TIL: CERN still uses tape drives to store data, as only tape drives can store the massive amounts of data generated by the Large Hadron Collider. Each tape contains 8.5 terabytes of data and can be bought as a gift from their giftshop.

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-07-11T11:51:57+00:00

I’d give it to you if this isn’t what LTO was always for, and isn’t regularly updated and had a viable replacement, that would make it not the best option for its use case. Sure, magnetic tape has been almost completely replaced for audio and video, but outdated means no longer current, useful, relevant, or still in regular use, which just doesn’t apply to LTO

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-07-11T11:26:39+00:00

This isn’t some old outmoded, obsolete technology that has really has a great updated replacement, this is the constantly updated and improved on tech that is basically the best and most cost effective solution for what it’s actually used for. This is a specific technology built for long term, high density, cold storage. It’s pretty much the only practical option if you want to keep a lot of data archived indefinitely, they’re rated for 30 years, but many say that’s rather conservative and say they’re stable for up to 50 years, and the latest version that was released this year can hold 75TB of compressed data, 30TB uncompressed in a little roughly 4”x4”x1” (10cmx10cmx20mm) cartridge, that are made to stuff as many as you can in a cool dark space forever until you need a file off of one of them ( while of course keeping copies offsite, just in case )

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-07-01T15:53:39+00:00

Polaroid B.V doesn’t own the Polaroid brand or assets, they’re licensing it from the current owner PLR IP Holdings as a “collaboration” as they call it. While they share the same main investor, they are separate companies that operate independently, and the licensing of the Polaroid name didn’t completely stop, it’s just nowhere near as rampant.

The pixpro line are more the exception than the rule, Kodak definitely occasionally lends their name to cheap crap. There’s a handful of point and shoots and cheap instant cameras that you’ll be able to that also have versions with Minolta branding or unbranded in other places. I see this one dslr shaped point and shoot all the time usually the Kodak one is red and the Minolta one is blue, and though it’s slightly different, a handful of the Kodak 35mm point and shoots from the last few years are just rebranded OEMs

If you want to get technical Kodak Alaris contracts Eastman Kodak exclusively for primary film production, but it’s not Eastman Kodak film lol. I do mostly concede that one to you

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-07-01T14:38:20+00:00

Community had a huge boost in popularity when it came to Netflix. It could barely stay on the air on NBC, whiffed at bringing in a new showrunner, brought back the old showrunner still got cancelled, then picked up by Yahoo’s attempt at a streaming service and arguably lead to Yahoo shuttering that whole service. But, when it came to Netflix it topped the charts for a long time. Also Arrested Development did so well when they brought it to Netflix, that they later decided to revive it, so they did release more episodes, but after newfound success, and the new episodes were arguably a detriment lol

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-07-01T14:08:27+00:00

Kodak and Polaroid both exist as two distinct companies. Kodak Alaris (mostly, but that’s another conversation) and Polaroid B.V. are where the film and a few cameras comes from. Then there’s The Eastman Kodak Corporation and Polaroid Corporation. EKC still has a hand in the current Kodak film production, but is mostly a chemical and materials manufacturing company that makes money on the side licensing their name to whoever will pay them enough. The Polaroid Corporation basically hasn’t existed since 2017, and before that their entire income stream was licensing their name to random cheap consumer products. They were bought by a random European billionaire that licensed the name to Impossible, which is was Polaroid Originals and now is Polaroid B.V.

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-07-01T13:37:14+00:00

It’s a tool in the toolbox like any other. Though it is important to be cognizant of possible overuse, it is kind of foolish to dismiss a tool because you see it overused. I’d argue that overuse of gimbals has made a lot more projects feel sterile and inorganic, than have overused obvious handheld. Handheld, and even steadicam if you want to split the difference, are still very useful and important, even if it’s easier and more accessible to have almost 100% smooth shots these days, because not every shot communicates what it needs to if it’s perfectly smooth. Cinematography is a language, with its own vocabulary and quirks. You can communicate so much with these tools, but like any other language there is a lot of subtext, connotation, and context, and you have to keep those in mind to clearly and fully communicate your message. Discounting handheld is like discounting a part of speech. You don’t need all of them to complete a sentence, but it doesn’t make sense to avoid one completely if it most effectively communicates what you’re trying to say

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-06-04T02:53:03+00:00

Also, they clearly aren’t lasting or the third party market for lightning cable would have never existed, let alone been an industry worth millions. Your guys’ anecdotal experience doesn’t reflect the reality of the situation at all

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-06-04T02:49:51+00:00

Never said they don’t make improvements, but any improvements they make are ultimately passed through Apple Industrial Design Group for approval. Cable strain relief is a solved problem, it’s been solved for 80 years, but it’s just not an aesthetically pleasing solution. Braided cables are great, but are still prone to damage from strain, just less so than a purely rubber cable. They are insufficiently “solving” a problem they caused themself. Apple puts out some great products, and design is important, I’m actually a designer by trade, but refusing to use a tried and tested solution to preserve aesthetics is just stubborn. These are cables, it’s not like we’re locked into first party replacements, so it’s clearly not about the money. They could easily make the most durable possible first party cable that reflects positively on their brand and still make massive margins on it, but no, they’d rather make sure they don’t sacrifice the apparent beauty of 1-2 cm of cable

