falkerie71

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Vincent - Rua (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by falkerie71@sh.itjust.works to c/music@lemmy.world
 

My favorite cover of this song. This whole album is amazing, too.
Spotify album link

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago
  • Red Flags Pod: F1 Podcast with sister show Vankah Hours starring Gunther Steiner as a third co-host.
  • Hyperfixed: Show where Alex Goldman tries to solve a problem an audience sent in, no matter what the topic is.
[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I find it mildly funny that people in my home country (TW) rave about China-Oel and buy loads of it when they travel to Germany, while people there probably have never even heard of it, and prefer using Tiger Balm which is super common in Asia.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Haven't watched, but I'm surprised this is made into an anime. I read the manga years ago, it's a pretty dark (maybe a bit dry) story.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks. I also asked around my friend group, and they have said similar things. There's not a lot you can do concerning color reproduction across devices, they sometimes even edit two versions, one for PC/storage, one for phone/social media. Other than that, it's a lost cause.

So I guess the problem now boils down to color consistency in the same device across programs. Particularly on PC. I know that having a calibrated monitor is one major step, but what settings to tick and color space conversions in various programs are what's bothering me. Like, one photo imported from my phone can look desaturated in one program, over saturated in the other, and have a different blue tone in a third. Which version should I edit in? I'm only sticking to shooting in sRGB mode on my camera now to minimize headaches, but just wondering what else I could do.

 

I'm frustrated about color consistency between programs and devices, making color management so hard to do across platforms. My camera shows a different color to my phone, which shows a different color to my PC. Even on PC alone, the color in the editing program is different to the photo preview software and browser. How do you guys manage this? I'm aware that the Apple ecosystem does a better job at color consistency across devices, and I'm very jealous of that.

My devices include a Fujifilm camera, Google Pixel, Windows PC with non-calibrated LCD monitor, and a Windows laptop with OLED monitor (was factory calibrated, but I lost the file after a system wipe, so not sure anymore). Softwares on PC include Fujifilm X RAW studio, Affinity Photo 2, Photoshop, FastStone viewer, and Firefox (primary browser). Should I stick to the OLED laptop for editing instead?

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

It would, but it also probably would be a bad idea to do so. How many people would come back for a part 2 of a documentary film? I think not a lot.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Looking forward to every episode of Silo season 2! Should I pick up the books?

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Not necessarily hate, but did not like as much as the rest of the internet: Oppenheimer

The moment I left the theater, I thought it should have been longer. Yes, I think an already 3hr film should be even longer. Just torture the audience at this point. But I thought that there was just so much stuff to cram into that 3hr length, there was not enough room for the story to breath, even if those stories were needed to paint a better picture of Oppenheimer's life, morals, and conflicts.

I'd still recommend it to people. If anything, it's still a visually well directed film. But if you aren't a physics/history buff, you might not enjoy the story as much.

In my opinion, a better history based movie would be The Imitation Game. Much more focused story, even if some aren't historically accurate.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I stand corrected.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Outstanding visual is pretty packed this year, but I wish Nine Sols wins it. It's not even underrated, just feels like it wasn't talked much about outside of Hollow Knight enjoyers, maybe due to it launching on PC only (console version came out only recently), or perhaps due to the studio's turbulent past. More people should really give it a go.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

From my understanding, they do have contractors bid for projects. Though, fair and transparent or not is another issue.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

death penalty to greedy leaders of companies

~~With the notable exception of people in power.~~ (Edit: They do get executed) Corruption is real bad there, there are plenty examples of people in gov positions being filthy rich and have kids who show off their erroneous spending on Douyin.

 

Focal length range, Optical quality, Size & weight. Pick two.

 

I've been holding on to this thought for quite some time and don't know where to share this. Too long and not random enough for a shower thought, so here it is I guess.

Car manufacturers really like their LEDs to be as fancy as possible lately, and more and more turn signals on cars have this "sequential lighting" show they do. Basically, the type of turn signal I have a problem with is the one that gradually fills up the turn signal light bar, then turns off everything when the bar is full, i.e. Audi cars in this video

IMO, not only does the animation feel clunky, I also think its a safety issue, albeit a relatively minor one. The point of indicator lights is to tell other drivers your intentions. They should be fully noticeable the moment you turn on your turn signals, and should not be halfway lit first. It probably would also introduce a delay in driver response, but I have no scientific evidence to back this claim up, so take this as just my opinion.

Instead, they should do it the opposite way where the light bar fully lights up first, then gradually shrinks. Or the Mazda way of turning on quickly then dimming down slowly like in this video. Or the combination of these two, where the light bar has a gradient end that tapers away when shrinking. (Seriously, having a gradient or a gradual dim is so much more elegant. Why don't more cars do this?)

Okay rant over. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

 

Asphalt used on road surfaces are byproducts from fossil fuel. With the ultimate goal of eliminating the use of fossil fuel to combat climate change, are there any good alternatives for road surfaces? I don't think I've ever heard of a viable replacement of asphalt in the works, or even a plan to replace it in any environmental discussions before. At least, not enough for me to notice.

Extented question would be: what are some products derived from fossil fuel that are used in everyday life, but still lack viable alternatives you don't see enough discussions about?

 

I was so confused when I was seeing posts 4 years old. "Old" isn't even supposed to be an option lol.

Tested with other options, seems like TopWeek becomes TopDay, TopMonth becomes TopWeek, TopYear becomes TopMonth, and TopAllTime becomes TopYear.

So for now, you can enjoy seeing the creation of the Fediverse and read posts in reverse with this hidden option.

 

I'm considering setting up a NAS to backup my stuff and replace Google Photos. Currently I'm looking at Asustor AS6704T and Synology DS923+, with the former having more powerful hardware and hardware encoding, and the latter having a better first party software experience.

Some quick comparisons show me that Synology Photos is infinitely better than Asustor Photo Gallery. AI face recognition, content tagging, and reverse Geocoding are features I've gotten used to in Google photos, which Synology has and Asustor doesn't.
I'm also aware of but not really familiar with other photo backup/management solutions, namely Immich, Photoprism, Piwigo, and Lychee. Immich would probably fit me the best, but Piwigo with plugins would support Photosphere photos that I occasionally take with my Pixel.

So I guess I'm asking you guys what your preferred photo backup solution is? I probably should mention that I personally take photos with a Pixel (jpg and MP4 files), but my family uses iPhones (heic and mov files). No RAW photos for now, but for those who do and would edit photos, how would you manage them?

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