cfr2023

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by cfr2023 3y ago
I heard David Letterman say within the past decade that on the days he did not feel the show was very good, he couldn't bring himself to even leave the building until it was dark outside, out of shame. Meanwhile, at home, I would pract
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by cfr2023 3y ago
The stupidity of this post keeps me coming back to see if I can get more humorous broken logic from you. Because a rigorous operational definition of “progress” is not provided in this brief post, you assume it is missing, just to heckle so
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by cfr2023 3y ago
I will add that you are entirely projecting your goals and values onto this project in a way that makes absolutely no sense. The post literally ends ends with: "But most importantly, have fun!" You think a bunch of people who are
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Yes, I am proud to do the public service of helping troubled people see they are making senseless arguments about what other people do for fun.
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by cfr2023 3y ago
What are you, the hobby police?
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by cfr2023 3y ago
An insightful post indeed. I was acutely aware of it, shooting projects on horrible looking mini DV and expensive film stock. No question they spurred progress, I'd just envisioned that they would continue to carry the torch with all o
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Very fair points. I'm just nit picking about RED's instigation and influence being more valuable to camera industry than the cameras they delivered and the price points they delivered them at.
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by cfr2023 3y ago
All good points, though following these acts of instigation for the industry, their competitors overtook them in the path to their goal.
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by cfr2023 3y ago
A fair consideration indeed but a very relativistic use of terminology. $17,500 is not $200,000 that's for sure, but it's also not $5000 or $2500 or $100 (not that I expect $100 cine cameras). My only point is that their hearts we
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by cfr2023 3y ago
I started following the RED story before those folks ever released a camera, and I liked their spirit and mission. Some time passed and ultimately it was Black Magic Design that accomplished what RED said they wanted to do. If you say you w
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by cfr2023 3y ago
I read it all right but it is illogical ranting. You’re cool with people tinkering with hardware but any software work is out of line? Writing software is a use for computer hardware, and people with minds broader than yours do it for pure
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Not sure of the tone of this post, does the idea of a bunch of enthusiasts having fun with old computer hardware actually upset you? If so, do you feel similarly about hobbyists that tinker with things like old cars, old clocks, old musical
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Seriously though, if it is your world view that a consensus definition is needed for an initiative to be considered truly progressive, has the world made any progress at all in any domain? Fossil fuels are widely implicated in climate chang
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by cfr2023 3y ago
>You don't get to say for/anti progress when there isn't a consensus definition of progress. You seem to think that a firm consensus definition is needed for something to be considered progress, which exposes and advertise
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by cfr2023 3y ago
The trend of touch screens replacing physical controls in domains where muscle memory is an advantage is an utter atrocity. No amount of interface versatility/flexibility can come close to touching the utility of not having to take you
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by cfr2023 3y ago
It seems every domain and human endeavor in existence has some form of disagreement between practitioners who desire progress/advancement and people who are content to never change or learn anything new, in spite of glaringly obvious b
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by cfr2023 3y ago
It is brave to call out C and Unix as outdated and technically inferior tools/solutions when so many users are excessively dogmatic in framing them as a pinnacle for the computer industry.
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Purely from the perspective (my own) that unique/novel mental models are often key drivers of progress, I am very much inclined to agree with you.
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Good perspective. Kinda leaves me with "these technologies had their day but we've mostly moved on."
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by cfr2023 3y ago
I think this is an important distinction and actually sort of a brave one. That a technology stack can be the basis of an entire industry and still be unappealing and lacking for people that are obliged to interact with it directly/reg
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by cfr2023 3y ago
I laughed out loud. Is this actually a common sentiment in some circles, or just someone blowing off steam? The question occurs to me because I feel like I just spent 30 years on forums like HN reading nothing but effusive praise for the cl
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by cfr2023 3y ago
I don't think this sounds facetious. People and their life experiences are essentially inextricable. Nature vs. nurture stuff. Separating/abstracting person from their experiences is as you say, a representation of a different, no
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by cfr2023 3y ago
My god, this (very insightful) vision just gets more horrific with each line.
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Your point is valid in that being able to face life unaided by medicine is ideal, but often unrealistic. Such that I think this comment of calling it a band aid for being in a bad situation is overblown, and that the situation in general is
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Everyone? It's about the real and hidden costs. If your employees are stressed to the point of burnout and are turning over every few months, do you think new trainees will make more or less errors than experienced employees under the
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by cfr2023 3y ago
It does seem that people would wrongly associate the artificial influx of positive/warm feelings coming from a cannabis with increased task performance. Not unlike how people overestimate their own strength when drinking alcohol etc. H
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Much to consider here, thanks for the thoughtful reply.
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Fair observations but, doesn't this assume that disposal and containment are truly our only options now and forever? Even so, you think there would be no worthy efficiency gains for pure sorting or materials mining in using machines th
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Valuable considerations. Seems like a perfect machine learning/robotics application, but probably not one that will receive funding if it's pitched with the objective of, "look now all of this problematic crap is in one place
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by cfr2023 3y ago
Is there no value in merely separating and gathering this material, even if it's all dumped in a "plastics only" landfill, as opposed to one containing other types of trash? Isn't keeping different types of waste sorted

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