pfranz

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by pfranz 2mo ago
Ive used various AR apps to see how products fit in physical spaces--like Ikea used to offer. I've also worked on VR projects for car interiors. With VR you really do get a sense of scale and space that you're still guessing at wi
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by pfranz 8mo ago
This page probably has the most detail: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651 This article is a few years old, but has more of a plain-English, third party explanation: https://appleinsider.com/article
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by pfranz 8mo ago
> If you look at how Apple detects contraband imagery, they hash every image that gets uploaded into the photos app. Those hashes are transmitted to servers that compare them to hashes of known contraband. You're spelling out a spec
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by pfranz 1y ago
I have no idea about Android, but my understanding is for wired CarPlay a GPS in the dash is optional and for wireless CarPlay its required. The thinking is you can use a larger, better placed antennae. If you're using wireless CarPlay
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by pfranz 1y ago
> why is obtaining Python separately better than using a Python provided by the image? I mostly work in a different domain than webdev, but feel strongly about trying to decouple base technologies of your OS and your application as much
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by pfranz 1y ago
There was a similar story where he insisted on painting manufacturing machines for aesthetic reasons. It cost a lot of money, the paint caused problems with the machines, and the stuff they were manufacturing didn't sell well. I think
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by pfranz 1y ago
> The problem is that it just doesn't work on modern, fast displays. I'm very confused by this. From what I've seen it's been getting a lot better (since transitioning from CRTs). At least for television, frame-rate m
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by pfranz 1y ago
> I think this would have a negative effect. How? Disclosure should already be legally required--class-actions and lawsuits should already be a thing. The Have I Been Pwned data sets aren't volunteered by these companies. It's
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by pfranz 1y ago
Right. Just like the article, HDR is too vague to mean anything specific and a label that's slapped onto products. In gaming, it often meant they were finally simulating light and exposure separately--clipping highlights that would hav
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by pfranz 1y ago
> Ugh. I will never understand the obsession this effect. All of it (lens flares, motion blur, film grain, DoF, tone mapping, and exposure, frame rate) are artistic choices constrained by the equipment we have to collect and present it.
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by pfranz 1y ago
Stereo film has its own limitations. Sadly, shooting for stereo was expensive and often corners were cut just to get it to show up in a theater where they can charge a premium for a stereo screening. Home video was always a nightmare--nobod
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by pfranz 1y ago
Check out this old post: https://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/thought-for-the-day/ HDR in games would frequently mean clipping highlights and adding bloom. Prior the "HDR" exposure looked rather flat.
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by pfranz 1y ago
https://www.realtimerendering.com/blog/thought-for-the-day/ It's crazy that post is 15 years old. Like the OP and this post get at, HDR isn't really a good description of what's happening. HDR often
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by pfranz 2y ago
iTerm2 has had Tmux Integration for a few years now. That's not something I want, so I'm not sure if it ticks all your boxes. https://iterm2.com/documentation-tmux-integration.html Other terminal emulators offer s
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by pfranz 2y ago
The first option presented is a one month non-renewing subscription for $10. I think the intention is periodically (once a year, once every few years?) you run it to reclaim space. If it was reclaiming more than a few gigs I would do it. Th
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by pfranz 2y ago
If you'd like. In the blog post he says he wrote the prototype in an afternoon. Hyperspace does try hard to preserve unique metadata as well as other protections.
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by pfranz 2y ago
This is unrelated to viewport rotation, but I've always wanted to play with multiple inputs for posing characters. There was always a lot of interest in "full body IK" which seems like a similar idea to me. Both IK and FK imp
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by pfranz 2y ago
Sooo many forum postings of parents lamented the loss of VHS when DVDs and Blu rays took over because of the kid factor. I saw a lot of people backing up their discs and giving their kids the duplicates because of the cost of (especially Di
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by pfranz 2y ago
I think the point the parent was trying to make was that when using ANC you likely listen to things using a lower volume setting--reducing the chance you'll develop tinnitus. Without ANC what you're listening to competes with what
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by pfranz 2y ago
> MacOS got a total ground-up rewrite in between versions 9 and 10, and it helps they built the UI on top of an existing nix. The reason the parent mentioned NeXTSTEP is while MacOS between 9 and X is a ground-up rewrite if you compare t
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by pfranz 2y ago
I think part of the reason apps like Photoshop and Word got bloated is that their audience got watered down and are fairly mainstream software. I'm sure there's a lot of old niche software that feels modern and unbloated. Nuke[1]
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by pfranz 3y ago
They're not copying or spoofing the chip on the card, they're skimming the mag stripe and getting the fixed credit card number, right? Then stealing your pin (second factor). I'm not 100% sure what methods they use for purcha
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by pfranz 3y ago
iPhones have had Power Reserve for a few years now. For up to around 5 hours after your phone turns off due to low battery you can still use things like Find My or Express Card transactions (payment, transit, car home hotel keys, student id
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by pfranz 3y ago
Their website says keycards /can/ be offered, just like physical keys (mentioned in the article). Apartment complexes opt not to support those things.
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by pfranz 3y ago
That's true, but just like adults, what kid's brains "need" isn't always the same thing they're most stimulated by. I also think since adults are often around it's very very appreciated to not be obnoxious
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by pfranz 3y ago
I'm not really sure what you're getting at. Like others have said, “Water can’t be free anywhere” seems to be inevitable at a commercial level--but dystopian on an individual level. If you had neighbors in your rural area aggressi
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by pfranz 3y ago
Thanks! It looks like they use the same shortcut key! https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/shortcuts.html#project-files
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by pfranz 3y ago
Similarly, on pages like GitLab you can link to specific line(s) of code in a file...but it often is the head of that branch. The URL will resolve in the future, but its pretty common that the chunk of code has moved. I wish it was easy to
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by pfranz 3y ago
I have the opposite problem. I'll drive from LA to SF for a conference or to visit friends and I have no place to ditch a car I don't need. Finding parking is miserable and hotels will charge $50-70/night. Heck, I saw a post
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by pfranz 3y ago
Hard-won experience? I vaguely remember when Sudafed got put behind counters because it was used to make meth. I don't frequently get sick. Often, the last medication I bought is expired by the time I need it again. One year, I found s

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