@jon-nyc said in Interesting quote re the media: @LuFins-Dad But I agree with your point. Most people resist reading well-argued viewpoints contrary to their own even when it’s free. Very few are willing to pay for it. That's why it makes sense to have a "90% paywall" policy: You make some articles free.

@Jolly said in Strategically placed cop cars: @Horace said in Strategically placed cop cars: @George-K said in Strategically placed cop cars: @Horace said in Strategically placed cop cars: One of our neighbors has a security system that says "hello, you are being recorded", every time you walk past their house. I'm surprised that there's not a complaint about "disruptive noise" or something like that. But, if it's, as you describe, a crime-riddled neighborhood, I get it. You might want to take a look at your 2nd amendment protections, just in case. It's Texas, but still... I am probably going to get a handgun. Or two. Then work every day to ensure they are not used against me. You're a big guy. What fits you (in a handgun) probably won't fit the wife. But close may be good enough. An AR with a collapsible stock will fit both of you. I suggest you do not get a pink one or even a Hello Kitty dustcover on a regular black one. Add in a youth model 20gauge with a 21" or so barrel (it will fit her and you can accommodate it), and you'll be set to go. There's probably a gun range somewhere around Houston. Maybe even two... Good plan.

@jon-nyc said in "The Pandemic is Over!": I changed from treating it as pandemic to treating it as endemic a while ago. ... Same here.

@89th said in A 12 month exposure: I mean, it's pretty good but it's just a building. I would be more impressed if he paid someone to stand there for 12 months. I thought it was interesting story about one of the very first photograph, of a street scene in Paris (1839) It looks so empty, when in reality, there were lots of people in the photo. But, because the exposure was so long, the moving people did not show up. [image: daguerre-oldest-photo-paris-2.jpg] https://mymodernmet.com/daguerre-oldest-paris-photo/

@Friday said in Anyone watching QEII's funeral?: I heard a commentator say 5.1 billion people watched. 63% of the world's population. Don't know if that's accurate, but I wouldn't be surprised. Yes, it is accurate. They use the same satellite technique that is used to estimate crowds on the Mall for a presidential inauguration. Trust the science.

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Sounds like some of the plastic bits are starting to show their age. Similar thing happened inside my korg digital and is happening to my sister's clavinova. I'd replace.

Jeans are inherently racist.

We may have. I've been under the weather for three or four days.

Yeah, pretty cool. We really should start considering that there are three branches of photography these days: film photography digital photography computational photography (phones) They've each got their strengths and weaknesses, and none can really cancel out the others.

Posted in the "She's Gone" thread. https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1567894552744271872?s=20&t=LNkP-tDscKfyeaSQdcLHAw

Or maybe he wasn't as good at influence peddling as the current guy. I wouldn't let him hear you say that - you'll be the subject of a long Truth Social diatribe. Literally tens of people will be baying for your blood.

At least the feed has one new follower.

While I don't love politicians, without them, nothing gets done. Sadly.

@LuFins-Dad But such a rarity that such an amazing catch would be filmed.

@jon-nyc said in Every Republican is Hitler: @Axtremus It’s almost as if he doesn’t care about anything if it’s not about him. Yes, but at least, according to the New York Times, he has "soft edges." [image: giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47df2boytbvjgbf0dyqeo43l4ebq9r4fzxh8vkt6s4&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g]

@jon-nyc said in Your brain on piano: @Doctor-Phibes said in Your brain on piano: One of my biggest regrets is that I gave it up That’s funny, that’s one of the things we’re most grateful for. You haven't heard me play the sax

@Ivorythumper I don't know. Intelligible audio? Maybe it was a compromise that came out of a committee.