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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

My comment

It sounds to me that really any sort of studio strobe would be fine, even the cheapest ones. Assuming that you can use a very low power setting, meaning that you can really put your lamp very close to your setup (<50 cm), then power won't matter. The closer the better. Because if you use any sort of strobe at a very low power setting with a usual parabolic reflector, and no diffusion in between, at this distance, you should have more power than you could ever need. Also any flash or strobe that you can buy can also be triggered via a cable.

But for specific recommendation:

"Paul C Buff Einstein" If you need a lamp for more than just that one project.

Otherwise, really any will be fine, given that you can place it as close as you want to your subject. A reputable cheap manufacturer is GODOX.

Rant about electrical safety

But I will say this put in the effort for safety mechanisms when it comes to electricity. You should still use the heat sensor even though it should be fine because "I thought it was fine" are always the famous last words before a fire. I am a staunch advocate for proper electrical setups because once I saw a guy working for an exhibition connect a 2 kW continuous lamp, to a cheap Chinese extension cord and put the cord on top of a radiator. Other things I frequently see are "photographers" triggering the overheating protection of their extension cords and then just resetting them as if nothing happened. The overheating safety is the last line of defence before a fire. If you save effort literally everywhere, that's fine. But put in the effort when it comes to electrical safety. Even the nicest extension cord will be cheaper than the consequences of a fire. Rant over.

Edit: typo.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The Linux kernel is so handy, its mascot even has three arms.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Ha Ha, non-Euclidian geometry go brr. :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Well, summer is within spitting distance, so prepare for a new record. :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think I start to understand. But how is it possible to move this many people with cars? I mean, for example, a family of four would then need, four different trips and essentially two different cars because if the adults do not work at the same place, how are they going to get to work on time? Or am I imagining it wrong?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

What is "anti-homeless architecture"? Genuine question.

Edit: Also, thanks for the detailed answer.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Have you seen his human-growth-hormone belly? It would take years, man.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I've never been in the USA. Is it really that bad? I've heard that the USA have basically eradicated their own culture, because they destroyed their city centres in favour of suburbs, which need to be subsidised constantly. And therefore, cities sprawl. Is that true?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The numbers are calculated from the average of the EU27 killed travelers per billion person kilometers.

So in this case 2.5 perished by car, 0.07 perished by trains, (2.5/0.07~35.71).

Source: https://www.allianz-pro-schiene.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/verkehrssicherheit/

Critique of source: biased towards trains given their organisation's purpose.

Edit: typo.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Well, we can thank Mr. Schröder for that. "Der Genosse der Bosse"

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (22 children)

Tldr: Take the train and be safe.

Rant: In the EU, you are 35x more likely to die from a car crash, compared to a train crash. The union has created the so-called Vision Zero program, which is designed to reach zero driving deaths by some arbitrarily chosen date in the future. And of course it talks about autonomously driving cars. You know, crazy idea, but what if instead of we bet it all on some hypothetical magic Jesus technology that may or may not exist by the arbitrarily chosen date and instead focus on the real world solution that we already have? But well, the car industry investors would make less money, so I can answer that myself. :(

Edit: Also, Musk is a Nazi cunt who should die of cancer.

 

When I search this topic online, I always find either wrong information or advertising lies. So what is actually something that LLMs can do very well, as in being actually useful and not just outputing a nonsensical word salad that sounds coherent.

Results

So basically from what I've read, most people use it for natural language processing problems.

Example: turn this infodump into a bullet point list, or turn this bullet point list into a coherent text, help me with rephrasing this text, word association, etc.

Other people use it for simple questions that it can answer with a database of verified sources.

Also, a few people use it as struggle duck, basically helping alleviate writers block.

Thanks guys.

 

The picture is not mine. I just adapted it. Don't know the original source.

 

What do you guys think of cross-posting? I usually post this on a photography lemmy first and then just cross post here. Right thing to do, wrong thing to do?I'm new here. Tips are appreciated.

 
 

Developed using Darktable.

 

Yes, it kind of is hypocritical to ask this on a social media platform, but what do you guys get out of it?

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