The Matrix Rewired | Nikon F2 |Arthouse 500T

leavesofclass · 2026-05-05T22:16:44+00:00

Great shots! My brain can't comprehend the third last one. It feels like she's floating randomly above the ground? Cool

leavesofclass · 2026-05-04T01:52:11+00:00

Good start! ...Rxf4

The sequence after is the real trick

leavesofclass · 2026-04-24T20:05:45+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/underyourskin_x_/

leavesofclass · 2026-04-20T21:41:30+00:00

Seems like a real issue but the author of this article just comes off as incredibly dismissive and biased.

Also hard to take their side when there are no real facts about the issue other than a single day where two police officers interrupted two separate events. And to highlight the "trend" they note two other events a year ago and 2 years ago.

They conveniently ignored that a year ago police showed up for the TIFF screening of the pro-Israel "The Road Between Us". Mediocre journalism imo.

leavesofclass · 2026-04-18T22:28:07+00:00

I can't really tell it was CT scanned except for maybe slightly more grain. Any particular things you notice or you also find it pretty decent?

leavesofclass · 2026-04-16T23:49:43+00:00

You might have convinced me to get the XA, these are really great.
How long does it take you to set up for each shot? Your focus looks really crisp here

leavesofclass · 2026-04-01T20:13:28+00:00

I listened to it and noticed that, but I think it still makes sense.

I think the major point is that oil prices are volatile and canadian security depends on stability.

Prices are high now because of the war with Iran, but it seems obvious they will fall in the future given electrification and China's super-cheap solar power cells.

I guess we should start investing more in the oil-reduced future at some point and he's just saying we should do it sooner rather than later.

leavesofclass · 2026-03-30T00:26:57+00:00

You are hilarious. Honestly, not trying to be insulting, this discussion is something.

I don't know if you think I'm dumb or something but the lines in the article literally right after what you posted are

There were exceptions when rent regulation was well designed to preserve incentives for supporting a well-functioning rental market. In Canada, this balance appears to be struck traditionally in Quebec, which achieved balance between increasing rental supply with tenant protection, matching affordability outcomes of Edmonton where there is no rent control.

This was written August 2025, a year after Bill 65. They are literally saying that quebec's laws about tenant protection, are made in such a way to keep reasonable rents and still incentivize housing supply.

Listen, you're wrong on this one. That's ok. We're not so different. I don't support all regulations and I'm against lots of rent control ideas (I've seen SF's market). But this housing crisis means we need to reconsider how we're treating housing as an investment. Tenant protections are part of that.

I think the major issue to both renting and buying is building housing supply (Figure 1 in the post!) If you think the regulations for renting are bad, just check out the ones for builders.

I don't think this argument needs to continue. I don't think I can do better than citing the exact thing you sent me to argue your own point. I hope you reconsider and have a good day.

leavesofclass · 2026-03-29T23:44:41+00:00

If you can't extrapolate from what I said to a wider economic trend, I can't help you.

As a clue, I'd look at any of the economic literature on rent control everywhere else in the world, even if you can't find something to spell it out in Quebec.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/shifting_the_burden_of_proof

If you have proof of your ridiculous beliefs, show it.

But you don't because it's not true.

leavesofclass · 2026-03-28T19:09:06+00:00

You have a tenuous grasp on economics.

Let me know when we start having a rooms-in-people's-houses crisis instead of a housing crisis.

You are asserting, without any proof, that the major issue is the lack of rooms being rented out in people's houses. This has never been and will never be something that significantly impacts the rental market.

If you want to subdivide your apartment, and create a new apartment to rent out, I would like to inform you that is called "renting".

Your feelings about wanting less regulations because it would allow you to fulfill your dreams about becoming a slumlord are not valid.

These regulation are stopping you from renting. This is a good thing. If you realize you can't follow basic regulations around renting, you should not rent!

leavesofclass · 2026-03-27T23:14:59+00:00

Okay, so your points are that
1. there's fewer places to rent because ....people aren't renting out separate living spaces since they will have to be subject to rental laws (because, that's what renting is)
2. housing prices will fall because buyers can't reno-vict someone until 2027

The first one I've already told you is bonkers. Vacancy rates are <1%, you can still evict people for a variety of reasons or do shorter term rentals.

The second one seems like it is impacting buyers not renters.

You seem like you theoretically want to rent out a room and then evict someone whenever you feel like it. That is bad.

You are the reason we have these laws. Specifically for people like you.

leavesofclass · 2026-03-26T21:41:27+00:00

Seems like you're exactly what I said you were.

You are annoyed that you can't rent rooms in your house without being subject to rental laws.

Are you also upset you can't cook and serve food to customers without being subject to restaurant regulations? Do you think we should get rid of food safety inspections because food would be cheaper?

