deep_merge's comments

On: Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings

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I just went through this learning curve with my new Sony Bravia 8 II.

I also auditioned the LG G5.

I calibrated both of them. It is not that much effort after some research on avsforum.com. I think this task would be fairly trivial for the hackernews crowd.

On: Over 40% of deceased drivers in vehicle crashes test positive for THC: Study

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Perhaps they don’t have either.

On: I built physical album cards with NFC tags to teach my son music discovery

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This is great, love that you’re giving your old MP3s a new life.

For the album artwork, be sure to check if there’s already a cassette j card or … minidisc album art that’s closer to the right dimensions.

On: Interstellar movie black hole implemented with Einstein's equations in C++

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Um actually…

Chris Nolan doesn’t shoot digital. His more recent pictures (Interstellar included) are shot on a mixture of 35mm, 70mm and IMAX 70mm (!)

[didgeoridoo → deep_merge]

The light-sensitive chemicals in film also rely on the photoelectric effect! YOU CAN’T ESCAPE EINSTEIN, NOLAN.

[mapimopi → deep_merge]

What's the difference between 70mm and IMAX 70mm? Is it just the aspect ratio (2.20:1 vs 1.43:1)?

[bradgranath → mapimopi]

The film is run through the camera & projector sideways, allowing for a larger frame to be laid down on the same stock.

https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.183/gkz.aeb.myftpuplo...

[deep_merge → mapimopi]

Yes, it’s an even larger format than traditional 70mm. The cells are physically larger. Anecdote: Nolan worked with Kodak to invent black & white IMAX film for Oppenheimer.

https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/blog-post/oppenheimer/

On: Oral cancer drug kills 100% of tumors in vitro and in animal models

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*American Psycho. Dude in Psycho didn’t use a business card.

On: 70% of Gen Z viewers watch TV with subtitles on

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I learned this over the holidays. My 25 y/o (millennial?) fluent English speaking sister-in-law started a movie on Netflix on the TV with English subtitles on. It wasn’t an accident.

On: Gen Z never learned to read cursive

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Right, sure, that’s all true. Now consider that many people can’t read the document.

I guess your analogy still checks out. Neither Old nor New Testament are written in English. And thus English-speakers rely on translations.

On: Kickstarter Union voted 97.6% to ratify one of the first tech union contracts

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The MTA is run by New York State, and therefore at the whim of Albany cronyism [1]. This is why it’s so dysfunctional. I wouldn’t necessarily blame the transit unions.

Edit: also, there’s a history of multiple private subway companies in NYC, it didn’t work out.

1. https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2021/01/how-the-mta-...

[adam_arthur → deep_merge]

Yes, combination of the misaligned incentives of government coupled with a public sector union.

Given the lack of a profit motive, a well run government needs incentive structures to motivate results towards societally good outcomes. Too bad none of the local, state, federal governments do. Would be easy to institute if the will were there though

Edit: To address your edit, the private subway systems failed after NY instituted a price cap on fares, IIRC. And inflation destroyed their profitability over time due to this.

Once the subway system was made public, development pretty much halted entirely, outside of an extension every few decades.

Subway systems are private in Japan

[cmeacham98 → adam_arthur]

You seem to be magically appending "with a public sector union" to the real cause of the majority of MTA's problems.

Sorry, but I don't buy this guilt by association: How does the union cause a significant portion of MTA's problems?

[adam_arthur → cmeacham98]

It compounds them. Government has no incentive for real results, union leads to highly overpaid employees who are frequently caught not working on the clock.

Two separate problems for sure, both bad for the rest

[cmeacham98 → adam_arthur]

> union leads to highly overpaid employees who are frequently caught not working on the clock

Can you demonstrate this, or provide any evidence for it at all?

The reason I ask this is because you seem to be automatically assuming Union=Bad with no reason to do so.

[adam_arthur → cmeacham98]

Happens all the time in the MTA, just Google it

[cmeacham98 → adam_arthur]

So in other words, you can only prove the MTA has lazy employees, and are assuming that the union is causing that (with no evidence).

That's what I wanted to know, thanks!

On: Peter Saville and New Order’s Colour Code (2011)

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My favorite part of this post is this gem of a comment:

> Hi there i am kavin, its my first occasion to commenting anyplace, when i read this piece of writing i thought i could also create comment due to this sensible post.

So British and heartwarming!

On: Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

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Can anyone recommend a Goodreads alternative?