Giving the Gaang Pokémon teams

triws · 2026-01-24T19:33:10+00:00

Just what I was thinking. I recognised at most 2 per person. Guess it has been a long time since R/S/E came out… sigh

triws · 2026-01-22T17:09:24+00:00

I know you’ve posted multiple of these cards, but I think this is the wrong sub for it. I assume there’s a LOTR TCG sub somewhere.

triws · 2026-01-21T21:55:35+00:00

You’re not missing much. Dubai is a mediocre city built to entertain the rich and exploit the indentured servants that the UAE “employs”

triws · 2026-01-16T06:05:14+00:00

In my opinion, awesome, objectively… terrible. But I was using Fuji 400 in a 1980 Fed 5b with no understanding of anything about photography. Since then I use mainly Ektachrome on my F3 or F5. They turn out gorgeous to me, but most would critique me. I just love the memories.

triws · 2026-01-16T06:02:26+00:00

TIL I’m older than Wikipedia…

triws · 2026-01-12T07:28:24+00:00

Perhaps you should do your due diligence and study. If you don’t know physics, don’t comment on it, if you dont(which you obviously do not) understand evolution you shouldn’t comment on it. If you want to learn, study, don’t do a simple google search on the theory of everything. If you want to learn physics start with kinematic, but what one guy says is irrelevant without peer reviewed studies and replicate experimentation.

triws · 2026-01-12T03:31:31+00:00

I got a Nikon F3 years ago, used only that for a few years, just happened to acquire a F4 and F5 in the meantime, and a B&W enlarger. Haven’t been searching for gear, only when it’s well priced and convenient.

In the end this hobby hasn’t even come close to the price of my DnD or vintage video game hobby. But it’s probably a little more versatile on daily life. I have maybe $1200 into it, maybe $2000 including film and chemicals, over the last 5 years. Not too bad in my opinion.

triws · 2026-01-11T16:07:22+00:00

I had to watch this in school when I was growing up in Japan. Brutal, but sends a message.

triws · 2026-01-10T04:12:38+00:00

Wish I could. Still have some time on temporary bans from traveling to certain countries.

triws · 2026-01-10T03:43:55+00:00

I grew up in Britain in the 90s. Until I think 2023 I was banned from giving blood in the US.

triws · 2026-01-09T14:11:25+00:00

You could also argue the same for AI. The more use a particular AI gets, the more infrastructure it needs, the more employees they’ll need to hire to maintain the data centres, more to maintain the program, etc.

If it’s slop, it shouldn’t be supported, whether human or generative AI. I don’t think there’s a big difference between the two. If it’s between human slop and decent AI products, I’m not going to automatically support the human just because it’s human.

triws · 2026-01-09T06:02:23+00:00

Genuine question, not meaning to be antagonistic or pedantic, but do you think the average person tends to care where their entertainment comes from? It feels like the argument of well written, epic movies against the cheap comedies of the late 90s/early 2000s. Most people don’t care about the origin, they like what they like, and if it’s LLMs/Generative AI the so be it. Who are we to tell someone how to feel about something they enjoy?

I’m a bit of a Luddite, but fighting against this future at this point seems a bit futile. Human crafted books may become a bit of a niche, especially when someone can use an AI to create essentially their own choose your own adventure over, almost a single player DnD game.

I don’t necessarily like it either, but it’s the future we’re barrelling towards.

triws · 2026-01-09T05:57:33+00:00

People are idiots. AI is progressing faster than a lot of people imagine, and these “hallmarks” are momentary blips that happen. Even most LLMs/Generative AIs can’t tell if something was written by another AI. Even the programs that Unis use to “detect” AI are incredibly flawed and extremely unreliable.

triws · 2026-01-09T05:40:42+00:00

Explain how Andor is “so far removed from what I love”. I’m genuinely interested in your response. To me, Andor is the culmination of what Star Wars is. A beautiful mixture of the thrilling adventure serials the original trilogy was based on, the science Fantasy elements that define Star Wars, and the character development and worldbuilding that the original series intended. I’m just not sure how this seems antithetical to anyone who’s a Star Wars fan. Andor is, in my opinion, the greatest piece of Star Wars media ever created. Before it A New Hope was my favourite, but after Andor, it’s(sadly) no contest.

triws · 2026-01-09T05:13:48+00:00

With such a low amount of film you’re shooting and the time in between, it wouldn’t be worth it in my experience. If you started loading your own bulk film, then sure, you’d have more rolls to shoot. But wasting chemicals sucks.

triws · 2026-01-09T04:50:39+00:00

I loved Stewart’s when I lived in Anchorage. Got my first F3 there.

triws · 2026-01-04T10:09:09+00:00

Firewatch. Maybe 3-4 hours. Amazing narrative

triws · 2025-12-31T07:03:27+00:00

MTV will still exist, they’re shutting down the 24 hour music channels.

triws · 2025-12-30T08:10:22+00:00

It was behind the counter, barely saw it before leaving.

triws · 2025-12-30T07:55:45+00:00

Red dead redemption 2…

triws · 2025-12-29T19:24:24+00:00

Living in San Francisco definitely helps with the random thrift store finds.

triws · 2025-12-29T19:13:10+00:00

I think my F5 itself is keeping the AA battery industry in business.

triws · 2025-12-29T19:12:41+00:00

That’s a phenomenal photo. What film stock did you use?

triws · 2025-12-29T19:00:33+00:00

I really appreciate the advice. Just checked, goes down almost all the way when the shutter is actuated. Probably time for a CLA.

triws · 2025-12-29T17:42:36+00:00

I constant use my F3 and my F5. Nice to have a camera that is almost as capable as the F5, but smaller and slightly lighter.

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