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It has become clear to me that convenience is often the enemy of meaning. It can even do us harm. So much fulfilment is gained from doing things that are hard.

Food is the best example of this. Self-hosting your own software is another. But so is hiking up a mountain, it would be way more comfortable and easy to stay at home and watch TV.

#landscapephotography #photography

mike · 3w
Britain invented the computer and the TV at exactly the same time the rest of the world did. The concept of invention is weird, because most inventions are logical extensions of previous technologies...
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Given that 99.999% of us are complete morons who never invented a thing, I’ve always found it strange when people take gratification from technologies developed in their country.

I’d be much more proud of a country that creates the positive environment for endeavour, experimentation, and entrepreneurship - which clearly the UK no longer does.
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Bitcoin is the antithesis of the centralised AI hellscape that we are marching towards.

I bought a 4TB NVMe SSD about a month ago for £299. The same drive now costs £540. And RAM is out of stock everywhere. The price rises in consumer electronics is gonna be crazy.
ish4k · 5w
Some kinda of DDR5, as I've understood?
HODL · 6w
Been shooting a ton of 35mm film lately. It’s so much better than digital photography. It really takes me back to a specific time and place. I love only having 36 shots per roll and having to ...
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It’s the smells. Digital photography doesn’t smell of anything.

It’s why a use a tripod for my landscape photography though. Apart from helping to get an accurate composition, it slows me right down so I can be present in the moment, out on the hill.
BTC-BACKPACKER · 5w
I've always wanted to do film but dam it's too expensive 🫰🏻
Goldgraphy · 8w
You too Adam! Merry Christmas!
Diyana · 9w
Oh gosh, that looks like an all day technical rabbit hole I may try to down and end up lost... I need something for private video conversations that I can later extract micro content from as a start. ...
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VDO Ninja for your private video calls, it uses WebRTC and it totally private.

OBS to record everything. Eg Your own camera and mic....and bring the VDO Ninja feed for your guest.

I use it for my podcast and its super reliable and high quality. OBS can simply record to you hard drive, stream live, or do both.
inpc · 9w
That’s what I thought… don’t find him particularly funny to be honest and in terms of celebrity, he’s on equal footing with Hannah from S Club 7, he’s no Trevor McDermott.