Recent content by combatentropy

Well, bonds can outperform stocks for a long time. The unlucky fellow who retired in the year 2000 with a portfolio of 100% stocks would be outperformed by someone in 100% bonds for 17 years. In general though, yes, stocks outperform bonds over multidecade timespans. But that's only if you...

Atomos Sapphire F8 image sensor: global shutter full frame 8,192 x 4,320 (17:9) 15 stops 12-bit 60 fps @ 8K, 240 fps @ 4K, 360 fps @ HD low power draw (2 watts) for possibly fanless cameras phase-detection autofocus Atomos began a project to make its own camera at least 10 years ago, if...

I imagine that the original probably looks less like film than this. So in that sense, yes, I think your grade probably is getting closer. I don't know why this question always attracts so much quibbling, when to me it is dead obvious what people mean by the film look. Now how to achieve it is...

Is it possible in the admin settings of the site to remove the time limit for searches? Even after the upgrade, I still sometimes get this message: "This forum requires that you wait 20 seconds between searches. Please try again in 17 seconds" (or please try again in x seconds, however much...

Any fans of Columbo? Yesterday the BBC posted an article, Why the world still loves 1970s detective show Columbo: "there is a statue of Columbo in Budapest; in Romania, Columbo was so popular that when the show ended, the government asked Falk to video an address to the nation . . . " Unlike...

Yes, that's what I was saying. I was replying to David W. Jones, who seemed to be saying that if I wanted to know what kind of light it was, to take a look at the reflection on the refigerator door.

Hmm, I do see the reflection of a light on the refrigerator, but isn't it stretched? I am not sure how big the light is based on the refrigerator's reflection. On the white bowl as she pours it, I see multiple reflections of a rectangle of light, like a typical LED light panel, one that is...

lol, it looks like a light on a stand was caught on camera, in the left edge at the shot, at the very beginning of the video. I didn't even notice it until Norbro's screengrab. you are welcome not to like it. I'm not saying it is the best executed. But simple lighting is relaxing to me when I...

What kind of light do you think was used in this demo video for a Lafeeca French Press? I think it is just one light. It looks like it is set at the classic 45-45 angle --- 45 degrees vertically and horizontally to the subject. I see this in portraits. For example, this one of Steve Jobs for...

Coincidentally today at the grocery store I saw "Russian Salad", whose second ingredient is indeed potato. I was like, sure, I'll try anything once. The taste is well balanced, overall bland and inoffensive, appropriate for an egg salad, but the sour pickle gives it a nice little kick.

Wow. This one looks better. I probably still won't try it :)

Have you considered SD cards in vinyl sleeves, kept in a binder? A lot easier to make, with more control over the video format. About as easy for others to watch, considering disc players will get only rarer. It just doesn't give you quite as much room for the artwork you mentioned :)

Does anyone else think that the DPA 4018 sounds better than the Schoeps in this test?

The ARM chip type is taking off in the data center, at least if you rent from Amazon Web Services (AWS). This slide says that half of all servers added in 2020 use Amazon's own ARM processor (which they call Graviton). Someone said that the servers are 30% cheaper while 30% faster. So tech...

Thanks, and one more thing: what is your social security number? That's what I was missing. Actually, it had crossed my mind early in the thread, but then flitted out of my mind, like so many things these days (sigh). My free retirement advice is this (which I just learned from a class my...