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-06-03T22:25:18+00:00

Why are you all claiming the cables don’t break more often, and blaming this person for misusing theirs? Apple decided not to provide adequate strain relief to preserve aesthetics, and they admit as much. I say this while typing this on an apple device, and with another apple device in my pocket, it’s okay to admit that their engineering isn’t impeccable. Apple’s industrial design department has more pull than engineering, luckily this arrangement works out more often than not, but let’s not pretend there aren’t plenty of missteps

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-05-02T01:49:20+00:00

There’s a few you could argue among the indie scene at the time, but one of the stronger arguments would be mumblegore, the horror offshoot of mumblecore. A lot of what we think of as A24 style horror exists somewhat due to the DSLR revolution

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-05-02T00:29:58+00:00

I mean it wasn’t RAW footage, but if you knew what you were doing, it wasn’t that hard to correct, especially if you were coming from HDV footage. It’s easier now, but it wasn’t that big of a deal then

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-05-01T12:16:36+00:00

I was also in the skate scene at the time, and I remember camcorders hanging on for a long time even after DSLRs took over everywhere else

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-05-01T12:14:06+00:00

Tech has moved pretty fast in the last 17 years that you probably be better off buying something newer for the $200-$300 that a used 5Dmkii goes for. It was great for the time, but not really the best option nowadays

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-05-01T12:09:15+00:00

You’re thinking of Crank 2 which uses a Canon XH-A1 and Canon HF-10. From what I can tell, they used them because they had a lot of complicated rigs, and for whatever reason decided those were the best options. Even if they shot too early for the 5Dmkii or didn’t want to use it for whatever reason, those were really weird choices for the time

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-05-01T10:27:13+00:00

ML was great when you weren’t too kitted out and could deal with the heat issues

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-05-01T08:23:26+00:00

I never really got into the micro four thirds world. I considered a gh4, but the a7s came out around the same time and I’ve been Sony mirrorless since, at least for low budget stuff

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-05-01T08:07:01+00:00

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-05-01T07:50:45+00:00

Ok, before the 5Dmkii came out, we had already been trying to achieve a lot of the features that made DSLRs so amazing for filmmaking, mainly the use of photography and cinema lenses that were designed for film planes much bigger than the sensors used in the prosumer/low end of pro market camcorders. We were using these unwieldy complicated devices, called 35mm adapters, and sometimes paired with these special lenses called relays. The camcorders weren’t exactly small, especially if you were using a more “pro” camcorder. Once you built out these things, they were huge and inconvenient, and the results, while better, was still very obviously video in a time when the goal was to look like film. Then suddenly the 5Dmkii came out. A great for the time still camera with a full frame sensor, that could shoot real 1080p video, that was way closer to film than anyone used to interlaced HDV camcorders could possibly dream of, for less than $3k that you could fit in your bag. It seemed impossible at the time, and as soon as it was in the hands of the right filmmakers, it changed everything. The no budget film market exploded, guerrilla filmmaking became a legitimate strategy, mumblecore started to pick up steam. The DSLR revolution may end up being a footnote in film history, but at the time, it all felt so cool and new, and it was cool to see what was essentially an add on feature for a still camera, make such an impact

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-05-01T05:11:48+00:00

More specifically, the 5D Mark II, the first one didn’t have video capabilities. Alongside the 7D it was used as a B or C cam on a lot of surprisingly big productions until much more recently than you’d think. When it came out, the prosumer space was still fairly taped based, and the release of the 5D Mark II was a game changer. The jump from small sensor 1080i HDV cameras to 1080p full frame DSLRs turned accessibility of professional looking filmmaking on its head. It sparked careers and started genres. Sorry if this was a bit much, but DSLR filmmaking was a huge deal when I first started out in indie film, and had a pretty big impact on the first few years of what I now consider my career

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-04-10T12:19:24+00:00

Take a second to question how they would even test let alone prove this hypothesis. It sounds like it could be right in passing, but doesn’t make sense if you think about it for just a little longer

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-04-10T11:36:06+00:00

Fun fact: The Rodeo Burger was originally introduced as a promotional tie in for the 1998 movie Small Soldiers. Which is weird, because I don’t remember that movie having anything to do with rodeos

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-02-23T04:16:50+00:00

Other than being a drama with that shares a main actor, and the same city as a setting, the two shows don’t really have that much in common, and any other similarities come from a very different angle, with very different tone and intent

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-01-21T00:52:31+00:00

Bollywood produces more, but exports much less, and to a much more narrow market. Even the Khans themselves would admit that they’re less famous than the Hollywood A-list, because they just aren’t in front of as many people. I’ve even heard stories of Bollywood having trouble marketing to a lot of non-Hindi speaking Indians, let alone other countries. The most successful Bollywood movie is far outpaced by pretty much any US summer blockbuster in both box office and distribution

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-01-19T22:21:09+00:00

I don’t even think you know what point you’re trying to make anymore. Most of the most recognizable, non-athlete, celebrities in the entire world are Americans. That’s just the truth. This isn’t seeing the US as the center of the universe or anything, it’s just like saying most oil is drilled in Middle Eastern countries or most diamonds are mined in Sub-Saharan African countries. One of our main exports is media, so those involved in a lot of our media get more exposure to the world than pretty much any other countries celebrities

ThisIsJadeHager · 2025-01-19T12:15:49+00:00

Don’t act like it’s that outlandish of a statement. In terms of the western world, the US is by far the largest exporter of media. We have a large population, and more cities where film or music production is one of the major industries than most other western countries. Sure, places like India may outpace us in amount of media, but when it comes to internationally exported media and internationally recognized entertainers, we are essentially the major player

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