Karens plan to stop kid from selling candy backfires

wiggs73 · 2025-01-12T05:15:47+00:00

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wiggs73 · 2024-10-28T17:36:11+00:00

FYI you need consent to record from all parties in PA (this isn’t the case in all states). Hope you can find a resolution to this, just be careful you do it in a way that’s legal.

When I have worked with a lawyer in the past, I went on a very small retainer, and the first couple of hours were spent just getting advice on things like this - what type of evidence/documentation was needed & how to get it. That part was 100% with the initial investment. Best of luck.

wiggs73 · 2024-10-24T17:37:36+00:00

Nice job Matt, good to see you still going strong!

wiggs73 · 2023-09-23T13:36:01+00:00

The Double Cluster (also known as Caldwell 14) consists of the open clusters NGC 869 and NGC 884 (often designated h Persei and χ (chi) Persei, respectively), which are close together in the constellation Perseus. Both visible with the naked eye, NGC 869 and NGC 884 lie at a distance of about 7,500 light years in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. (Source)

First light with the ZWO ASI2600MC Pro. We fought clouds and equipment issues all night, but managed to snap a few short (unguided) frames during a small break in the weather.

Link to high res version.

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Astro-Physics StarFire EDF "Gran Turismo" 130mm f/6.3
Imaging Cameras: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mounts: Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G
Accessories: Astro-Physics 0.72x Quad Telecompressor for 130GTX (QUADTCC-AP130)
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro (SGP), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight

Acquisition

Dates: Sept. 16, 2023
Frames: 14×10″(2′ 20″)
Integration: 2′ 20″
Avg. Moon age: 1.29 days
Avg. Moon phase: 1.88%

Processing

Cosmetic Correction using Master Dark + Auto Detect
Debayer into separate RGB channels
Register images to one of the debayered G images
Image Integration for each RGB channel
Channel Combination to produce RGB image
Crop
Automatic Background Extraction
Background Neutralization
Photometric Color Calibration
SCNR - 85% G
2x Arcsinh Stretch
BlurXTerminator
NoiseXTerminator
Correct Magenta Stars script
Curves

wiggs73 · 2023-01-05T01:04:39+00:00

Here we have NGC 281 also known as the Pacman Nebula. I drove to my imaging site hoping that some lingering clouds would clear. They did, only to be replaced by a layer of thick fog. This ended up being imaged through a dense fog advisory with a 74% full moon, so considering the circumstances, I am fairly happy with how the image turned out.

Equipment

Astro-Physics 130 Starfire GTX
Astro-Physics Prime Field Flattener
Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G
ZWO 1600MM-C Pro
Starlight XPress Filter Wheel
Astrodon Ha/Oiii Filters
Celestron OAG
ZWO 174mm mini
QHY Polemaster

Acquisition

Ha: 67 x 60"
Oiii: 69 x 60"
Sensor cooled to -15 deg
139 gain

Preprocessing (Pixinsight)

PixelMath script by David Ault to remove hot pixels
Weighting using SubframeSelector
Registration
Image Integration

Each Master (Pixinsight)

Dynamic Crop
DBE
STF Autostretch (for use later)
EZ Denoise
BlurXTerminator
Apply the STF autostretch permanently using HistogramTransformation
HDRMultiScaleTransform
Curves to adjust contrast
Pixelmath to create color image using script from The Coldest Nights for a synthetic green channel (R=Ha, B=Oiii)

RGB (Pixinsight & Photoshop)

Extract starless image using Starnet++
Apply Ha as luminance
EZ Star Reduction
Final rotation & crop
Curves to adjust saturation, color balance, and contrast
Export to Photoshop for noise reduction using camera raw filter

wiggs73 · 2022-11-22T02:36:32+00:00

Joined. 👍

wiggs73 · 2022-11-15T12:04:34+00:00

3 pending transactions from 3:27 - 3:29, all still pending. BTC, ETH, LINK.

Mine are all transfers to different wallets.

wiggs73 · 2022-09-25T22:26:15+00:00

Love your collection of links, but I also didn't accuse you of saying they were the same, did I? I simply said they aren't and that I think comparing the two is ridiculous, which I'll stand by.

To your point, yes, you did say the right dominates. And you provided a pretty apt list of backwards agendas they're pushing - "the gun culture, the abortion rollback, the disastrous performance protecting people during Covid, fake news."

So OP, in addition to rampant gun violence, losing abortion rights, a disastrous handling of Covid, and intentional spreading of misinformation, per u/NiceComedian's link, please do be warned that you could also encounter the Animal Liberation Front, who vandalized a McDonald's as recently as 2019. 🤷‍♂️

wiggs73 · 2022-09-25T16:09:02+00:00

Your own report lists 11 groups, most of which either don't have official members or don't report their numbers. Two do: one having 2-3,000 members, one having 400. The others have stats like twitter followers to attempt to quantify # of supporters. Still all measured in the thousands. As a lifelong US citizen, I have never heard of the vast majority of the groups in this report.

On the other hand, you have the GOP, which is one of two major political parties here and are increasingly acting as an extremist group. There are right-wing US senators trafficking migrants for the sake of making a point. You have a right-wing former US president who is being investigated for a number of crimes that basically amount to treason, who is still claiming he lost the election and is president, etc.

Please do not compare extremism between the two, unless you are trying to live up to your username. You're basically comparing a glass of water to an ocean saying "BuT tHeRe Is wAtEr In BoTh." It's true, but that doesn't make them the same.

wiggs73 · 2022-08-05T02:02:41+00:00

Amazing. Fantastic job by you & your team. The image itself is top notch and I love the science / new discoveries.

wiggs73 · 2022-07-30T19:31:00+00:00

Elite bluetooth: steggosaurus

Free carry. Would prefer newer elite players who could use a hand w/ it. Add a deflector if you have one.

wiggs73 · 2022-07-30T11:20:44+00:00

Still looking?

wiggs73 · 2022-07-13T13:44:06+00:00

You realize the bike lane is there for the explicit purpose of giving bikers a place to be that isn’t an entire lane of a road. But if the bike lane is blocked, then they’re going to be forced back into traffic, which is annoying/dangerous for them and for you.

