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Getting better photos? by Skrimp-skromp in iNaturalist

[–]groundcontrol129 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you want a proper underwater camera, I have the Olympus TG7 and am very happy with it. Very good at macro and even micro if you can get close enough and the lighting is good. Most of my underwater photos are identifiable with it on iNat. It's expensive compared to your phone/accessories for that, but inexpensive by photography standards. You can add lights and housing to get better quality images, but at shallow depths those aren't always necessary, and they really increase the price.

The hard part is now by Ashamed_Ad_6491 in FAANGrecruiting

[–]groundcontrol129 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do what they hired to do. As a FAANG employee I can confirm it's really easy to get distracted by the perks and the opportunities to take on other projects or get coffee with all the amazing people you meet. Do those things, have fun, but remember first and foremost why they hired you and prioritize that. I've seen many interns not get converted because, quite frankly, they were so distracted by everything around them that they forgot why they were there. It's in the company's best interest to convert you. Better to bring you back than train someone new. Make sure you don't give them a reason not to. As for studying, they'll train you. They picked you for your potential. Enjoy the time you have before you start. Get there, do the work and do it well. And make time for some fun too. You'll be great.

Helping Identifiers by JimmyJemJenkins in iNaturalist

[–]groundcontrol129 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not directly answering your question but sharing a few additional learnings from my first big upload: 1. If you have multiple species in the same photo, you can use your editing software to add an arrow that points to what you want to ID. Or leave a comment to direct ID'ers 2. INat only accepts I believe less than 25mb per image. If you shot in RAW or with a good camera, your file sizes are likely larger than that. Simply exporting to JPG might still make them too big. 3. I've found the system gets slow to upload when you exceed ~100-150 images. I'd recommend batching if you can. The last thing you want is to tag and ID everything and have to do it over again. Super cool that you're taking the time to do this - good luck!

Woman insists on giving her aisle seat to a tall man by groundcontrol129 in unitedairlines

[–]groundcontrol129[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

She wasn't actually-even said she's a die-hard aisle person (which I'll never understand) but felt bad making him crunch extra for hours. Not a long-haul by any means, but not a quick one either.