The verge produces some good articles. This is not an example. I tried to read it, but quickly got bogged down in irrelevant fluff. So I skimmed the rest.
Then I searched the article for "Sullivan". Every other occurrence is followed by, "is mad" "is pissed" "impatient corporate stooge", and other improbable attacks.
Wow! She wrote a metric ton of words just to say, "I hate Danny".
It is true that Google is a swamp. Thank goodness for Kagi.
On the Mac there is ff·Works. It is a terrific GUI for ffmpeg. The way it works fits my brain better than the command line interface. I can stack up a bunch of jobs with any of the parameters I need and it munches right through. Works on a single file or 60 files with different setup for each one. Cheap and actively maintained.
I love Keyboard Maestro for all my Macs. It takes a while to learn all the quirks, but it does heavy duty work for me every day. I am not aware of any equivalent for Windows.
I have used dedicated key pads for video/photo editing on my desktop mac for many years. I’ve found that what matters most to make it more efficient and enjoyable is the quality of the key switches.
I started with a Genovation CP24 that triggers macros in Keyboard Maestro. I was very happy with the setup, but when Stream Deck arrived I got the big one and dove into making it work for me. Stream Deck is pretty impressive but the switches on the Gennovation are just better, so I went back. With the Gennovation a finger can just reach where it needs and feel that the click has been done. I could never get that level of comfort with the Stream Deck keys.
I also found that I preferred just making a paper label and popping it under the cover worked better that the cute Stream Deck key system. I can very quickly make paper labels that visually group similar keys. I can also make a key that needs to stand out from the rest. (Such as my universal delete key that works in all applications – saves me a lot of time but I had to learn to not be hitting it by accident.) Once I have labeled my keys just as I like, I don’t change them so the Stream Deck system seems like overkill.
I now have two Genovation CP24’s and one CP48 hooked up to my mac. I am so dependent on them that I browsed eBay to pick up some spares incase I ever need them.
Keyboard Maestro is the other indispensable element to my system. I has it’s quirks but seems to me that everyone should know it (or the PC equivalent) backward and forward. I have about 50 macros that get used every day. I have 252 macros in Keyboard Maestro right now. (I keep a lot of old ones around to serve as notes for making new ones, or for when software updates make one not work.) I can work on other peoples machines but I REALLY love using mine. There is just nothing like having a dedicated key that does a series of steps that you need done very often. It frees up my mind. Some of my macros in DaVinci Resolve do many operations without me having to think about stepping through each one. Same with Pixelmator Pro.
Keyboard Maestro is not just a Macro Recorder. It can control most of the Mac interface and most applications. You can start using it as a recorder but when you learn to to incorporate applescripts and other tricks, it can manipulate the entire Mac experience. I would be lost without it.
I also use Molly White's write-ups to loosely follow the everlasting crypto train wreck. This particular one is amazingly concise and easy to read. I hope she keeps it up. There is no way I would have the energy to look up all of this on my own.
I am not sure what you mean calling me a bot and implying that Molly does not work. It takes effort to keep up with all this stuff and post those summaries. I hope she keeps it going a couple more years.
Sorry about the delayed reply. I have busy schedule today.
I love Molly's work on web3isgoingjustgreat. I like following this slow moving train wreck, but just don't have the time or energy to read all the news reports on these projects. There is a lot of lazy "reporting" on crypto/web3 that seems to be lifted from marketing materials. Good critical analysis is out there but you have to hunt it down.
Molly's succinct write-ups are interesting to read. They are critical of the industry but never unfair. I drop by every few days to catch up. If a topic bears additional investigation I can dig deeper. Molly's work helps me easily sort through an entire class of news that I would probably just ignore. I hope she keeps up the good work.
A couple of very good computer forums that I depended on years ago were slowly destroyed by "long term users". A small group seemed to think that their long history and prolific posting made it their playground. Little by little it became less worth my time to check it out every day. This place is always worth a glance. Every day. On the best discussions you can sense that people only post if they feel they really have something to add.
I love what Dang refers to as HN's non-silowed nature. It is easy to find useful and fascinating discussions on any topic. When I have the time and energy, sometimes I dive in for a few hours. When I come up for air I'm tired but generally pleased with experience.
A common complaint here is that it ain't what it used to be. There may be a little more fluff now but when it's good - It's darn good.
I'm not a fan of Musk overall, but Starlink is pure gold for us in rural America. Before this, my best option was 25Mbps for $125/mo.
I installed mine about 5 months ago. You really need to put it in a location that has no obstructions for the antenna's oval of coverage. The speed varies a lot but overnight and mornings I get downloads of 90 to 180Mbps. Afternoon and evening the range is 60 to 110Mbps. I measure these speeds myself from actual transfers of large files over the course of about one hour. Now and then I check to see what Ookla - SpeedTest - or Cloudflare report. They never agree with each other, even when running concurrently.
The FCC is not going to use Ookla data. The antennas are self installed. Many will be slowed down by obstructions, bad cabling etc. As mentioned above, many people only test when they have trouble. Once the trouble is fixed the new speeds are not added to the Ookla database.
Viasat is in a sad position. I don't see how they have a future at all. I think they only have two satellites that were launched by cheap Proton rockets. With Russia gone, they would have to pay much more for any future launches. The one thing they can do is spread fear to keep their business afloat a little longer.
I'm an avid cyclist and this was a fascinating article. Well researched and well written. The author put in a lot of time to track down all the lies, but it sort of glosses over one point.
