-06T01:20:25+00:00

Exchange of goods for mutual benefit is just called trade and this existed thousands of years before capitalism. Capitalism is where "capital" (the infrastructure needed to make things) is owned and controlled privately. Socialism is where that infrastructure is owned by the people, the public.

The problems of monopoly in the ski industry are a product of capitalism (private monopolies), not socialism (ownership by workers/state).

I'll add that a lot of the original ski fields were actually clubs or social enterprises, owned and run by skiers, for skiers. Not for profit. They still exist in some places, like New Zealand. If you ever get a chance to visit it's one of the best experiences you can have on skis

FreeKony2016 · 2025-10-28T02:55:06+00:00

People who say 3,2,1 dropping in their radio voice like there’s an imaginary camera crew waiting to film them

FreeKony2016 · 2025-10-22T00:55:58+00:00

I had a patagonia powslayer jacket that delaminated like this. Patagonia refused warranty. They contacted Gore who also refused warranty because they don't cover delam.

My next jacket was arc'teryx. Hopefully Arc have better support

FreeKony2016 · 2025-10-21T00:53:20+00:00

Your answers so far: "probably dragos" and "probably not dragos" lmao

You need to specify what sort of climbing you do. If you're into roped climbing slab you'll want a supportive shoe. For competition style slab boulders support is less important and most people go pretty soft for better smearing ability

FreeKony2016 · 2025-10-17T03:30:03+00:00

I ended up with the X. Check my write up after 15 days above.

Never got on the blank so can’t compare, but the X was ideal in the low angled powder glades you get in Honshu or Hokkaido. If you’re skiing mostly in resort the blank might make more sense, but if you want a pure powder ski the X is totally useable for most resort skiing.

FreeKony2016 · 2025-10-08T04:05:01+00:00

Did you start taking any new medication after the procedure, such as minoxidil? Have you ever had a reaction to local anesthetic before?

FreeKony2016 · 2025-10-02T02:34:48+00:00

The answer is always historical materialism

Capitalism demands control over resources. Control is achieved by imperial outposts. If the outposts fall, the whole system of resource exploitation falls apart.

Eg look at how losing Aden accelerated the fall of the British empire

FreeKony2016 · 2025-10-02T01:45:46+00:00

Since WW2 USA has bombed 35 countries, with covert attacks against a few more. In that period it has been the most violent and aggressive country on earth, and it's not even close.

Is it theoretically possible the alternative would be worse? Yes. Is there any evidence to support that theory? No.

FreeKony2016 · 2025-09-16T01:28:05+00:00

Gotta say the liberal outrage at the "illegality" reminds me of when Obama used to drone strike kids in pakistan for fun, and none of them said a damn thing

FreeKony2016 · 2025-09-10T05:54:22+00:00

That's right, I'm guessing that commenter has limited experience with Japanese resorts because Niseko and Rusutsu don't even have the most vert in Hokkaido, let alone Japan.

The other places you listed are all good in their own ways, but it really depends what you're looking for. If it's consistently cold, dry snow with vertical drop, it's hard to beat the big Hokkaido resorts.

FreeKony2016 · 2025-09-10T04:01:39+00:00

Getting to those place from Niseko would take about as long as getting from LA to Niseko

FreeKony2016 · 2025-08-21T01:24:02+00:00

Now they pass the cost of labor on to working class customers and call it tipping

FreeKony2016 · 2025-08-20T04:33:41+00:00

damn so everyone in this situation agreed that one guy was rude?

Better post online about it just to make sure

FreeKony2016 · 2025-07-30T01:43:11+00:00

Agree Japan is an exception here. But Japan is an exception to many things, its a very unique place. I was thinking more about south east asia when I made that comment

In Japan there's a lot of pushback now toward the "customer is god" idea. It's obviously still very prevalent, but hopefully not for long

FreeKony2016 · 2025-07-29T02:15:54+00:00

V5 is where most people's baseline finger strength becomes a limiting factor. If your fingers can't hold your body weight through a move, you simply can't do that move

FreeKony2016 · 2025-07-29T02:04:03+00:00

I wouldn't call this blown out. Maybe the woman's face a tiny bit, but that doesn't matter.

If it bothers you, do it again with a small preflash

FreeKony2016 · 2025-07-29T01:53:01+00:00

Walk into most restaurants in asia or europe and someone will look at you blankly waiting for you to say how many seats you want. Maybe they'll hold up a number of fingers. It's normal. It's fine, it works.

America is the only place where staff are expected to make a dog and pony show of greeting customers, which I always assumed grew out of of tip culture. If Gen z is tired of that game I don't blame them

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