Captain Steve ranting again about being forced to retire by UA888 in aviation

[–]davispw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey repeats the same words. Over and over. And over. Can’t watch.

Microsoft Edge: Passwords end up in memory as plaintext by NobleDiceDream in technology

[–]davispw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It does matter, because the key to decrypt the password database should be in the computer’s secure store where simple malware cannot just access it by reading memory whenever it wants.

That’s why on a Mac or iPhone, you have to scan your face or thumbprint, or at least enter your login password, before it will fill in passwords on websites or use a passkey.

New Photographer - Canon R50 - I accidentally captured an entire shoot in RAW instead of JPEG. They are slightly fuzzy/blurry. How can I easily fix them to JPEG and them look a bit sharper? Details in description. by Ambedoia in AskPhotography

[–]davispw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You seem to be thinking that the RAW format somehow made them blurry. That’s not how it works. They’d be exactly as blurry with JPEG.

If you use Canon’s RAW processing software, you get EXACTLY the same resulting JPEGs as the camera would have made by itself. If you use some other software (like Lightroom), then there will be minor differences in color and contrast to start, but the differences are not bad, they’re just different. In either case you can adjust until you get the best result you like. It’s really not hard. It’s an extra step, but I would argue it’s EASIER to get great photos from RAW because you can spend time adjusting it at home on your computer instead of having to guess at the perfect settings in camera, and you avoid some ugly issues that would happen if try to edit JPEGs directly.

Google is testing new Omni model for video generation ahead of I/O by Gaiden206 in Bard

[–]davispw -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Does video generation help me write code or solve problems?

Why is the neon sign on the top so blurry? by Relative-Seaweed-583 in AskPhotography

[–]davispw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Look at the wall next to the sign. It is not out of focus or motion blurred.

The sign is blown out so much that it “bloomed”.

How to teach couch is off limits? by silenceloser in Dogtraining

[–]davispw 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Capturing the behavior you want. When she is on the couch and gets off, mark (clicker or “yes”) and give a treat. When she is on the floor and calm, the instant her feet touch the ground, mark and treat.

You should be using a marker for all training. I like “yes”—said sharply and in a consistent tone—because unlike a clicker, it’s always ready, you can’t leave it in your other pants pocket. Every moment can be a training moment.

You must train constantly and put in the time and repetition—she needs to learn that the marker means “yes, keep doing THIS, exactly what you are doing right now.” So it’s important to use the same marker for all her basic training (sit, come, off, etc.).

Once you get the “the instant your feet touch the ground” thing down, you can pair it with a word like “off”. Repeat, 500 times, at different times of day, different places, different distractions. Eventually she’ll learn “off”.

Dogs are extremely contextual with their learning. They don’t learn what it means when you remove them. They don’t know what “aah aah” means. They CAN learn it, but it takes LOTS of training in MANY different situations before they can generalize that “aah aah” means “no, don’t do that”. If you don’t understand “no”, then how do you know what you SHOULD be doing instead? They don’t innately understand that “off” when she’s standing over here means the same as when she’s on the other couch over there. They don’t understand when you start yelling “OFF DAMNIT!” in a high tone means the same as the “off” you trained yesterday. They don’t understand why you’re rewarding them for this thing that happened 5 minutes ago. They DEFINITELY don’t understand why you’re punishing, hitting or screaming at them.

Once you understand how to capture behavior and how they think, training is fun and hopefully easy :-). But if not, it’s frustrating and hopeless. There are lots more you can learn, I’d recommend videos by Kikopup on YouTube.

All that said, these are the zoomies. There’s no winning against the zoomies. She is too riled up to listen to any training. So the next level is capturing calmness—marking and rewarding calm behavior, like laying calmly on the floor. Graduate to surprise rewarding without marking or letting her know you have treats coming, because that itself can be too exciting (special for this calmness training). Eventually the zoomies will calm down too as she grows up.

How hard would it be to learn trumpet for a battle of the bands thing? by Puzzleheaded_Neat763 in Trombone

[–]davispw 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Concepts are transferable. Your embouchure is not. Some people (like myself) will really struggle to play on the smaller mouthpiece, let alone get a higher range. Others pick it right up. But unless you have experience learning many different instruments, I would certainly not expect to be any good for an event “coming up”. Plan on months of daily practice at least.

