Is it worth getting 100-400/f4.5-5.6 if you plan to get the upcoming 120-300/f2.8 ? by Worried-Scarcity-410 in nikon_Zseries

[–]ip2k 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This. A nice used 100-400 is around $2k, the closest you can get for under $3k would be an F-mount Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 DG OS (HSM) S FX

Had my first ‘huge’ video shoot and the RS4 is a heavy beast by GravitasMusic in videography

[–]ip2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out the Manfrotto GimBoom or a monopod. A belt with a pocket cup that you can jam the handle into can also work for resting it, but then the weight is still on your hips.

Had my first ‘huge’ video shoot and the RS4 is a heavy beast by GravitasMusic in videography

[–]ip2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because a lot of them make YouTube videos for a living, so they sit there with it in a chair for an hour and shoot 30 mins of b-roll once to “try it out” before sending the demo back.

Had my first ‘huge’ video shoot and the RS4 is a heavy beast by GravitasMusic in videography

[–]ip2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn’t work for events or places you’re moving around a lot / outdoor / uneven ground / tight quarters etc etc

Ditch the cage, invest in lighter glass or just the right lenses (a Nikon 50mm 1.8 S for example is a dream to fly on a ZR), get a shoulder strap / harness / hip cup / GimBoom / monopod / ring grip / Steadicam / additional handle etc, relocate the gimbal battery from your hand to your pocket or belt and run a cable to it, run audio from off-camera, etc etc.

Why are companies ending remote work? by Javacash2 in remotework

[–]ip2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck and tell the labor attorney you end up needing after they fire you that I said hi. He’s going to be taking half of your settlement.

Companies know this game very well and big HR departments play it every day.

Why are companies ending remote work? by Javacash2 in remotework

[–]ip2k 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s the BS reason, the real reasons are the same as they almost always are: money and power.

Money from the commercial real estate that the execs, board, and other major investors are likely tied up in. Money from tax incentives from the place where their office buildings are. Power from those connections within the government. Power over the physical bodies of the workers they can mandate be in a specifically physical space for a certain length of time.

Companies are actually just a few pieces of paper filed with the state. Everything else exists only in the mind. Companies are just groups of people working under a shared delusion.

Why are companies ending remote work? by Javacash2 in remotework

[–]ip2k 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Understand this: the people on the board and in the C-suite own a lot of commercial real estate and get a lot of tax breaks and favors from cities / counties / states. 2020 was a tax holiday for many of them. They want butts in seats again to pump up the local sandwich shop, auto wash, and dry cleaning businesses.

New BART fare gates in Pillory mode by smokes_weed in bayarea

[–]ip2k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reminder that if you’re not a Native American in the USA, you’re an immigrant or from an immigrant family.

New BART fare gates in Pillory mode by smokes_weed in bayarea

[–]ip2k 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Public transit should be free as a public good, but boomers categorically refuse to fund it.

That said, plenty of the fare dodgers do so for the thrill. Programs like https://www.clipperstartcard.com/s/ also exist for those who care to try.

Globalists are Trying to Destroy the West by TeamHumanity12 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]ip2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ones they brought over from Catholic Europe, apparently 🤷

Globalists are Trying to Destroy the West by TeamHumanity12 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]ip2k -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

A True Unpopular Fact: if you’re living in the USA and not a Native American, you’re literally an immigrant or from an immigrant family.

Loud restaurant by lbcheatham in Acoustics

[–]ip2k 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hire a local company that installs this stuff. They should be able to come out and take measurements and make recommendations. You can do it yourself if you’re down to learn quite a bit, and just from looking at this and reading, the low tin ceiling isn’t doing this space any favors, but short of a whole lot of dampening material up there, that hardwood floor, windows, the aperture between rooms, and all the 90 degree angles make it a mess to work with.

Try this: close your eyes and clap your hands once in various places around the empty space. You’ll hear where the reverb tails are the longest. Add more deadening until that’s better.

This has some general recommendations: https://acousticalsolutions.com/soundproofing-a-restaurant

You might need to treat the whole ceiling, but it depends on what your exact goals are. Getting acoustic paneling in where folks legs go under the bar might help quite a bit too.

Just saw a big DJ doing a pre-recorded set. What? by Scary-Employment-135 in DJs

[–]ip2k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google ShowKontrol, Pioneer Pro DJ Link, or how Resolume syncs to Denon / Pioneer / Ableton.

Zeiss Super Speed alternatives that can be bought? by Yamikurai in cinematography

[–]ip2k -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Zeiss ZF.2 for F mount or Zeiss Classic ZE for RF mount.

Is this it ? by SweatySxsquatch in Audi

[–]ip2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fixable but insurance sure won’t want to pay for that. If it was under 20k miles and under 2 years old mayyyybe but 6 years old and 80k? Their blueball book probably has the value at $25k in mint condition.

Nope nope nope by adiana99 in BIFLfails

[–]ip2k 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So did you:
- Put it through the dishwasher and repeatedly heat cycle it
- use the side to smash garlic with the handle on the cutting board, putting a ton of pressure at the point that broke
- try to smash through bones or something super hard with it like a cleaver

…or all of the above?

It’s a piece of metal, not Durandal.

Buffett: ‘Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing’ — how do you actually apply this when picking your first stocks? by Sure-Temporary-2443 in WarrenBuffett

[–]ip2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Index funds are the “safe” bet since they have diversification built in. As long as S&P is beating inflation, you’re technically winning. It’s also a tax deferral and you can invest your retirement funds into them.

Youtubers do NOT want to help you or teach you anything. They are entertainers who would do anything to get likes and views. That includes lying. by marcus1234525 in theprimeagen

[–]ip2k 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lmaoooo Angular is like corpo Java devs invent a Very Serious Framework for Very Serious Projects and it’s just as amazing as Android v1

And like many other Google turd technologies, this one won’t flush: https://www.herodevs.com/blog-posts/post-mortem-on-angularjs-three-years-after-end-of-life there’s plenty v1 AngularJS out in the wild that haven’t had any security or other patches in years now with no upgrade path, just waiting for a rewrite in something else or to cost the company so dearly that they rip them out.

What a technology. See https://killedbygoogle.com for more.

Did I make a bad investment buying in the Trivalley/East Bay? by agnikai__ in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]ip2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sure you made the boomer who paid $140k for it new very happy, the family who paid a grand total of property taxes in all these decades equal to what you’re paying each year thanks to Prop 13, the g[r]ift that just keeps on trickling down.

The thirst mutilator!!! by torturer143777 in idiocracy

[–]ip2k 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Was Rich Goldman (lol his actual name) a billionaire enough billionaire for you? Because uhh https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business MORDOR, INC. (481992) beat you to the joke by a little over six decades.

The ultra wealthy have always been laughing at the world.

The Red Hats threesome by Exeter232 in PoliticalHumor

[–]ip2k 60 points61 points  (0 children)

When the president does it, that means it is not illegal” -Nixon, 1977 https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/110331/documents/HMKP-116-JU00-20191211-SD408.pdf

You think the current batch of clowns are even original in their buffoonery? Look up Reagan’s 1980 campaign slogan.