WOW! We struggle with those every year. It doesn’t harm the plant?

As a male?

• Empathy
• Compassion
• Basic human decency

I’m being horribly cynical, obviously - it’s not that all males lack it, it’s that the humans in the world who lack it the most are ALL MALE

Yes.

English.

I couldn’t help the coughing and sneezing so I had to walk around with a sheet tied around me for over a week (something they STRONGLY advise against when you have pneumonia as it can [something] your [something, probably breathing?] and make it way way worse) … it was the ribs in the back though so every time I’d cough or sneeze it 1) KILLED, and 2) felt like I was going to blow my back open, lol - so I had to pull the sheet as tight as I could to basically hold those back ribs in, and then try to get the cough/sneeze through - and try not to make a horrible mess of myself as both hands were occupied, lol - and then I could release and go back to trying not to cough or sneeze …

Imma go book a COVID booster ahead of my early July trip, right now, while I’m remembering this, rofl

omg I did that when I had COVmonia last year and many times figured I’d rather just be dead.

I’ve heard many right wing folks complain, because in this country at least (Canada), the right LOVES to brain wash them into believing government should be smaller, socialism is bad, and high taxes are evil (even though when they get in they only give tax breaks to their rich friends).

I, one of seemingly few rational thinking humans left in this country, have always understood, believed, and told those people at every opportunity - “THAT IS WHAT PAYS FOR OUR SERVICES”

I remember before I deleted my FB account one tool on there complaining about an incoming ‘digital services tax’ (i.e. Netflix subs and such), and I quickly skim his wall or whatever, and he was collecting the “oh noes, I lost my job cause covid, please give me money government” benefit we had just like, a year prior - they SERIOUSLY just do not understand they very benefits and services they rely on and complain aren’t big enough or good enough, ARE FUNDED BY THOSE DAMN TAXES.

As infuriating as all that is - it’s even worse to see an entire half of our government fanning the flames of this idiocy, reinforcing it, and teaching them it is right!!

Nice try Facebook.

Deadpool and Wolverine

You seem ill.

This. Just block and move on. jfc some people have issues.

“YOU’RE NOT DOING THINGS THE EXACT WAY I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE DOING THINGS, WAH WAH”

Who thinks they’re the centre of the world here exactly?

P.S. Glad everything worked out - and I not only wouldn’t have answered the door, but wouldn’t have bothered to check the camera after either. It’s always door-to-door bs of one form or another around here … or car thieves.

Take my meaningless upvote!

The fallout afterwards and the insane fascist backlash from the overlord is what drove me here. Also never looked back as far as daily use goes, but sadly searches and specific niche cases (SFW, lol) still bring me there occasionally.

KEF but it stings as a Canadian.

Roberts Camera via eBay.

Never private. Too many scumbags out there trying to unload broken crap. Kijiji and the likes has completely trashed any and all faith I ever had in humanity.

transmission in docker container on NAS, with dedicated IP that gets forced through VPN on my router

I know this doesn’t rest in my hands alone.

It does not rest in your hands at all. NO ONE can or will stop ANYTHING until THEY want to. And they have to REALLY want to. Just going to rehab once or twice doesn’t indicate that specifically. I was in rehab with someone who was there because if he didn’t “do something” his work was going to fire him. I don’t think it was his first - I know it wasn’t his last, he was in there again while I was still in aftercare. That was 12 and a half years ago now … I just found out a couple months ago that he died, drinking.

The real kicker is he’d completely reset his life - he’d moved 6 hours away from here - HE WORKED AT A TREATMENT CENTRE - complete “success” story on the outside, but clearly there was some shit going on inside that he wasn’t talking about or dealing with.

We can’t fix other people. All we can do is be there if and when they reach out for help, and hope for the best. It’s sad, but it’s life.

I’ve not tried to use it in games, but given the “scroll, lift, reset… scroll, lift, reset” x50 it takes to get across the Windows desktop, I would agree.

It does have “FPS mode”, which basically turns the right controller into a vertical mouse. I haven’t used that for basically anything either, but I’ve read rave reviews from some FPS players!

