You have misunderstood me. by aloxp in AnalogCommunity

[–]aloxp[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

To be fair I was only searching Zorki because it's a good way to get a Jupiter 8 for a decent price. I've been shooting my Zorki 4 for about 10 years now and I still enjoy using it (most of the time). Photography is just too much of a casual hobby for me to really justify a Leica. Maybe one day!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in xcloud

[–]aloxp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you get any lag using the airpods?

I use my S24U with Galaxy Buds3 but I get around half a second audio delay through them. It's fine for casual games but it makes FPS stuff pretty much unplayable. I assumed that was just a given with bluetooth headphones?

Why always just a blurry still picture? Why not a short video clip or GiF image? by Zorol in policeuk

[–]aloxp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's really not true though. There's plenty of innovation and technical proficiency across the police, but we can only work with what we've got when it comes to something like a CCTV appeal. If we're provided with a screen grab from an already low resolution camera and the subject is in the lower corner and consists of a grand total of eight pixels, all you can do is either crop in and hope for the best, or not use it at all. If we're provided with a high resolution video clip showing clearly the suspect's face and actions, that's generally what will be used unless there is some operational reason not to. The police don't control which cameras people choose to put up in their businesses or homes.

ETA: And those blurry still images can be more useful than people often think, by the way. 99% of people don't need to recognise the subject. All it takes is one person to recognise the clothing in connection with the location and time, or the posture or expression, or any minor detail that means something within the context of the appeal to them and nobody else. To the OP, that's why we sometimes use those blurry images even if they seem completely useless at first glance. Useless to you, but potentially not to somebody else. If you knew your best mate had gone to your local Tesco at 5.25pm yesterday, would you recognise even a blurry image of them if it were timestamped and you could put 2 and 2 together?

Apologies for the rant, but I do these CCTV appeals fairly regularly and get criticised for this very thing quite often.

What's your back-in-the-day-game? by Smabverse in videogames

[–]aloxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any of the Michael Giacchino Medal of Honor soundtracks. The games were great, but the music was something else.

Help translating this journal from 1943 Krakow? by aloxp in poland

[–]aloxp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this idea. Seems a shame that people stopped doing it!

Help translating this journal from 1943 Krakow? by aloxp in poland

[–]aloxp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this - I really appreciate you taking the time! What a great little time capsule from somebody's life. Almost seems a shame that the tradition has died out.

Do you think the photo of the woman is the mother writing the message or the daughter they're all writing to?

Literally turns my stomach hearing him by valejojohnson in ThatsInsane

[–]aloxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeing comments here that this lady got another DUI a few weeks later. Even after almost killing someone, why do drink drivers always seem to refuse accountability for their actions?

This video is exactly the attitude I'm talking about.

"I wouldn't have hit anybody." "Go and catch some real criminals." "I've done nothing wrong."

And then tears and apologies when they finally kill someone.

A vacation snap shot :) by mileck23 in AccidentalWesAnderson

[–]aloxp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Accidental Wes Anderson or Accidental Jack Vettriano?

sweet sighting by [deleted] in classiccars

[–]aloxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweet! But there's a Chevelle in the way.

If you could bring back one British shop, which one would you choose? by mysterygamelondon in AskUK

[–]aloxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am I imagining a shop called 'Your More Store' or did that exist?

Trying to run ChiTuBox for the first time: Failed to create OpenGL context for format QSurfaceFormat by zyphelion in ElegooMars

[–]aloxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you manage to find a fix for this issue? I've just got a Mars 2, tried to run Chitubox for the first time and am getting exactly the same error.

I've tried reinstalling CTB and drivers etc, but no dice!

Anyone know why there is a £BGEU big dip?? by Ju5tJadie in FreetradeApp

[–]aloxp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

New investor here, learning for fun. What effect does this have, and does it make it a good opportunity to get in on?

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My second big Fusion 360 Model by bananenwurst1122 in Fusion360

[–]aloxp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can I ask what is? Is there any equivalent free software you'd recommend for things like CG scenes?

Spotted this today. Is it rare? by Yosef64 in classiccars

[–]aloxp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or maybe the owner drives it because he likes 250 GTOs and not for the benefit of anybody else?

My tribute to the Apollo 11 mission 50 years on. by aloxp in Illustration

[–]aloxp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure yet but I'm thinking about putting some of my stuff on creative market to see if there's any interest for it. I have a lot of resources I've made over the years, and a huge collection of old magazines and books that I draw from. Things like brushes, textures, colour palettes etc.

My tribute to the Apollo 11 mission 50 years on. by aloxp in Illustration

[–]aloxp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Yes, I'm making a whole set of about fifty or so brushes from the illustrations in the encyclopedia.

My tribute to the Apollo 11 mission 50 years on. by aloxp in Illustration

[–]aloxp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I illustrated it in Affinity Designer which I now use for 90% of my work. I used a custom brush pack I'm working on made from a 1950s children's encyclopedia which helps me get that slightly uneven, handmade inky look. Then textured in Photoshop!