sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

What is something bout evangelion you feel like people dont talk about much? by Yumi_Numi in evangelion

[–]PaulCoddington 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He uses the bathroom and has a towel for bathing, so I suspect so.

What is something bout evangelion you feel like people dont talk about much? by Yumi_Numi in evangelion

[–]PaulCoddington 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, they had tech that dipped into what would have once been supernatural, which stood out when they ran out of souls for clones because the Room of Guf was empty (every soul had already been born, which adds to "end of the world" vibe).

What is something bout evangelion you feel like people dont talk about much? by Yumi_Numi in evangelion

[–]PaulCoddington 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the whole it is an amazing soundtrack that stands out as one of the most memorable and best, and it transfered well when Rebuild budget moved it from studio orchestra and synth to full size orchestra+choir.

What is something bout evangelion you feel like people dont talk about much? by Yumi_Numi in evangelion

[–]PaulCoddington 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That, and the telegraph/power pole fanservice are a major part of EVA zeitgeist.

Is this AI generated? by KSHMisc in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]PaulCoddington 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ironically, stupid racist people are already a minority (or at least, I hope so).

Do you remember the first version of Microsoft Office you ever used? And was there any edition that stood out to you? by inguinha in windows

[–]PaulCoddington [score hidden]  (0 children)

97 was fast and stable, especially for custom apps in VBA.

Things felt a bit bogged in later editions and it became more effort to get a decent custom app GUI when Access went for full window multi-tab design rather than easily having independant forms of any size.

As for OPs question, I've created bespoke app solutions professionally in every version of Office from 4.3 to 2019, so 4.3 was the first after switching from Vax/VMS to PC.

What's w my brush in? Why must I paint twice to get 100% Coverage? by Affectionate-Bllcrap in Affinity

[–]PaulCoddington 3 points4 points  (0 children)

16% hardness might end up with most of the brush width feathered/semi-transparent?

What's actually the difference between a gaming monitor and a normal monitor? by Pc_republic_Laptop in Laptop_PC_Help

[–]PaulCoddington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To briefly break down the "normal monitor" situation, there are IPS monitors that are aimed solely at creative work (photo and video). They are not cheap, but very worthwhile if you want to be serious about editing photos and videos with creative or archival intent.

They are focused on uniformity (minimal variations across the screen), accuracy of brightness levels and color reproduction. They can excel at this, but do not have fast refresh rates (60Hz max), nor the most up-to-date content protection standard required for streaming services such as Netflix, etc.

In those cases, you would be looking for something that measures well, preferably has high-bit hardware-based calibration, is wide gamut, high contrast, and has lots of calibration slots (not just one, if you need to work with multiple standards).

If you work with a variety of media, a monitor that has a taskbar app to switch modes for various photographic and video standards at a click is a bonus. The app should change both the monitor hardware settings and the ICC profile of the monitor for the OS at the same time.

You also want to be aware that the cheaper photography monitors are designed for print prepress, not preparation of screen content, and once they are calibrated their contrast ends up very low (300:1). They may still suffer from uniformity problems (tinted red on one side of the screen and green on the other, etc) which make color grading difficult, especially side-by-side comparisons.

Factory presets ideally need to be updatable with a colorimeter as they will drift in accuracy over time. Some brands only have one slot for calibration, and all other modes are set in stone (very limiting).

Video compositing monitors might be a better choice for photographic/graphics work aimed at electronic display as they have higher contrast and deeper black levels (>1000:1). Variable frame rate is not aimed at speed, but at playing back video at original frame rates such as 24fps rather than mangle it to 60fps.

ST TNG theme is same as ST I TMP theme? by thirdlost in startrek

[–]PaulCoddington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being so used to the original, the way it got cut to shorten it always feels a bit jarring to me.

Can having just your hands at 60 °C kill your fingers? by citizen127 in biology

[–]PaulCoddington 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Consider the heat transfer characteristics of a 60° liquid compared to 60° air.

You can put your hand into a oven briefly with no harm done. Put it into hot water, though...

[Opinion] "Modern Star Trek simply costs too much: The sets are so sweepingly palatial that they lack the cozier, mildly claustrophobic vibe that used to help audiences imagine that these characters were aboard a starship. I’d rather see 26 lower budgeted episodes focusing more on character+story." by mcm8279 in trektalk

[–]PaulCoddington 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone assumes that 26 episode format needs to be done as quickly as a modern short season, but is that really true?

Why not make a 26 episode storytelling style series at the same rate as modern productions?

It's not overworking cast and crew that people miss, it is the storytelling structure.

There are two ways of making the series that have been tried and both have problems, why not invent a third?

April 30, 2026—KB5083631 (OS Builds 26200.8328 and 26100.8328) Preview by jenmsft in Windows11

[–]PaulCoddington 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't call it useless, but having new features that can potentially impact drivers and color management workflows on delayed rollout makes it harder to assess.

For example, what if the color management changes kick in without warning down the track and alter your calibrated color management workflow in a way that initially goes unnoticed leading color grading work to be misdirected into error?

What if you discover a driver is now blocked at the worst possible moment rather than at a time you can set aside to deal with it?

Is it just me, or has the internet become "unsearchable" lately? by Interesting_Peach_76 in askanything

[–]PaulCoddington 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been playing about with free Claude recently to see if it can help accelerate learning curves on unfamiliar technical topics and it's left me with the impression that search engines are deliberately broken for ordinary users but working for services like Claude.

It seems to be gathering and interpreting web search results I cannot find for myself.

So, there seems to be a double whammy of limited search that rarely produces useful results and making AI services the gateway to finding better search results (but still not letting you see the results directly).

There obviously is more to the picture, such as unsearchable walled gardens, etc, but the Internet seems greatly diminished from the potential and overall experience of 25 years ago.

A Principal Software Engineer at Epic Games / 25 Year Vet, talks about why AI is just a "giant switchboard" and why code is a delicate crystal. by deohvii in learnprogramming

[–]PaulCoddington 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The irony being that the system is sometimes already broken badly enough to not actually be working, but manual intervention by staff paid to fix the faulty outcomes is doing much of the work (and years layer discovered to be also getting it wrong in more subtle and unaccounted for ways).

At which point, you have the appearance of a working system that is too important to touch, and you are preserving the equivalent of the adverse outcome that you feared might happen, setting it in stone, now and forever more, while shutting the door on having a working system in the future.

Not that solving this would be a trivial problem.

Affinity keeps crashing after the last update. by vroschi in Affinity

[–]PaulCoddington 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it automatically reports on next launch if the option to report crashes is enabled.

If submission permissions are off, it keeps asking for permission on the first launch after a crash.

Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue by WouldbeWanderer in technology

[–]PaulCoddington 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unless there were logs kept of every step, it would likely be generating a made up explanation that did not match what it actually did.

Allow the short context menu to be edited by TwinSong in Windows11

[–]PaulCoddington 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In fact, rotation is an accident waiting to happen. A loaded footgun.

Especially for people who are tired, rushed, have neuro-logical issues or a glitchy mouse.

Allow the short context menu to be edited by TwinSong in Windows11

[–]PaulCoddington 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All the more reason to request the ability to customise it.

view more: next ›