I won’t consider these new devices because they don’t have touch pads

Maybe we’re talking about different things… but, there is a touchpad on my Legion Go?

I’m waiting for a 2TB drive to arrive to upgrade the 512GB in my Legion Go and one of the first things I wanted to do was set up to dual boot Bazzite.

These little blurbs make me want to just blow away Windows right now though and go all in on Bazzite. Especially as I play literally zero “popular multiplayer shooting games”.

I said this to my father in 98/99ish when we were already updating to four digits anyway and he told me I was crazy.

We’ll see who has the last laugh.

That’s pretty cool, the thought hadn’t crossed my mind previously. $350 seems a bit steep, but now I’m not going to be able to unsee this.

I’m a Canadian, so $350 USD stings even worse, and the shipping hurts a little more too - still 100% worth it to me though! I liked the camera before, now I love it. And I’m barely even talking about the results - just the fact that it is my A9 now, and it’s different from other A9s, and imo better, LOL. I don’t know, it’s weird! Maybe a bit like customizing a car? I’m not sure, I’ve never done that, lol. The results do, at times, look sharper to me - but basically as soon as I got it back I said “oh crap, I should have taken some really controlled and repeatable ‘before’ shots so I could compare!”

I briefly shot the A9II and the OM-1 back to back again and sold the OM-1 to MPB :( Probably for the best long term, but it was a tough decision due to my lack of adoration for the A9II. I do greatly appreciate what it can do, I just don’t love it. The results do speak for themselves and the A9II’s tracking AF is just so easy to use.

Same, honestly, especially prior to the surgery. The fact that I got it used for less than an A7IV was a huge part of how I ended up with it and stuck with it - plus the stacked, blackout free business, especially with wildlife being my main passion! But there is a lot NOT to love about it - and mine is a Mark 1, so it’s got a couple extra things to dislike.

I’m 38 here, but even if you’re young and very athletic, holding 5-6 pounds in front of your face for an extended period of time still isn’t pleasant - especially if you’re not doing it frequently enough to build those muscles. What about the 200-600 puts you off, especially if you’re using a monopod?

Very true about the weight. Honestly not much puts me off about the 200-600, I love the thing to death … it just REALLY big and REALLY heavy, but that’s the price of admission with a lens with that kind of range and quality I suppose.

No reticles or indoor sports here (yet?), but the 70-200GM does look like a very nice lens! So far I’ve been stubbornly sticking with primes for days I’m not doing sports photography, but the idea of a zoom with a touch more reach is kind of appealing. I’ve been circling the 70-200 F2.8 along with the F4 and F4 ii (quasi macro!) and Tamron’s 28-200. For whatever reason, a normal zoom doesn’t really appeal to me - I’m totally happy using my feet and know to bring a 35 with me if I’m going to be in a tighter space.

I believe I looked at the GM and it doesn’t work with a TC so it was out for me (I believe, it has been a while since I did the research) … or maybe it was the weight … either way, as I was doing the research and planning the buy, the F4 ii came out and I pulled the trigger day 1 … probably my favourite lens … probably by a large margin 😀 … 100% agree too about the ‘standard zooms’, I had the Sigma Art 24-70 and did NOT love it. As you say, in that range super easy to just use your feet, and I think it weighed 2-3x what my primes do. I sold it to KEF and don’t think I’ve missed it even once since. Not to mention at that range, honestly, the 1" sensor in my Xiaomi 13 Ultra does a pretty bang up job! It’s 23mm native but has a very nice 46mm crop mode, so if I’ve got an inopportune prime on, really need a different length and can’t move, I just whip that out with no complaints.

I guess I’m lucky in that my kids are younger and we are fortunate enough to be able to afford to be members at a couple of local attractions. Between visiting those places and going to parks, I’m out with the camera most weekends.

Yeah, that’s a good time. It’s not long before they don’t want their picture taken, and shortly there-after they don’t want to do things with you lol! That’s when a camera club becomes worth it’s weight in gold 😀