Let the man finish

because I’m really into it

… And there you have it.

A lot of them do.

Good wine improves flavor in the first hour. And maintains for longer too.

Sediment isn’t an indicator of quality. It’s OK for even very fine wine to have some, they are usually tanins that crystallize. The only way to really tell wine quality is serving it.

My first thought was the mushroom. Must be the zeitgeist.

Jump down the shelters to get away
The boys are cockin’ up their guns
Tell us general, is it party time?
If it is, can we all come?

Puts down Molotov cocktail… Are you sure?

She was fired just recently. I am surprised it took so long. I guess they wanted the news cycle to die down.

Anyone that works in automation will tell you you can’t use software to overcome deficiencies of your sensors. They were too cheap to include a reliable Lidar, and now can’t have a car that knows where obstacles are.

Imagine all the people…

Look, a cow tipping implement!

Now? I remember Rio 92 wasn’t the first global climate summit. We dug ourselves a deep, deep hole, since.

People watch this willingly?

Oh, I was talking about the camera. The finder, controls, and form factor just tickle me the right way.

The kit lens works best stopped down a stop or two, I agree. I have a 21 mm rectilinear Sigma that is nice, but doesn’t open up much, I think f/3.5 or something.

Indeed, deliberate practice is a requisite to develop skills. And to transfer those skills, the equipment must be somewhat similar. A DSLR and an SLR. A camera phone and a point and shoot.

BTW, the Pentax M series is a joy to operate. I’ve got an ME Super and is my preferred way to shoot. Really like your picture. I’d just dial down brightness a bit on the scan.

You can’t beat the learning feedback cycle of digital. You develop your skills faster. Most of the knowledge transfers to film.

That’s the original use of AI: pattern recognition. Those are specialist systems, not at all like GPT. We’ve been benefiting from systems like this for a while: anti spam filters, image diagnostics are two common use cases.

I guess long term anemia leaves marks on the fingernails.

Are poachers poisoning elephants to harvest their tusks?

Good to know!