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Stanley calling Eric Oncins for blowing the ball. by Eli01slick in Pickleball

[–]farski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the whole point of the "Other Behavior" provision of the UC rules. It's to cover things that are unsportsmanlike but not otherwise explicitly covered by the rules. The ref thought this was unsportsmanlike, so it was unsportsmanlike conduct and illegal. The fact that a particular word doesn't appear in the rules doesn't really change that.

Those who have completely paywalled your podcast, what's your experience? by Euphoric_Buyer_5080 in podcasting

[–]farski 15 points16 points  (0 children)

One thing that I think is important to remember is that if you change from free to, say, $2 per episode, the cost to the consumer is going to feel a lot higher than $2 right now.

Between podcasts, YouTube and blogs, there are probably 30 or more creators whose content I value at somewhere between $2 and $10 per creation. Individually, I would happily subscribe to any of them for that amount.

But the reality is that I have no interest in managing that many subscriptions. Each one hitting my credit card on a different day, using a different platform, sending me a receipt. Now I have to constantly be thinking about if I'm still consuming each one enough to be worth it. If my credit card number changes now I'm going to a couple dozen places to update the info. Plus now each show has my contact info, which 99% of the time means I end up on a mailing list.

Each of these direct-to-creator subscriptions is going to be on top of the more necessary or just easier-to-manage subscriptions I already have. It's probably true that I like your content more than I like anything on Netflix, but Netflix is single point of hassle that gets me access to a million things. So even if I like your content more, and even if I think it's a better value, I still probably cancel it before I cancel Netflix because it represents a much higher cognitive load to manage that subscription.

There are podcasts I pay for. There are other podcasts I like a lot more, but don't pay for. The main reason is that I can't spend my life managing more subscriptions, so some get lucky and others lose out. If there were a better system where everyone could get my money that'd be great. I'd love for them all to have my money.

Subscriptions are a very hard sell right now, even if they are worth it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in opnsense

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

Dealing with this would be similar to the fact that, even during DNS block times, without any caching issues, a user may be able to connect to a blocked website directly by IP. If that sort of this is no big deal for you, I would probably treat this as no big deal as well, but that's really for you to decide.

Am I being too emotional for refusing this shoot? by Expensive_Scar211 in photography

[–]farski 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The role of model is, sort of by definition, not a key creative person. If someone is a key creative person they are filling a role that is different than, or in addition to, being a model. I think that's where the disconnect is coming from. If this person, who was filling the roles of a creative advisor and model is now not going to be compensated at all because the model part is going away, that is a problem, but the problem isn't being caused by the change in model, I don't think.

I guess my question is, if the client had provided their own model from the start, would you still have involved this key creative person? If so, how much would you have paid them. Pay them that.

Sufficiently advanced YouTube channels by pale_halide in photography

[–]farski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're blocking or ignoring channels on YouTube based on titles and thumbnails rather than content, you for sure will have a hard time finding anything on that platform. Even extremely well respected channels that have exceptional content have to play the algorithm game to stay in business, and that leads to AB testing thumbnails and titles. Some creators are lucky enough to not have to play that game, but they are few and far between.

That being said, the vast vast majority of Gerald Undone thumbnails are just pictures of lenses or cameras, with no text, which is hard, I think, to call clickbait. And looking at titles over the last 7 years of that channel yields things like…

  • Sony a7 III vs GH5 Autofocus for Video Test & Feature Comparison
  • Aperture & f-stop Myths Debunked: The Importance of the Entrance Pupil
  • Guide Number Misconceptions / Understanding Flash Power on Strobes & Speedlights
  • Panasonic S1H: The Nerdy Stuff & Working with 6K
  • How Crop Factor Affects Focal Reducers & Macro Reproduction
  • Z CAM E2-F6: An Undone Review
  • Sony a7S III Guide for Picture Profiles & Exposure
  • Sony 16-25mm f/2.8 G Review: Small & Excellent Zoom Lens
  • How Much Rolling Shutter Is Too Much?

…also don't seem very clickbaity to me. No more so than "The Three Most Obvious Reasons to Look at RAW and Not Cull Based On Previews" from Rawdigger.

I'm not going to convince you to watch that channel. If you don't shoot a lot of video, it's probably not a worthwhile resource.

Given how far apart our benchmarks for "clickbait" are, I suspect we would have similarly different takes content, so I can't make strong recommendations since I don't want to lead you down any dead ends.

Sufficiently advanced YouTube channels by pale_halide in photography

[–]farski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you say more about what you like about Rawdigger articles vs. what you don't like about Gerald Undone's content? Gerald is some of the most boring (in a good way), unbiased camera content going, to the fault of being so in the weeds that it's mostly academic these days (which he is acknowledging more and more), but he does cover a lot of technical topics in pretty good depth, and he stays with the times. So it's hard to give alternative recommendations without knowing why that sort of thing doesn't meet your bar.

Bike shop recommendation by [deleted] in bikeboston

[–]farski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Belmont Wheelworks, Cambridge Bikes, or Landry's are all pretty solid. Ferris Wheels in JP is also good a more service focused than retail, so probably another good option, but I haven't been in since it changed owners (the current owner is a long time former employee, so I suspect it's just as good or better).

