Notices by Silversalty (silversalty@mastodon.social)

@Gargron
I guess that sun lit wall in the background has the same Italian heritage.

@Gargron
It's an interesting image. Quirky pose but that's part of the draw. I find the face oversaturated and when I checked in an image editor there was a greenish color cast. Maybe my cheap monitor. ??

@Gargron
Once saw a small Asian guy using a Pentax 6x7 at a hot air balloon festival. Wondered at the weight. I had Nikon F with bag of lenses as weight comparison. Then guy put his hand down facing behind him holding a lens. Little woman came running up with a replacement lens.

@Gargron
Sorry to read this since you provide so much value to so many people, likely without the level of compensation you deserve.

Anyway, many thanks for your efforts on our behalf.

@Gargron
I've have in the past given up on poor lenses. I had a Nikkor 50mm f1.4. Later I got a 50mm f2.0. The 2.0 was much better in low light and only really half a stop slower. I sold the 1.4.

@Gargron
I suggested that but the image I based that on had a very strange pattern of blur.

I was never a fan of third party handling of my film. I've seen greasy hands handling my film. Once.

@Gargron
But this image has decent sharpness. Deep corner blur is fairly standard.

@Gargron
Sharpness generally looks good on this except for upper right stone work. I'm wondering about your process of going from negative film to digital image.

@Gargron
Center seems sharp and edges soft. Sign of a poor lens. But the left side wire fence has some sharpness. Lens elements might not be properly aligned.

@Gargron
Forgive my critique but the clarity of this image is strange. Is it a scanner problem? Scan or digital pic of a print?

@Mastodon
I've created columns with selected members in them. 'Lists' seems an extra step since they can also only include followed members. Saves having to repeat aggregating members at time of each column creation. Can lists created by other members be copied and used (with non-followed members not displayed until followed)?

@Gargron
Reminds me of the public art exhibit in Central Park NYC - The Gates. As I walked through it I was thinking, 'This is strange but people (me) are enjoying it. [To use an old term] It's a happening.'

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-gates-opens-in-new-york-city-central-park

@thomasfuchs
I had a Compaq like that though I don't remember if the screen could flip. It eventually died but I liked the keyboard. It was small (compact) yet the key positioning and feel were good.

@thomasfuchs
Bluesky has a 'rate limit?'

Is there a sub fee to bypass that, not that I'd go for it.

@thomasfuchs
So the posts that news would be suppreseed on the site are true. How is that implemented without blowback? News and its basis for community interaction is a major draw and value.

@thomasfuchs
HOA?

@extremelyuncanny @thomasfuchs
Thanks for the reply but I saw that with a search and didn't think it applied to Mastodon and how some servers are controlled.

In a metaphoric sense? Similar to the varied social media sites?

@thomasfuchs
The original IBM PC tech reference manual included the BIOS code that allowed for a broad development of the PC. I think it was only Gates' Basic that was 'protected.'

GWBasic and Phoenix BIOS.
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/12018/why-did-ibm-make-the-pc-bios-source-code-public

@Yukari I still have an image of his crouch style skating, obviously with his head up. Horton would send skaters flying if they had their heads down and didn't notice him.