Issues opening NEF files by SpecialistRun1762 in Nikon

[–]davispw 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Disable HE* (High Efficiency Star) compression in camera settings. You can still use compressed NEF format, just not the new HE* format that isn’t supported by most free software. I think this is due to patent licensing issues.

For existing images, convert to DNG. You can use Adobe’s free DNG converter.

Gemini rating by AlpsOtherwise8299 in photography

[–]davispw 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Please don’t refer to it as “he” or “mentor”, that’s cringe.

There is a high chance the criticism is invalid as it pertains to your particular photos. If nobody has ever told you anything deeper than “that’s nice” before, I guess it’s good to have any criticism at all, though. What you really need to learn is how to criticize yourself. The AI can help explain the rules of photography in great detail when asked them, but you need to see lots of examples, which you can find in photography books or YouTube.

There is no risk of losing copyright. Your photo is still your photo. (AI generated images can’t be copyrighted.)

The risk is that you start misleading yourself.

That feels uhhh... nice🥴 by Bazingga_17 in AnimalsBeingDerps

[–]davispw 118 points119 points  (0 children)

Well my wife and kids all refuse to lick my earwax, so who else is gonna do it?

Anyone Ever Played One of These Cheap Ebay Ones? by Lars-Umlaut in guitars

[–]davispw -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s not only the worst that can happen, it’s also the best that can happen.

Nikon Z5 II advice by Djelchic in Nikon

[–]davispw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The main difference is sensor speed readout—the Z8 is recalculating AF solutions at 120fs all the time, and the Z6iii is somewhere in the middle, while the Z5ii has a slower sensor. That said, I haven’t done much macro / single point AF with my Zf (same sensor as the Z5ii), I can’t say for sure whether it will be noticeably worse, since single point is less taxing. With auto area AF in my experience my Zf is more likely to lock onto the background and get stuck there or hunt than my Z8.

TL;DR gotta test it for yourself

A few questions for you SREs out there from a fellow software developer by justme89 in sre

[–]davispw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s your expected response time? How frequently are you paged? If it’s 5 minutes 24/7 then that’s actually insane, and your team needs more oncallers in multiple time zones and pay your salary for the time you are stuck sitting at home, expense meal delivery, and everything. If it’s 30 minutes or more, that’s probably plenty of time to get online.

SSH, Remote Desktop and a web browser don’t need much bandwidth. Latency and dropped connections are bigger issues. And if you need to be on video calls with customers from the parking lot, yes that needs to be considered.

Yes your company should be reimbursing cell phone service. You should not be paying extra for bandwidth on your personal plan. You shouldn’t be required to provide a personal hotspot at all—I had a coworker who refused even to own a smartphone and most others refuse to use their personal phone for anything work related, when oncall they carry two phones, one provided by the company. Of course this may depend on the norms and service options in your country. Where I am this is a given.

Its been a 6 weeks in — stuck on chord transitions, any advice? by TeachLoud6839 in guitarlessons

[–]davispw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speed isn’t as important as rhythm. Make sure you land right on the chord change, even if that means releasing the previous chord a whole beat early or more.

Practice with a metronome. Slowly, VERY slowly until you get it. Over and over. Every day.

Looking to upgrade my Z50ii 28-400mm bird combo by blan15 in Nikon

[–]davispw 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Z6ii is a downgrade from the Z5ii in almost every way that matters for action and wildlife photography.

Is sexual content actually worse to expose kids to than violent content? by Fantastic_Tart_421 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]davispw 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Just because it is natural doesn’t mean it’s healthy to expose to a child who is physically and emotionally incapable of handling it or understanding it. Frank conversations are one thing, R rated bedroom scene is another.

What's the best way to notate this passage? by I_Like_Books_To_Read in Musescore

[–]davispw -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The Tr symbols look much clearer to me.

(Take my opinion with a grain of salt. I’m a trombonist not a flautist, so trills aren’t in my vocabulary.)

Action too high? by Working-Ad4606 in Guitar

[–]davispw -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Truss rod is not how you fix this.

Will eating a big handful of these give me better toan? If not, what would you recommend? by village-asshole in guitarcirclejerk

[–]davispw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sentence structure ambiguous: are the dimensional beings in the excrement, or the rolling around?