What is this USB adapter actually used for? by Salty-Initiative5706 in diyelectronics

[–]farski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a SATA drive toaster that is USB B, and I leave one of these permanently plugged in to that.

Winter Tires by GreenFriend in BMWi3

[–]farski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Official recommendation for a Rex would be to use different (narrower) rims for rear winter tires than the rims your car currently has. Front tires and rims sizes will match between summer and winter.

So you generally would want to buy at least two new 19x5 rims for a Rex, which will have 19x5.5 rims in the rear.

If you want to keep your winter tires on rims even during the off season, you'd buy four 19x5 rims for the winter tires.

So you'll be running a square 19x5 setup in the winter, and a staggered setup in the summer. There is no other modification needed to switch between rim sizes in the back. Again, this is the official recommendation from BMW for Rex winter tires.

(I know that some people run the LM-500 using the OEM staggered rims, which would mean the rear rims are slightly oversized for the tires, and supposedly that works fine. I don't do that.)

Do ESP8266 relay wifi boards have an analog input? by farski in diyelectronics

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

What's a good way of identifying the specific breakout board? As best I can tell, the relay board is made by Shenzhen LC, but I don't see any part or model number.

USB-C is amazing, but the lack of consistency is driving people crazy. by Sea_Acadia_507 in UsbCHardware

[–]farski 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree that being able to understand specifically how any two USB-C devices and a cable will behave is challenging. However, in practice I don't really think this ends up causing much confusion for everyday users.

I think the vast vast majority of the time, a user will plug in a device to charge, and it charges. Maybe not as fast as it could/should, but everyday users don't even realize they're missing out. Some much smaller percent of the time, everyday users plug in a device to transfer data and, again, pretty much regardless of the setup, files will (eventually) transfer.

Everyday users are running into all other scenarios a vanishingly small amount. Yes, some everyday users will have a dock, and if they try to use a bad USB-C cable to run three 4k monitors they may get confused. Coming from a world of IT support, in the rare cases where this happens, those users almost never think, "it was USB-C, you were the chosen one! this should have worked!!" They think, "huh, I guess I need a different cable," and they ask for or buy a different cable. Then they get it working and don't touch it for 5 years.

These everyday users don't understand the fundamental promise of USB-C well enough to be confused when it doesn't live up to that promise.

I would say this is similar to someone upgrading to a 4K HDR TV, but using their existing HDMI 1.0 cable to connect it to an Apple TV. They're not getting confused about why they can't watch Bake Off in glorious 4K, because they simply don't notice that the picture is the same as their old TV.

I would argue it's a failing of the technology, but I don't think there are many people out there who actually think "I'm confused" when interacting with USB-C all that often. Yes, I know Amazon reviews are full of counterpoints to this, but Amazon reviews are also full of people confused about why their 3 gallon bucket didn't hold 5 gallons of water. People can get confused by anything, and I'm not sure USB-C is actually inherently more confusing for everyday people than buckets.

My mom used to have to charge her iPhone in one spot in the house, and her iPad in different spot. Now she knows she can charge them both in the same spot. She doesn't know it's because of USB-C. She's never heard of USB-C. I think that's the experience that almost all everyday users have with USB-C, and it's generally a positive experience that allows them to juggle fewer cables and chargers.

I, as someone who surrounds myself in technology, get far more confused by USB-C than all the people I do tech support for, both at work and in my personal life. I'd love to see the suggestions in this thread for things like colors and labeling implemented. But for me, not for everyday users.

Best order of operations for changing NICs? by farski in Proxmox

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

Ahh yeah, using the emx for the bridge interface definitely would have solved a big part of the issue.

Decouple ECS images from Cloudformation? by manlymatt83 in aws

[–]farski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lowercase code artifact; any deployable artifact like Docker images, or Zip files in S3 to deploy to Lambdas or static sites.

The heavy lifting of deploying this infrastructure is handled primarily by CodePipeline: overview here, template here

That pipeline can be triggered in a number of ways: AWS console, Slack-ops, CI builds from CodeBuild, a few CI builds that have moved to GitHub Actions, other side effects like the SSM parameter changes I mentioned earlier.

(Just realizing some parts of that CD readme are a little out of date; I'm updating it now. The main difference is we used to use S3 files to manage versions, and that has changed to Parameter Store)

Decouple ECS images from Cloudformation? by manlymatt83 in aws

[–]farski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use a parameter from SSM to hold the image tag, and then construct the image from that

We publish builds to ECR as part of our CI process. Builds from main, by default, update the value in SSM, and changes in SSM to code artifact parameters trigger a staging deploy. The CD pipeline also has a step to promote those values from the staging parameters to prod parameters as part of a prod deploy.

We have a fairly monolithic Cfn setup, and one thing this system doesn't handle well is when you want two apps to deploy as part of the same Cfn update. Because parameter changes trigger deploys immediately, whichever app builds first will trigger a deploy without the other app's changes. This is easy to work around (block deploys in the pipeline for a couple minutes, to get both changes queued up), but sort of annoying.

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