Stitch in "imitation void" mode.
His earlier work (like this strip) was pretty good...later he tripped into MAGA and went off the deep end.
There was also the spray that you'd just use after the shower that supposedly did the same thing. I always still had to clean, so I gave up on it.
I pay attention. What rape problem in the NHL are you talking about?
Correct on the chocolate. And it's best if the chocolate is near melting temperature so when that warm marshmallow hits it, it melts. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Debian does minor releases every so often, too. For example the current version of Trixie is on its 7th point release (12.7). Trixie was released last August.
Well there might be specific times that you want to run the defrosters, like maybe overnight after the stocking has finished? (Avoiding times when the doors are going to be I opened a lot?)
So there might be a good reason to have that sort of remote control. I assumed it was automatic like in a house fridge, but maybe there's a good reason it isn't automatic.
Didn't we just talk about inter-species relationships the other day?! Hmmmmmm? No lectures in this episode after Hoshi gets laid!
I've found I don't need bleeding edge most of the time. But if I do need something more up to date, there's usually a package for Debian available. Wine is one example; I needed a more updated version than Debian stable ships, and WineHQ has it packaged for that. Installs easily and stays updated automatically.
I can see value in monitoring them remotely. I'm not sure I see much value in being able to change the temperature setting remotely. If you need to change the setting, there's probably already something wrong...
No, I haven't looked into it lately. Sorry.
I feel you on not knowing where the break even point of heat pumps is! It's so frustrating that that isn't published.
Well it would vary for every house, season, amount of sunlight, etc. It'd require extensive testing and data collection to determine.
Stitch had to resort to cuddling with my wife while I was gone. I think he missed me.
He's not very helpful.
Not that it ever wasn't, really, but...After many years of crop-sensor cameras, I went full frame in ~2018 with the Nikon D750. It's a great camera, though I didn't use it much during the pandemic. The full frame lenses are really heavy, though, so photography felt like more like work instead of recreation.
A few months ago, I became a professional photographer, using the D750 and a Sigma 14-24 2.8 Art to do real estate photography. That setup has been great, no major issues, but if something happened to the body or the lens, I had no backups. And while it's still a capable camera, the D750 is a bit long in the tooth these days. In particular, its video capabilities are just not up to what my clients want (4K 60fps).
Last month, I bought a Nikon Z8 with the adapter so I could still use the Sigma F-mount lens. Then, last week, I bought the Nikon 14-24 Z lens to go with it. I've taken nearly a thousand pictures with the Z8 + Sigma lens, but almost all were for my real estate work.
First...wow, this is a light lens. It's unbelievable how light it is. The Sigma is 1,140 grams, or 2.5 lbs. The 14-24 Nikon Z is 650 grams, or 1.4 lbs. The difference is astounding. It's like going back to my D7000 with the 18-140 DX lens (490 gram, 1.1 lbs), but having a high quality, full frame 2.8 lens. It's easy to hold and handle.
Second, I love the results, so far. The picture is from Niagara Falls, and the haze you're seeing is mist from the waterfall. There's a nice rainbow at the bottom. The observation tower on the right is clearly distorted, but that's a normal artifact for a wide angle lenses. I'll play with Darktable some more to see if I can get it any better.
I'm really liking the Z8. It's faster than the D750 - first, picture taking is faster, because it doesn't have the mirror to move for every shot, and it doesn't have a mechanical shutter. But it's faster in other ways, too, like being better at focusing, especially in low light situations (i.e., it's better at finding focus, so I spend less time playing with the focus point location). Those things are only a few seconds per shot, but that does add up over the course of a shoot; even a few minutes of buffer can really help if traffic or other issues interfere with my schedule.
I think my wife was a little annoyed with me this week. I have a 24-70 2.8 and a 70-200 2.8, both in F mount, so I brought the D750 and have been using the 24-70 on that body, while the 14-24 Z has stayed on the Z8. There have been times I've been swapping between cameras, and at one point, I had both slung around my neck. Hey, it's nice not having to swap lenses around and worry about the FTZ adapter.
(I also posted this in cats, if it looks familiar.)
Got a new Nikon Z8 camera body the other day. The rule in our house is that the pets must be the subject of the first pictures with any new camera, so here we are, my very first picture with it (edits: cropped and applied lens correction).
Unfortunately, I forgot to switch to raw mode, so this is an edited JPG. The fact that Nikon defaults to JPG for even their pro camera that's just one step down from the flagship Z9 might say something about the people who are usually buying these cameras.
Yesterday I used the camera on my first professional shoot (real estate photography) - it went well. I'm shocked at how fast it is compared to my D750; there were a few times when I thought, "It's done already?" It'll be nice to save a little time that way - it adds up when I'm doing a 50+ picture shoot (which is really 250+ pictures, see below where I mention bracketing).
Since it's mirrorless there's a lot less clicking, just some beeps and simulated noises. Takes some getting used to!
I haven't quite figured out the top display - on the D750, it shows (among other things) how long the current frame takes to shoot - it's useful info when the shutter is open for 10 or 30 seconds (some houses are very dark, plus we bracket 5 shots, 2 stops apart). The Z8 doesn't seem to be consistently showing that info, or maybe I'm just not in tune with it yet. Sometimes it seems like it's still showing the value for the previous frame.
It's probably just me, though - time gets weird when I'm watching an LCD display that isn't doing anything, while being nervous that I didn't set up the new camera correctly.
So far I really like the camera. I'm using my F-mount Sigma wide angle lens via the FTZ II adapter for the real estate work (and other F-mount lenses, such as the 2.8 24-70 for the picture above), so I'm looking forward to getting a native Z 14-24 lens at some point in the next few months. The FTZ works great, as far as I can tell, but it'd be nice to have a smaller, lighter package, as well as a full backup rig (D750 + Sigma F 14-24, Z8 + Nikon Z 14-24), just in case something goes wrong.
I got a new camera body the other day, and the rule in this house is that the first pictures must be of pets.
Unfortunately I forgot to switch it to raw mode, so this is an edited JPG.
Nibbler's health isn't great. Thyroid and renal issues that we've been treating for some time, but lately his blood cell count is low (anemia), and he lost a bunch of weight and is now hovering around 8.5 lbs (3.6 kg, down from about 12 lbs/5.4 kg). We had him on medicine for four weeks, with weekly rechecks, and it was up in the third week, but then last week was back down to where we started. :( We have to take a week off with the medicine, but we'll restart it tomorrow and try again.
Oh and the poor guy does NOT travel well. He always gets sick in his carrier, even in short trips to the vet. Always has, since we adopted him in 2014. I had hoped he'd settle in at some point, as we do a lot of traveling in our RV, and he did improve somewhat over the years, but he still struggles with car sickness. Poor kitty.
The picture notwithstanding, he's still active and engaged and eating and all of that, but I'm afraid we may not have much time left with him. :(
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