There had to be a ton of people that knew it was made up and did nothing. Why did't anyone make him put up or shut up?
If I lived within a few hundred miles of his shop, I would have dropped by just to meet him and get something I needed, probably more than once. When I got home I would have looked him up. Not to find a lie but because this is what I do. I meet a new interesting person and I want to dive a little deeper. It makes the experience more satisfying to me when I flesh it out with more details and photos.
A lot of this narrative takes place before everything was online, but I would expect to find some things. Finding nothing outside of the fakeable stuff like LinkedIn I would have dived deeper. The temporary Wikipedia listing would have really lit me up.
Seems to me that a hundred bikers knew about this clown and just let it fly.
I drop by HN almost every day, mostly just to learn some new thing during a break. This discussion has been very helpful to me.
I work a lot with Final Cut but it is tedious when you need short little cuts on many videos. I tried Shotcut and ffmpeg but they don't scan fast and smooth enough to be a help. This discussion has led me to some editors I did't know about. Tried a few and found one that will do the trick. Thanks.
I did not see his comment as looking down on anyone. I too am surprised that so many people here do not manage their windows with Keyboard Maestro.
Anyone with a desktop Mac and some kind of programming skill needs Keyboard Maestro. It not only slings windows around but automates many chores. It also lets you get around most user interface annoyances that turn up in every program. My advice is to get it and learn it well if you spend much time on a Mac.
I have an ancient Genovation CP48 ControlPad attached to my keyboard. It has 48 function keys and every one is assigned. Most of the keys do double or triple duty. I positively hate it when I have to use anyone else's Mac for any prolonged period.
Molly provides a great service to skeptics like me. She concise, easy to read, articulate and funny.
I feel like I live in a world where a huge train wreck is getting set up. I would like to follow along but it has gotten to the point where I can't get myself to read many of these 'News' stories about a new crypto adventure. I only have a little news reading time in a day and the typical article about NFTs or whatever leaves me feeling assaulted by a hype machine. But I can peruse web3isgoinggreat and stay abreast of what is going on.
Molly obviously has an opinion about the future of blockchain money but her comments all seem factual and fair to me. I'm pretty sure I would read her site even if I were on the other side of the argument.
Whenever I want to investigate a technical topic that is in the news, my process is to first read several articles from decent publications to get grounded. Then I come here to go over current (and past) discussions of the topic. I am almost always rewarded with a better understanding. Very often we get comments from people directly involved. Keep it up Dang.
This question has baffled me also. What on earth motivates some people to diligently post basically the same diatribe every day forever? Some of these guys work harder and more consistently at this than I will ever work on anything I do. And they do it for years.
The question that was asked was not meant to denigrate the many people that have found useful ways to connect and work with others.
The scope can’t image anything at all right now, and it will be quite a while before it can.
Each mirror segment was firmly supported to withstand the violent forces at launch. In the past few days, the two 3-segment wings swung into position and every mirror segment moved slightly so that now they can be aimed by their actuators. Each segment has actuators on the perimeter that will fine tune the pointing and one in the center that can deform it slightly to change focus. Each one will now need to be fine tuned. There are also many adjustments to be done in the secondary optics.
Inevitably, surprises will crop up as well and have to be dealt with. They do this quietly now for PR reasons. While the Hubble was being commissioned, some engineers talked freely about the things they were dealing with. At first it was very interesting to follow along. But once it was determined that the primary trouble was misconfiguration of the objective, all the chatter stopped. Since then all space missions tightly control their press. This is understandable but makes it a little less fun to follow along.
The good news is that most of the single use motors and actuators have done their thing and and are now retired. The ones that remain (like the mirror pointers) are based on designs that have worked many years on many spacecrafts. It is great to see the project get to this stage. I can’t wait to read about what we find out there.
Many discussions here turn argumentative but still retain their civility. Many posters will apologize and further clarify their ideas if anyone complains for the slightest reason. While not every discussion is of this level, there are many that are. The forums that I have personally followed as they went to hell showed very little of this even in their heyday.
We also have our own form of Kryptonite, the HN front page list of discussions. Many of the people that get kicks stirring up trouble would not understand or care to read this stuff.
It's true that HN has gotten more crowded with more noise, but it is still the best there is. I won't be going anywhere.
I am constantly amazed at the thoughtful comments from people who are informed on a subject and take their time to layout a cogent argument. This makes it worthwhile to spend some time scanning more and more other stuff. I am getting to be quite a speed reader in this place.
HN will be just fine as long as Dang (and the other guy) spend so much energy here.
I also prefer text to videos, but there are many times when you need to churn through six lousy vids to get the one thing you need.
I use Movist Pro (Mac-only) for videos that work with youtube-dl. Once you set it up it's like magic. I can set keys for any speed or jump size I desire.
I have gotten pretty good at watching fast and jumping around to see if this vid is worth a look, or will cover the information I need. When I'm away from my computer and have to wade through vids on another machine it's like torture.
By the way, the modern internet is way better than the 1995- 2005 version. Everything you could want is there, you just have to learn how to get past the fluff and BS. I have fond memories of 1997 internet because for the first time I could access so much information from home, but I would never go back.
Then I searched the article for "Sullivan". Every other occurrence is followed by, "is mad" "is pissed" "impatient corporate stooge", and other improbable attacks.
Wow! She wrote a metric ton of words just to say, "I hate Danny".
It is true that Google is a swamp. Thank goodness for Kagi.