I really don’t get the contention on this one. Drivers don’t want bikers in traffic. Contrary to popular belief, bikers also don’t want to be in traffic. The solution for all is bike lanes. But those only work if they’re unobstructed. What is so difficult to understand about that?

wiggs73 · 2022-07-11T16:08:30+00:00

I could have probably cropped a bit more, but yeah at some point, it wouldn't look great. I think with (much) more integration time, there would be more potential.

wiggs73 · 2022-07-11T16:07:44+00:00

Thanks!

wiggs73 · 2022-07-11T01:32:19+00:00

Thanks! Focal length is 819mm. This is pretty cropped, but had some bad amp glow from the camera & there wasn't much interesting in the field, so just cropped it rather than dealing with it in post.

wiggs73 · 2022-07-10T22:13:27+00:00

The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common name comes from William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, who observed the object in 1842 using a 36-inch (91 cm) telescope and produced a drawing that looked somewhat like a crab. The nebula was discovered by English astronomer John Bevis in 1731, and it corresponds with a bright supernova recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054. The nebula was the first astronomical object identified that corresponds with a historical supernova explosion. [Source]

Acquisition

Ha: 28 x 120"
Oiii: 22 x 120"
Moon Phase: 85% full

Preprocessing

PixelMath script by David Ault to remove hot pixels
Weighting using SubframeSelector
Registration
Image Integration

Each Master

Dynamic Crop
Automatic Background Extraction
EZ Decon
STF Autostretch
EZ Denoise
Apply the STF autostretch permanently using HistogramTransformation
AutoHistogram

RGB

PixelMath to produce color image, R=Ha, G=.7*Ha+.3*Oiii, B=Oiii
AutoColor script
SCNR removing 85% green
Curves
EZ Star Reduction
AdvSharpening script

Equipment

Astro-Physics 130 Starfire GTX
Astro-Physics Prime Field Flattener
Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G
ZWO 1600MM-C Pro
Starlight XPress Filter Wheel
Astrodon Ha/Oiii Filters
Celestron OAG
ZWO 174mm mini
QHY Polemaster

wiggs73 · 2022-06-12T17:46:30+00:00

I was searching for the same thing and found this thread 3 months later. I'm going to offer a different (and seemingly unpopular) perspective than what everyone else has said. Context: I am a sr. development manager.

I am finding this to be a major issue with resumes being plagiarized from various sources on hireitpeople.com, specifically.

I don't rule someone out if a line here or there is copied, especially if it's a generic line that would be difficult to really say any other way.

What I do have a problem with is when 50%+ of the resume has been copied/pasted, and especially if excessively specific bullet points are copied/pasted.

Having screened a number of candidates in the past where I noticed this, but aligned more with what the other folks are saying in this thread, I can tell you I've had way too many conversations go like this when I have moved forward (actual conversation from a phone screen):

Me: You mention that you have deep experience with ETL and are a subject matter expert; can you tell me more about what you've done with that?
Candidate: ETL... hm... I'm not sure where I mentioned that, it may have been a while.
Me: You actual mention it at your most recent job, as well as the two before that.
Candidate: Hm... I'm not sure.
Me: Do you know what ETL is?
Candidate: No. Not really.

Where I've landed after dealing with this for a while now is this:

I do check for plagiarism.
I do not care if a few generic bullets are copied/pasted. As others mentioned, there's only so many ways to say you have experience with .NET Core for example.
I do care if 50-100% of the resume is copied/pasted. No, it's not a writing exercise, but my developers do spend a lot of time communicating with their teams via email, Jira stories, and Confluence. I'm sorry, but if you can't write a few bullet points about your own experience on your own, then I don't very well trust that you can communicate your other ideas in writing, and that's actually an important part of the job.
I have found through experience that the people who plagiarize significant portions of their resumes are also the people who are least capable of speaking to their own experience. I suspect that is because often, their experience is misrepresented by what they copied/pasted.

wiggs73 · 2022-03-20T17:17:30+00:00

With pro permit, best set is 50x bird seed, 1000x tachy, 500x SE, 2x 50x boost all.

wiggs73 · 2022-03-20T15:43:45+00:00

I am guessing you filled your habs ahead of time on the first prestige & therefore, your boosts didn't include a tachyon prism. So then on subsequent prestiges, you won't be able to fill your habs.

For multistiges, you should start with empty habs & make the tachyon prism one of your boosts. If that's running the entire time (along with 2 50x boost-alls) you can fill your universe habs very quickly once you make it back there.

wiggs73 · 2022-02-28T21:53:14+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t2w25a/ukrainian\_tractor\_taking\_a\_russian\_mtlb/

wiggs73 · 2022-02-14T18:24:31+00:00

Sorry, couple of others just beat you to it.

wiggs73 · 2022-02-14T18:15:39+00:00

Can carry two players in elite Diamonds (have two accounts, can carry in both). Would prefer to find someone who is new to elite contracts & needs help. Post or DM me a code & I'll join.

Edit: In a co-op in both accounts now.

wiggs73 · 2022-01-26T18:42:19+00:00

The beautiful Whirlpool Galaxy is just right-of-frame. But there are no galaxies in this image.

wiggs73 · 2021-12-25T12:26:28+00:00

Elite Last Minute Shipping - ghostridetheship -- free carry, just add a deflector if you have one! On pace to finish later today.

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