I grew up during 110 & 35mm point and shoots… I even shot on 120mm medium format a bit… then I moved to digital p&s and finally iPhones/Smartphones. As an avid photographer, I’ve also owned and used extensively my SLR and DSLR’s (and now Mirrorless “DSLR”).
I absolutely loved my Canon SR-T 101, then my Canon T6s, and finally I recently picked up a Canon R6. I own more L series glass than I care to admit and will choose that experience and the output and control I have over those photos above pretty much anything else.
But I’ll say this: the best camera to capture a moment is the one in your hand. A modern iPhone takes pretty solid photos. Definitely better than some I’ve used along the way. Is it perfect, no. But most of the time, the choice is “take a photo with what you’ve got, or miss the opportunity”. Now, for obvious reasons I don’t always carry my R6 with a 24-105L attached, but at least I can still get some decent photos.
If you like the aesthetic of an early 2000’s Point and Shoot, have fun! learn it well and it’ll probably get you some interesting photos. That’s the joy of photography. The composition, medium and subject are only part of the style and everyone can have their own flair and decide what they like.
Do I wish there were some modern P&S pocketable cameras, yep… but I already have a phone that takes up that spot and it’s always on me anyway.
Sounds like the “Gawd Damn Lochness Monster!”
Technically “layoffs” are different from “firing”.
Layoffs are typically high in number, wider reaching, reductions in force just to cut numbers.
Firings are targeted and generally (though they don’t have to be) with cause and have a procedure (performance reviews, improvement plans, warnings, etc.)
Not to say you can’t target a layoff to include all your lower performers, more to say that you can still fire someone outside of a layoff.
That’s what I thought was happening here. The headline is a bit incorrect… the monitor didn’t install the bloatware, Windows did.
Now the drivers/software that Windows installed is likely from the MS store/update path and was made and signed by LG, but still. Plug this monitor into linux and it’s not going to do it because linux doesn’t have that mechanism.
Put them in the medicine cabinet next to your detachable penis. You know, when you think it might get you into trouble.
As someone who daily drives Linux since '96, I can say that while it’s a much better OS and way less enshitified, driver issues, hardware issues, compatibility issues, and everything else above is just part of PC gaming as a whole. The problems I’ve had to fight with over the years most people would have given up and installed windows.
Console gaming is definitely way less problematic and when problems do arise, much simpler to troubleshoot.
You can sell your old PS* discs. There’s a few used stores around here. That said, you probably won’t get tons for them, but it’s worth a look, I try to buy used games if the new ones hold their value too long.
When I got my PS5, I picked up like 5 PS4 titles I always wanted but went from 3 to 5. Got 5 pretty popular triple A games for like $30-40 at the time when it would have been like $100+ for them all new.
I don’t want to make digital seem better, but for this argument it is… you don’t even need the disc, you just turn on the console and select the game. All from the comfort of your sofa. Hell, you don’t even need to go to a store or wait for a delivery in the first place, all those bytes just come to you.
I think something to realize here is that A.) The above is why the majority of people just use digital at this point, and B.) Inserting a brand new game disc into your console still requires downloads, installing and often being online to do so anyway. Modern games rarely even fit on one disc, so the disc is less useful that it was in the XBox OG and PS1 days. It’s more like what Nintendo is doing with the Game Key Carts.
“Come on, I still have to employ you all?!” - Zuck
The RAM I bought in 2019 for $100 is now over $500. at this rate I’ll sell it in a few years to put my daughter through college.
This was my plan 3-4 yrs ago when there was a big solar company “get in before the subsidy goes away” push. I must have had 5 or 6 solar companies I talked to, all of them wouldn’t touch that setup with a 10ft pole. They think the money is in credits/chargeback. I want independence. I have since moved and haven’t tried here but that area would get large storms and issues that would require me to have a generator anyway, so Solar + Batteries seemed a no brainer. I still want power independence, but it’s less a necessity here.
I hear there’s thousands of Cybertrucks just sitting around. Seems like a good use for them.
Besides, you just have to hit the important bits. Power, Network, Cooling.
Sadly, you likely signed off on the EULA that you only own a temporary license and that you wave rights to that under certain circumstances and everything else that means you don’t actually own a copy of the game in perpetuity. which means it’s not actually theft.
But this is why I buy DRM free stuff from places like GoG and back it up myself. (and don’t often buy AAA games, or games with anti-cheat)
What would be the recourse? let’s say, magically, Steam goes out of business. Files Chapter 11, restructures, doesn’t work out, no one buys their IP, closes up shop. servers go offline.
Sure they could have open sourced the servers, removed DRM (the publisher would be the more important one for that though), etc. But if they didn’t, they just went under, ran out of money, and they’re gone. Who are you going to sue? How will you get them to do the above? Why would they care? They no longer have money or resources to make it happen anyway. Can’t squeeze blood from a turnip.
Hey now, I was fine with my 7 disc copy of Wing Commander 4. I’ll be good with it again.
$500-$100=$400.00… that’s still $300 too much.
Those websites sound like 100% phishing sites. And how is “trump” even a string that should be part of a .gov website?
He has, and as far as I know he hasn’t been held accountable, so I guess this guy’s fine, right?