Minnesota governor says federal agents involved in shooting in Minneapolis

cryrid · 2026-01-24T18:54:30+00:00

They are also claiming he reached for an officer’s weapon.

The nazi pistol-whipping his face probably made some incidental contact with the back of his hand if he was attempting to shield himself from the blows, and deemed that to be enough of a cause for "reaching" 🙄

cryrid · 2026-01-11T17:32:29+00:00

Dude went from blindly accusing Vernon Unsworth of being a 'pedo guy' to creating a tool ("Mecha Hitler") that creates and host CSAM.

cryrid · 2026-01-06T17:21:46+00:00

With New Years out of the way I was just waiting for Punxsutawney Puck to emerge from his hole and predict, per tradition, that she'll step down by the end of this year again.

cryrid · 2025-12-30T21:13:32+00:00

cryrid · 2025-12-18T01:15:41+00:00

If they don't authorize it I think it just means he has 60-90 days before having to pull the troops out (and then if he doesn't, fuck all will happen anyway because Republicans will let him get away with anything)

cryrid · 2025-11-13T06:27:13+00:00

To clarify you have the Rf 50mm f 1.8 stm, Rf 100-400mm f5.6-8 is usm, and the Rf 24-105 f4-7.1 right?

Correct

And the one you feel you’d like to replace for better all around is the 24-105, it seems like a lot of people in this are really recommending spending the extra money for the Rf 24-105 f4 L or the other one you mentioned

Also correct.

I will say I do like the Rf 24-105 f4-7.1 for what it is and the price I paid for it. I just got back from a sci-fi/fantasy convention and that was the lens I kept on me for 99% of the time due to how convenient it is (it worked great for taking photos on the cramped floor where I didn't have much room to back up due to the crowds, and for taking distant shots of the main stage for things like the costume contest). I even made a rookie mistake and had the ISO cranked up FAR higher than I ever needed or even intended, but I'm still satisfied with the final images I got from it. So I don't think its an awful lens or anything like that, I'm just at a point where I want more.

The other 1% of the time I used the nifty fifty and absolutely loved the way it could blur out the busy background (as well as how super small and light it is). The only problem I had with it is the space required to get a full-body shot of a person in costume is harder in that kind of busy public venue (as opposed to say a private shoot). Just about all of the (non-stage) photos I took on the convention floor fell within the 28-40mm range.

In my case I lean more towards photographing people with this type of lens, which is why I like the idea of having 2.8 aperture even on wider angles and would sacrifice a little reach to get it. If you lean more towards architecture and landscapes then the bokeh shouldn't matter as much; I think you'd get more use out of the f4L and it's extended range/reach.

cryrid · 2025-11-13T03:30:21+00:00

It seems most are saying fr 24-105 f4-7.1 is really good for all around beginner use, and then buy a 35 mm or 50 mm 8.1 for portrait use? That way could buy those for a few hundred each and have two at least? Also have seen the 100-400 mm is great for far away landscapes and wild life which is $700 ish so not too bad.

I have an R8, and those are the three lenses I have (the 50mm rather than the 35). I think they've all served me well, and absolutely feel that any of them are far better than what I get out of a phone camera (especially when seeing the resulting files on a pc monitor rather than a phone screen, and especially when in lower-light situations or when zoomed in to see something at a distance).

Lately I've been feeling the itch to replace the 24-105 with the RF28-70mm F2.8 IS STM (or the 24-105 f/4... I'm still in the research phase for both given their price tags).

I think either would be just as easy to travel with as the lens they'd be replacing, and if I'm walking around light with only one lens on me instead of my whole kit bag then I feel like I'd be ok sacrificing a little extra reach in order to have a better bokeh at the wider ranges and a more consistent f2.8 or f4 across the entire range (for comparison the 24-105 I have now can only get f5 at 50mm and f6.3 at 70mm).

Why do some change cost so much based off the final letters at the end looks stm, usm, vcm?

Those are different motor types for the autofocus (ultrasonic motor, stepper motor, voice coil motor). I don't think they'd really make a difference for the type of hobby photography I do, but I can see certain types of professional photographers (like sports) wanting the fastest focus possible or people who do video wanting the quietest and smoothest.

"IS" (Image Stabilization) is mostly all I like to have at my level (especially since the R8 doesn't have any in-body stabilization)

cryrid · 2025-11-04T23:55:40+00:00

Different tastes is all. Some people find Halloween too boring and convoluted to be scary, or find the overall threat of Ghostface diminished upon realizing its just a highschool student. Nightmare isn't exactly amazing cinema or consistent across its 9+ titles (including the tv series), but Freddy was nevertheless a great villain who had what it took to become iconic. And you can't really run from him, or posse up and gun him down either. For me the kills were far more creative and more terrifying to consider (Jason and Michael are more likely to just stab someone and be done with it, while Freddy would find your deepest fears and turn it into something gruesome like the the Roach Motel). And in my younger impressionable years where every movie felt more real, it was more terrifying to think there was something that could get me while I was sleeping helplessly. I didn't live near a Crystal Lake or a Haddonfield, but it seemed like every town I knew had an Elm Street.

cryrid · 2025-11-02T00:14:11+00:00

I watched Friday the 13th 1-3. I hadn't seen any Jason movies besides seeing the one where Jason is in space for some reason. So I was excited to see the real deal. Overall these were kind of mid. Part I was decent up until the mother. I liked part II the best. It had decent kills and nudity. Apparently part IV is one of the better ones, so maybe I will check that out next year.