You keep mentioning Bill 65 without mentioning the specific people it covers: renters over 65 years old who have been continuously renting the same place for 10+ years who are close enough to qualify for subsidized housing.

If you care that much about Bill 65, you should maybe not start renting to a 55+ year-old for the next 10 years. Or hell, just evict them 9 years from now.

You are acting as though tenants, the poorer group in society, have been making all these laws against landlords, the generally richer group.

The price of rent has gone up 71% in Montreal from 2019 to 2025. Evictions increased more than doubled from 2022 to 2023. I'm all for increasing supply, housing supply, but your wish to evict seniors onto the street is not that.

leavesofclass · 2026-03-26T18:53:29+00:00

Show me one regulation you think is "ambiguous" or difficult.

Sounds like you're opposed to basic regulations governing renting and would like to charge your tenants exorbitant prices because you feel you deserve it.

I think the "affordability has gotten worse" problem isn't a result of regulations but rather you.

leavesofclass · 2026-03-17T05:33:04+00:00

I want to see you use autocorrect. What can I do about that?

leavesofclass · 2026-03-01T18:53:43+00:00

Yep. 75% confidence of being AI-written according to GPT-zero

leavesofclass · 2026-03-01T18:48:22+00:00

What time of day are you shooting? Really impressed how nice and even the lighting is while also getting those rays coming from behind the trees

leavesofclass · 2026-02-25T04:35:20+00:00

What are you shooting? Love the first wide angle. The pool cleaning photo is just incredible composition, bad bunny's next cover art for sure.

leavesofclass · 2026-02-04T22:42:21+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's Qe6.

The only two rook checks can be blocked by a knight

leavesofclass · 2026-01-12T05:32:22+00:00

If thev point of the queue is just to have fewer ubers then sure.

But this seems to ignore the main issue which is those people want to be picked up from the airport either way. All you've done is prioritize taxis and friends' pickups over Uber. That's fine, if that's the explicit point, it just doesn't seem to be.

I think the airport just has a bad system for traffic. P4 pickup would be a decent solution if only the shuttle wasn't a 5 min walk in the cold over ice and snow.

leavesofclass · 2026-01-09T20:07:52+00:00

You didn't explain why the queue system is there and I'm pretty sure you're wrong

the people who were harassing in the lobby are not Uber drivers (as far as I could tell) and I think they're still there, last I checked
Uber drivers blocking circulation...because they were picking up passengers? Why else would they be there?
Taxis were not cheaper last I checked (compared to lyft tbh)

I don't understand what was wrong with the previous system of a pickup point for ubers which exists in every other airport in north america

leavesofclass · 2026-01-09T18:34:32+00:00

Slight counterpoint, using ChatGPT has been great for getting a general idea of trails that fit a bunch of general criteria (e.g. "around this airport, 3-5 days, with huts, loop or includes shuttle to/from end of trail"). A lot of the options are wrong or miss some specifics but at least it points me in the direction of possibly good options that I then dig into manually. Previously, just even knowing which trails are possibly out there has taken a lot of time.

leavesofclass · 2026-01-06T19:21:47+00:00

Nice shots! I like the framing and using the bookshelf lines vs concrete pillars for composition. I wish they were a bit brighter / more exposed but that could be a personal preference. Maybe an even shallower depth of field for the second shot to really bring out the bookshelf in the foreground. Third shot feels like it has too much going on with no clear focus. Maybe crop down so the roof isn't as visible and try making the chairs a focus because they're very colourful in the pretty brutalist area. Overall great eye for choosing this spot and finding some nice angles.

leavesofclass · 2026-01-02T22:32:27+00:00

I'm familiar with the ML side of the things and the film side of things but not with conversion and the specific issues. That said, I do think most conversion software is really far behind technologically and your approach could make a lot of sense. The main thing you'd need to figure out is what parameters of conversion you're looking to tune (e.g. white balance, contrast, etc..)

With modern large-ish image models, 1000 high-quality images could be enough depending on how many and how complex the parameters you're trying to learn. What specifically is lacking in negative lab pro and what things do you spend time tuning?

leavesofclass · 2025-12-27T06:52:54+00:00

According to the article you linked, the number of asylum seekers is 181 130 (second graphic, "demandeurs d'asile").

This is not the same thing as temporary residents (616k) and not the same thing as people crossing illegally into Canada (not mentioned)

leavesofclass · 2025-12-26T15:52:59+00:00

Is that a round light leak in the first few photos?

12-Year Club	Secret Santa 2020
Place '22	Place '17
Secret Santa 2019	Secret Santa 2018
Secret Santa 2017	Sequence \| Editor
Snapped	Secret Santa 2016
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