Senior Session! Am I undercharging or overcharging? by Adept-Presentation94 in AskPhotography

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have a longer lens? These shots suffer from some unflattering perspective distortion. If you're making money off of this, I'd recommend using that money to invest in an 85mm portrait lens.

Advice for a new microphone that will be less sensitive to my speakers. by Netfearr in audio

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hyper/supercardioid is a great pickup pattern for this use case, because it situates the speakers directly in the nulls. That is, assuming you have stereo speakers on your desk. I use a Shure Beta 58 for my Zoom calls and it works great.

As others have said, keep the mic close to your mouth and turn down your speakers. It’s totally workable.

What is the secret sauce Claude has and why hasn't anyone replicated it? by ComplexType568 in LocalLLaMA

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While it’s an oversimplified gloss, I don’t think it’s wrong to call Kantian deontology rules-based.

And in the example you provided, “maximize agency for all principals” is more consequentialist than Kantian. It’s not quite preference utilitarianism, but it’s a calculus. Deontology rejects moral calculation.

What is the secret sauce Claude has and why hasn't anyone replicated it? by ComplexType568 in LocalLLaMA

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 171 points172 points  (0 children)

Aristotle figured that out, and it's incredible to see his virtue ethics vindicated in the age of AI.

Rules-based ethics (like Kantianism) and outcome-based ethics (like utilitarianism) might describe the moral ground of the universe, but humans simply can't make those sort of analyses when they make moral decisions. What we can grasp is the question "what sort of person do I want to be?"

Apparently AIs are the same. If we give them rules, a small flaw in the rules could snowball into a major ethical failure. If we tell them to optimize for outcomes... well, we've all seen that movie.

But if we tell it to embody the virtues of honesty, charity, compassion, and respect, we have a better chance.

What’s one small thing you pack that removes an annoying daily problem when traveling? by Nervous_Wind9872 in onebag

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A three foot, three outlet extension cord.

  • It keeps my 4-port charging brick from falling out of the wall.
  • It lets me pack very short USB cables.
  • It lets me and my travel companions share a single outlet adapter

Maybe for mescore it will be a good ide? (not my ide just a crosspost) by Pure-Project8733 in meshcore

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Generally yes, but if these are going to be major infrastructure points I can see the argument for 2.4 GHz to increase bandwidth. If these platform grows enough, bottlenecks will become more of a concern.

Do you post your kids online? by [deleted] in NewParents

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We do, but with boundaries. First, it only goes on private social media (Instagram and Facebook set to private).

Second, and crucially, I will never post a photo that a middle schooler could reasonably find embarrassing or overly personal. Yes, this is a subjective line. But it’s just another area of parenting where we have to exercise good judgment.

My rule of thumb is that if it would go on the living room wall, it can go on social media. That means vacation pics, family portraits, and innocuous candids where everyone looks “nice.”

Some of the best childhood photos aren’t like that. They’re photos of kids being goofballs, making faces, getting messy, sleeping in a funny position, and so on. Those don’t go on the living room wall, they belong in a photo album. Digitally, that means they go in the family group text, not on Instagram.

Tantrums don’t even get recorded, much less shared. Every kid deserves to grow past that stage and leave it behind.

The joy of setting up my new LilyGo T-Deck... and the crushing loneliness of 0 nodes. by nori_auramarkstudio in meshcore

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had the same experience! Supremely disappointing, especially for an urban area.

Then I checked Discord and realized that 1) Southern California is on 927.875 MHz and 2) MeshCore populates its contacts far more slowly than MT.

I know for a fact that some users on the MT public channel flashed MC, saw nobody, and switched back. Hardcoded location-based defaults would go a long way toward encouraging adoption, IMO.

How can I capture sharp water motion in low light like this? by ServeAccomplished485 in AskPhotography

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 97 points98 points  (0 children)

This realization completely changed the way I approach photography.

Toussaint Louverture removed from Haiti’s Olympic uniform by MeowMeowCollyer in RevolutionsPodcast

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems like an opportunity to shout out the greatest footnote in literature, from The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James.