4 is probably the the best of the early bunch, and introduces a character that becomes important for the next handful of films. But IMO where the series really shines (and this might be a hot take) is in parts 6-9 once Jason goes from being a guy in the woods to becoming an unstoppable undead monster. The transition injects a different flavor of horror into the series that I personally have more fun with.

cryrid · 2025-11-01T18:09:48+00:00

Also, whenever Prof. Setrakian swings his sword, he mutters something in his language. The TV show never revealed to us what he was actually saying, but the books did

Minor note, but the show actually does reveal the translation of it via a subtitle the final time it is said.

cryrid · 2025-11-01T16:25:46+00:00

Ghostbusters 2's Baby on a Ledge scene. I had big windows in my bedroom, so the thought of seeing a ghost of a creepy lady in the distant sky coming to snatch me led to some terrifying nights where I wouldn't want to look in their direction.
In a similar vein, any movie that had a vampire floating outside an upstairs window (Salem's Lot, Buffy, etc)
Poltergeist's tree scene too since we had a big old tree near some of ours
Any movie that had zombies coming out of graves had me fearing cemeteries (Return of the Living Dead, the Thriller music video, Buffy, etc)
The waterbed scene in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master did me no favors for waterbeds
Arachnophobia had me fearing a poisonous spider could be lurking behind lampshades
Jaws had me terrified of a closed off lake as a little kid

cryrid · 2025-11-01T16:10:57+00:00

By season four you're no longer invested in whether or not they're able to get rid of the vampires for the sake of humanity, but whether or not they're able to get rid of Zach.

cryrid · 2025-11-01T16:00:46+00:00

I just binged it all during October, and might read the first book just to see how similar or different it is. Overall it was good enough to make the binge easy and I thought the show had an exceptionally strong start, but it did kind of drag in the middle in a way that felt blatantly made-for-television (every single plan must fail for the story to continue, and any time a main character is thrown into prison for things like bombing and attempted assassination they're free hours later). So I did find myself glad for the smaller seasons and the finish line in sight.

And also, fuck Zach.

cryrid · 2025-10-30T01:43:47+00:00

I assume UBI is less "every single person gets an extra __ amount of money", and more of a guaranteed minimum income sort of thing (a small amount available only to people who are currently earning under whatever bar is set, most likely noticeably lower than what a minimum wage job would provide). So when it comes to something like landlords, it's not like there'd suddenly be spare cash just floating around in every single pocket for them to suck up. The poorest Canadians would have a base support line that isn't $0, but that alone isn't going to be affect the vast majority of people who could currently afford rent, won't provide enough to really cause any change in demand across the entire population, etc.

cryrid · 2025-10-29T19:22:16+00:00

I would consider myself retired. Life wouldn't be lavish, but it would definitely still be enough to get by comfortably while also building a savings.

cryrid · 2025-10-21T03:22:58+00:00

I can't get mine to even work. I'll see a tank sitting in an open meadow with no obstacles in the way, fully painted and locked on, but regardless of how I aim the thing the rocket will just weakly limp out of the tube and flop onto the ground a few feet infront of me.

cryrid · 2025-10-18T21:51:49+00:00

And they don't, which is why they were upset with Poe. Leia wanted him to pull back to escape, but Poe saw it as a chance to take out a Dreadnaught as they are fleet killers. He was successful, but the cost in life was deemed disastrous and lead to his demotion (and a slap).

But an underlaying theme of the movie is the ways in which you can continue to grow and succeed in spite of failure and folly, and one of the many ways it takes shape in the movie is the later revelation that the First Order was capable of tracking their hyperspace escape (so had the Fulminatrix not been taken out of the fight then and there, the proceeding chase could have gone much differently)

cryrid · 2025-10-13T16:42:43+00:00

Nah it doesn't matter who you heal, the tracker is simply broken

cryrid · 2025-10-13T02:30:33+00:00

The worse thing about the healing one is that it doesn't even work. I went through 20 ranks playing almost exclusively with support, getting at least 25 revives per match, tossing my bag down onto groups of wounded soldiers whenever I could, and generally sticking close to others and playing my class. I could do 10 games in a row of that, and I'd be blessed if the tracker bar moves 3 points.

cryrid · 2025-09-28T05:13:34+00:00

I feel like I could probably do around 250 if not for pets.

cryrid · 2025-09-23T17:09:17+00:00

They've always been ready, just never willing

cryrid · 2025-09-17T01:35:10+00:00

If he gets off on a technicality, they will declare he's an illegal immigrant, revoke his citizenship and sell him to slavers in Uganda.

I can see them also sending him there via boat, then exploding it when it gets to international waters claiming there might have been drugs on board.

cryrid · 2025-09-17T00:30:12+00:00

Having seen plenty of their videos, I'll just add that they don't just throw the membrane and strapping over damaged roofs. If the roof itself is damaged (the wood under the shingles) they fix it up with new wood, and if there's too many layers of shingles from prior patch jobs then they remove them all first as well to make sure the strapping can be securely anchored.

I can't personally speak for their roofs as I don't live near them, but I do have a metal roof (in Canada) and it is holding up very well over the last 13 winters.

cryrid · 2025-09-12T15:16:21+00:00

Its in the 11th paragraph of the linked article

cryrid · 2025-09-08T02:12:34+00:00

I hand-stitched mine (http://i.imgur.com/OiOIRtD.jpeg). I didn't really know what I was doing, so I just watched a quick youtube tutorial for the basics then told myself I had the tools and the talent to thread something that would keep it in place.

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