I have a vague recollection of the developers building the highest settings were optimized for a future where single-core performance was where computing power would develop on… But then, cpu technology advanced towards parallelization/hyperthreading/multi core, and it took far longer for single core performance to catch up to Crysis’ highest demands

+1 on this entire list.

I also recommend Grim Dark. It’s $2.70 rn

I’ve tried to main it on a few occasions most recently on 4.1. It’s immensely powerful and I really think it surpasses Lightroom on ability to create pleasing tones. I have it installed on my home and laptop photo editing setup and I do use it on occasion.

Uortunately, even as an Adobe hater, I still use Lightroom CC 99% of the time. Why? Because speed and cross-platform compatibility. CC is less powerful* but I can do all of my editing in 30 seconds per photo and I have roughly the same experience accross Mac, Linux, and Android.

Darktable is slow to update, you have to be methodical, and there are so many ways to do the same thing. I know the devs are trying to make the best tool possible and I think they’ve built a gem. But I’m not invested enough to learn best practices for my photo editing software. I want a tool which gives me the happy path to the basics.

*ai masking, ai noise reduction, and ai object deletion are insanely useful. I feel bad every time I use them… But I do. Darktable doesn’t have these

Peak Design backpacks are really catered to photographers or people who think their bags are cool by virtue of looks or brand. Based on your description, it sounds like you only care about the organization aspect your backpack gives you. Peak Design and similar bags are expensive because they have lightweight, strong materials and provide security to expensive equipment. I think $200-$400 is a typical range for a high-quality camera backpack. I have no experience with your use case to be honest but Peak Design isn’t where I’d start with and I’m not sure if you even need a camera bag.

In case you do, here are my recommendations similar to your Osprey 40 but in the camera bag/organizer realm.

• 36L, Excellent support, straps, and weight distribution: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1363017-REG/mindshift_gear_364_backlight_36l_backpack_woodland.html

• 40L, Good Strops, Outdoor Design, You may need to buy dividers/inserts separately for this bag. Top pocket great for quick access: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1765863-REG/shimoda_designs_520_129_action_x40_v2_backpack.html

Hope this helps

Yes. What are you looking for? School? Commuter? Hiking? Photography? What types of items will you carry? What’s your budget? Tolerance for weather?

Pretty much any Peak Design product has a alternative that is on par in quality and usually cheaper. Their bags, strap and clip system, and their tripods. You may want you to look into those next time you’re shopping.

Edit: PetaPixel interviewed him and he came across as a massive douche.

Dang. That hasn’t happened to me yet, but it sounds infuriating

I didn’t get this. Anyone care to explain?

Yes. Being $200k in medical debt and paying for your Big Mac in “4 easy payments”

I haven’t seen anyone mention that this could be a massive improvement for persons using adaptive technologies to interact with audio media. Ive personally witnessed complaints from users of hearing aids and transcription tools who get annoyed by music messing up the content they’re trying to get from a video or podcast

I don’t know or forgot this xkcd. Yayyy

I’m saving that tune for future use

Ancient meme is ancient

… and wrapped in plastic

¿Rule? Rule…? RUUUUULLE?

Also having an actual clicker YouTube short

Voodoo 2 baybeeee

Edit: this is from the perspective of a technical interviewer.

I’ve done around 200 or so technical interviews for mostly senior data engineering roles. I’ve seen every version of made up code, terrible implementation suggestion and dozens of folks with 5+ years of experience and couldn’t wrote a JOIN to save their lives.

The there were a couple where the resume was obviously made up because they couldn’t back up a single point and they just did not know a thing about data. They would usually talk in circles about buzzwords and Excel jaron. “They big data’d the data lake warehouse pivot hadoop in Azure Redshift.” Sure, ya did, buddy.

Yes, they were “pre-screened”. This was one of the BIG tech companies.

People have been asking for thicker phones with more battery for years. Wth