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photoGrant··on Danish artist told to repay museum €67,000 after turning in blank canvasses
Sherry Levine.

It’s not low effort.

Unless that’s what you brought as a consumer of the art!

photoGrant··on How Jeff Geerling almost broke MrBeast's 1-100 video [video]
The 'struggle' and the lack of time is implicit in the entertainment value of watching what unfolds. I'd argue most of this type of content is specifically geared towards dramatising what should otherwise just be planned accordingly with a decent producer.

These folks are smarter than smart when it comes to gamifying the human psyche.

photoGrant··on Data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers
Hard coded secrets in shareable URL’s with almost infinite time windows and an untraceable ability to audit what’s made and shared and at what level?

Sounds like it’s as hard as it’s always been. Pretty basic and filled with humans

photoGrant··on Wine 8.16 (Dev) – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS
In my example I need some DSD software that’s strictly windows based. It needs to interact with my Linux sdr setup.
photoGrant··on China's Spy Balloon
This article is so confusing in what it tries to conclude.

Was it a spy balloon?

Was it spying?

Was it an accident?

None of these questions are genuinely answered.

Was it an innocent weather balloon or a covert device?

photoGrant··on How Jeff Geerling almost broke MrBeast's 1-100 video [video]
You imagine the terms and then conclude scum! Nay so quick.
photoGrant··on More Than 5,000 Dead in Libya as Dam Collapses Deepen Flood Disaster
https://archive.ph/xtgY4
photoGrant··on Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
It's a way to increase profits in an area of R&D that's required for the AR side of things.

Gaming is an easily marketable profit funnel that directly relates with all the necessary advancements needed to pursue the Vision Pro/Visual Compute/LLM side of things. In my opinion, anyway.

photoGrant··on Bulletproof, Slow and Full of Wine: Kim Jong-Un’s Mystery Train
https://archive.ph/1rD41
photoGrant··on Ask HN: Turning off the programming mind during non-work hours
Love this analogy
photoGrant··on FFmpeg Patches for a 20% speedup of Apple ProRes decoding
One who doesn't like Master/Slave terms probably.
photoGrant··on Apple endorses bill that forces companies to disclose their carbon footprint
Sure, but not specifically for the sake of enabling the count of a carbon footprint. There's tinfoil hats, and then there's paper hats with big crayons.
photoGrant··on Cisco security appliance 0-day is under attack by ransomware crooks
The article goes on to say test:test was highly successful.

I mean, at a certain point no amount of armour protects negligence.

photoGrant··on 37signals Introduces "Once" - Buy software one time
Thanks to the staff at hand that helped bury this to the bottom. Now I know what (HN)'s priorities are. Protect the cash, ignore the weak.
photoGrant··on 37signals Introduces "Once" - Buy software one time
We helped pioneer keeping you on the hook perpetually for a solution! Now we've extracted maximum value out of that we're going to offer an ever wilder idea! One big fat payment for the same thing you've spent years paying and subscribing to.

Just one last attempt to extract every cent of good will out of a consumer before they truly cotton on.

At least, that's my sour angle of it. As much as I want this 'model' again.

photoGrant··on Memory Usage of Figma, AI, PS, Affinity Designer, Sketch
Nice!

So is Figma extremely optimised for 2GB of ram, and that's it? Then it just replicates those efforts per tab until max-ram?

Put another way, is Figma limited strictly to 2GB/further optimisation because of its underlying tech? Web Browser?

photoGrant··on YouTube is adding HTML5 instant games to its service
This feels like a potentially resurgent Flash era whereas the creativity of 'user input' affects an otherwise linear narrative and creates a whole new world of content, ideas, and potentials!

Hope it works! I've always wanted a Goosebumps Choose Your Own Adventure as a movie.

Better yet, one that subtly alters the scenes picked and conclusions drawn based on the emotional response throughout (no input) thinking the Apple Headset for that idea.

photoGrant··on Startup founders guide to O1 Visas
The O-1B process was likely one of the most stressful events of my young-adult life! That said, I never felt a 'challenge' for my petition to be accepted beyond my own personal desire to submit as strong a case as possible.

So, could've been likely self inflicted. But whoah -- what a pressure.

photoGrant··on Therapy isn't fixing America's mental health crisis
I hung and agreed on every word but specifically;

> Empathy becomes just another service you can summon with your phone, so why bother practicing it?

Yikes. So true.

photoGrant··on How to Get into Film Photography (and Why You Should)
Film Photography will teach you more about how your circuit boards are made, than most CS classes!

This isn't true. But it's fun to see how much everything overlaps!

photoGrant··on Microsoft Edge is starting to annoy me big time
Since when has 'Got it!' meant 'I Agree'?

I sure wish there was a little more protection over what's considered a yes/no versus what's considered harassment and dark patterns in order to coerce that behaviour into profitable funnels. But then, who's dollar as developers do we fight for? The same one's that enable this crap. The thumbs are big.

So the cycle continues.

photoGrant··on California tech transplants unhappy with exodus to Austin, report says
Because life is more complicated than that level of reductionist thinking?
photoGrant··on California tech transplants unhappy with exodus to Austin, report says
I moved to Austin post-pandemic (career move/not tech) from Chicago and I have my regrets. What I didn't realise was many of my disdains about Austin are exactly what the article says... Here ambition dies...

Now I can't unsee.

photoGrant··on Indian Influences on Rastafarianism
Here's a great video showing an example of the hidden Chinese influences in South America!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m3fYellBlw

Not the biggest fan of the individual who makes the videos, but you'd be hard pressed to find as good a lens on some often unseen places.

photoGrant··on Why Camera Makers Will Be Dead (Soonish)
The argument is camera makers are dead, yet they made more money, and sold less hardware from 2022 to 2023.

Doesn't that fly in the face of the premise?

The consumer angle for most camera manufacturers is the icing on the cake. Most funding/research/sales comes from science, military and space...

Canon, Sony et al - aren't competing with phone cameras. They're complimentary. The rate and rise of cameras and lenses and devices 'seeing' the world will forever increase. The only thing dead will be us.

photoGrant··on Cops drill into chat apps, sink plot to smuggle tons of coke into Europe
Any links/sources to these events? More for further reading/curiosity!
photoGrant··on A Time Capsule Appeared to Be Full of Dirt. Then, They Looked Closer
Amazing! It was a joy to watch the dismay live, sadistically. But this makes it even better! How cool.
photoGrant··on Ask HN: How do you organize your data and maintain digital hygiene?
Beautifully said!
photoGrant··on Ask HN: Is the quality of American customer service degrading sharply?
I'd say no, you just had gilded sunglasses the first time round.

Counterpoint, local gas company severed my fiber line at 8pm. Complained via chat about it and had the kindest, fastest resolve. A guy, as courteous as he was Texas, arrived within the hour, re-patched me and painted warning lines all whilst texting me updates. I was back to YouTube by 11pm.

photoGrant··on Fi now opts you into the use of your CPNI by Alphabet affiliates
I also had a terrible experience with the link. Not only that, it's still me having to remove myself from an automated opt in! This makes zero sense!
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