Posts by zachnfine@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AV4jp6tIr3lLZATWgy by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-04-26T13:34:47Z
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Thanks for editing the post with skeptical takes! https://ioc.exchange/@nw/110259436215603313
(DIR) Post #AVn1BuqMgdAwvPCkym by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-05-18T19:52:01Z
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@stux This won't help you in this case as it's not available, but I often check this site. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-martianThen again I don't know how far to trust such listings, and I don't know how many countries they cover. I remember old versions of this sort of thing kept disappearing or getting out of date as the streamers weren't wanting to be listed in centralized 3rd party listings -- they want people to open up their app and browse and end up watching something they do have.
(DIR) Post #AVx2ahK5s2doh4PxOi by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-05-23T15:54:45Z
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@stux Wow, drivers’ licenses must be pricey over there!
(DIR) Post #AVx3U4MbuLU050zwRM by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-05-23T16:04:49Z
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@stux I refrained from posting the California rates in the reply because I didn’t want to twist that knife. But we’ve got other costs that may compensate.
(DIR) Post #AVzxnCLoQ4Ii6RF6Qa by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-05-09T15:27:06Z
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@TechConnectify So this is hilarious. Are there actually people out there who conflate Betamax and Betacam in their “beta was the best” screeds? This video seems to be countering an argument I’d never heard.
(DIR) Post #AVzxsUmPKQSyhuCyQ4 by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-05-09T15:21:51Z
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@TechConnectify The fun argument I always heard was that porn made vhs king and Sony doomed beta by not allowing adult material on their tapes. But I also heard the real and more boring reason Beta lost is that you couldn’t fit a whole movie on a 1 hour tape and had to switch beta cassettes mid-film. VHS held longer duration videos.
(DIR) Post #AVzxsVm5d5o3nD4EYy by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-05-09T15:41:07Z
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@TechConnectify Wow this video handily dismisses every argument I’d heard. It’s great.
(DIR) Post #AWS7Ql3FChA5v2Hkhc by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-06-07T15:42:32Z
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@zhuowei Seems like the Unreal Engine bridge somehow isn’t itself burned, as per this announcement just 3 weeks ago, so although Unreal didn’t get a mention in the keynote it won’t surprise me if it’s possible to eventually make apps with Unreal for the Vision Pro. https://www.engadget.com/apple-silicon-macs-now-natively-support-unreal-engine-5-124257710.html
(DIR) Post #AWSA4Qfiaq6iClKFvc by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-06-07T16:12:02Z
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@zhuowei I don’t think apple silicon has hardware support for all the fanciest new features of unreal (nanite, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, etc). So maybe there’s be less interest in doing a huge demo that highlights that Nvidia is not on the platform?
(DIR) Post #AXQKeLD8HADfijH7ku by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-07-06T16:52:38Z
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"boosted one of my toots" is a phrase I typed for the first time today, AMA.
(DIR) Post #AY0SxNiYxNr0j6V4i0 by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T03:13:44Z
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@clive I think this is a map of google trending topics, so rather than reflecting interest in seeing the films or ticket sales it could mean people in red states are doing a lot of googling of Barbie because right-wing figures are railing against it and they want to know more about the abomination. Blue state people aren’t googling it because they’ve already bought tickets and are dressing in neon polyester to head to the cinema.
(DIR) Post #AY27vaqxZlHJ89KCVU by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-07-24T16:38:31Z
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@KevinWeatherwalks @clive Oh it's interesting for sure -- I just don't know that the original headling of "Does your state lean to Barbie or Oppenheimer" is accurate, it's actually just "Does your state do a lot of google searches for Barbie or Oppenheimer". Could be those doing the most searching are only interested in hating on Barbie.
(DIR) Post #AYBz0LtX4LvbdKWegK by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-07-29T16:36:43Z
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@mjg59 Is your program by chance in dolbyvision HDR? Could be the metadata stream accidentally left out the content mapping data for the commercials so you’re just seeing them kind of raw.
(DIR) Post #AYvivWvLSFLUK2gwz2 by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-08-20T18:16:06Z
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@tomjennings @sargasso @ai6yr I feel like there’s likely an advocacy org that has already done or started on this but it’s be interesting to map out all these inter-neighborhood car-centric bottlenecks to be able to focus on improvements. I want protected bike routes to everywhere in the city but it’d be a good start to find the worst spots that unfortunately have to be traversed and get lobbying for some tunnels or overpasses.
(DIR) Post #AZhd57oCBJDPK6XsZM by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-09-12T18:01:08Z
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@realcaseyrollins @exchgr 11803 kbps.(as per mpv's stats for the 3840x2160 hevc stream)It's variable, I'm seeing 13628 now.
(DIR) Post #AaYu3ia8L51qDGwv4K by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-10-08T13:46:39Z
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@todayilearned Fixed National Geographic link: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2022/05/this-man-gets-bitten-by-deadly-snakes-in-the-name-of-science
(DIR) Post #Aah06i2gxFdcOlnQbw by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-10-12T11:32:07Z
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@hackaday I don’t suppose something like this could be modded into working as a laser cutter?
(DIR) Post #Aare791zWzvfMox076 by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-10-17T14:47:31Z
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@todayilearned TIL the phrase “postal cover”.
(DIR) Post #AcVjf6xyaMqCc3Zq3U by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2023-12-05T20:49:54Z
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@Wolven Wow, TIL of the Gallaudet 11! (clearly I'm not the worlds biggest NASA historian/enthusiast)But that is amazing. I'd never thought that. Would be interesting if NASA decided people with unusual vestibular systems were the only suitable candidates for certain missions, and they selected deaf astronauts or astronaut candidates willing to undergo surgery to achieve that state.
(DIR) Post #Ajkha6lXVzMN1tzR1k by zachnfine@mastodon.social
2024-07-09T11:12:06Z
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@futurebird I don’t even think I’d weigh in on this one with close friends let alone people whose internet persona and writing I appreciate but I haven’t been hanging with for decades. You might raise a cool kid, you might write a cool book. Possibly the two are unrelated or would affect each other. I vote “present”.