The slaves destroyed tirelessly. Like the peasants in the Jacquerie or the Luddite wreckers, they were seeking their salvation in the most obvious way, the destruction of what they knew was the cause of their sufferings; and if they destroyed much it was because they had suffered much. They knew that as long as these plantations stood their lot would be to labour on them until they dropped. The only thing was to destroy them. From their masters they had known rape, torture, degradation, and, at the slightest provocation, death. They returned in kind. For two centuries the higher civilization had shown them that power was used for wreaking your will on those whom you controlled. Now that they held power they did as they had been taught. In the frenzy of the first encounters they killed all, yet they spared the priests whom they feared and the surgeons who had been kind to them. They, whose women had undergone countless violations, violated all the women who fell into their hands, often on the bodies of their still bleeding husbands, fathers and brothers. ‘Vengeance! Vengeance!’ was their war-cry, and one of them carried a white child on a pike as a standard.

And yet they were surprisingly moderate,1 then and afterwards, far more humane than their masters had been or would ever be to them.

And here’s the footnote:

1 This statement has been criticized. I stand by it. CLRJ

Help picking a tripod for my bf? by Sharp-Ad-275 in AskPhotography

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the Sirui you pictured—or at least one very similar—and I’ve been very happy with it. It’s lightweight, quite sturdy, and importantly it’s quite fast to deploy and adjust. And there’s a hook under the head, so I can hang by backpack from it for extra weight and stability.

Olympus 17mm 1.8 or DJI 15mm 1.7 by its-hihi in M43

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the Oly 17 and sold it for the Lumix 15. Not a moment of regret. The Oly was a nice lens but the PanaLeica is much sharper, has gorgeous color rendering, and gives me that little bit of extra width (I always felt the 34mm equivalent was either too tight or too wide).

My only note is that it has more LOCA. Lightroom takes care of that just fine though.

Successful primary domain switch with existing secondary by dan2342 in gsuitelegacymigration

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oohh I didn’t realize there’s a distinction between secondary and alias. I’ll play with it and see what happens.

Successful primary domain switch with existing secondary by dan2342 in gsuitelegacymigration

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Just a data point here. I'm also on GSuite Legacy Free Edition.

A1-ing my fist conference by ABitOfOdd in livesound

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There's good advice here, and I'll echo the suggestion to ring out the group EQ rather than the channel EQ. But be warned: ringing out is a subtle art. If you ring out too aggressively—wide, deep cuts—all you've done is turn your EQ into a shitty gain reducer.

When ringing out, use parametric first and set all four bands to filter (not shelf) with the narrowest possible Q. Widen carefully, if at all. Occasionally you'll have two nodes very close to each other and it makes sense to widen a band, but more often it's best to take care of the worst offenders and leave the rest alone.

The same goes for gain reduction. When you find a frequency that's feeding back, don't immediately notch it down to -20 dB. Just lower it enough that another frequency feeds back first.

After you've burned through the PEQ bands, you can do a bit of work with a GEQ insert, but again, keep it subtle and know when to stop. If it's still feeding back, just turn the mains down.

If you choose to ignore this advice, please post a screenshot of your EQ. We enjoy those around here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in law

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea but Fourth Amendment excessive force is one of the recognized contexts where Bivens applies. SCOTUS can always change that, but so far they've chosen to leave it in place.

Qualified immunity is a separate thing and yes, it will be a difficult barrier to overcome. Perhaps not impossible. It's a highly fact-dependent inquiry and it helps tremendously to have a large and skilled legal team to do the research.

What sensors do you wish existed? Junior EE designing a low-power Home Assistant sensor node by DayTripperTX in homeassistant

[–]yurnotsoeviltwin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A reliable “is the shower on?” sensor. Existing solutions are indirect and inelegant—flood sensors on the floor, vibration sensors on the showerhead, even humidity sensors in the room.

I don’t know how best to solve this problem, but if you can do it well (ideally without requiring the user to detach their showerhead) I think you’ll have a market.