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Gargron

@Gargron@mastodon.social

Founder of @Mastodon. Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog.

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analog_cafe, to BelieveInFilm
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Hey friends,

There's a film photographers' competition deadline coming up with a $1,000 cash prize for the first place (and other prizes, inc. exhibition).

It's called Analog Sparks. Entry fees range from $10 to $25, which is quite reasonable in my opinion.

Details: https://www.analog.cafe/comments/lgvg

Gargron,
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@analog_cafe Hm ๐Ÿค”

Gargron, to BelieveInFilm
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I took a new (to me) lens to San Francisco, the Canon FD 50mm/1.4, which I haven't had a chance to test before going (which I in hindsight realized was not very wise). I shot 4 rolls of film on the trip. Eagerly awaiting the scans to come back from the lab...

Gargron,
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@analog_cafe On this one, the aperture blades seemed to get stuck after the shutter press instead of returning to full open, until I wound to next frame. So of course I'm worried that it might have affected the exposure.

Gargron, to random
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Back home after a very busy week in San Francisco. I spoke with @caseynewton, @mmasnick, @harrymccracken, @laurengoode, @chrismessina, @Markoff and so many others. In an age where the old web is gradually getting killed off by AI, there is still hope for the future in the shape of the fediverse.

Gargron, to random
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With @mike

carnage4life, to random
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When I worked on the Metaverse, I talked with developers about whether generative AI would make creating games cheaper and they disagreed.

They also quoted the example of CGI in Hollywood movies. It simply raised the bar on expectations versus enabling cheaper special effects.

Gargron,
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@carnage4life People will start expecting a lot more fingers per hand.

samhenrigold, to random
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THIS IS NOT WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR. DISQUALIFIED? ARE YOU SHITTING ME????????
https://hachyderm.io/@samhenrigold/112420178469264169

Gargron,
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@samhenrigold I missed it. What happened?

polygon, to random
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We will finally gets a Gollum movie in 2026, precious, we will https://www.polygon.com/24152753/lord-of-the-rings-gollum-movie-2026-andy-serkis

Gargron,
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@polygon What for?

indubitablyodin, to fallout
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I conducted an interview with the creator of the "Okey Dokey" meme playing homage to KC Green's "This is Fine" viral sensation!

#Fallout #FalloutPrime #TV #TVSeries #FalloutTV #FalloutGame #FalloutSeries #Television #Writing #Art #Meme #Review #Artist #Artists #Creative #Fun #Humor #Culture #PopCulture #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Gaming #Writers #WritingCommunity

https://odinhalvorson.com/spooky-daggers-fallout-interview/

Gargron,
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@indubitablyodin @wraptile This is already the case, the hashtags have to be the last thing in the post.

thereisnocat, to BelieveInFilm
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Three

Nikon F3HP, Imperiale Type S (expired 1977), ECN-2 development.

#BelieveInFilm

Gargron,
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@thereisnocat You can edit the post.

Gargron, to Eurovision
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Now I'm also watching ๐Ÿ˜”

carnage4life, to random
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AI voiced audiobooks have been a boon to indie creators by giving them access to the audiobook market without having to paying for studio time for human narrators.

It means thereโ€™s now even more content for readers that needs filtering and narrators are losing gigs. This is what #disruption looks like. Two steps forward and one step back.

Gargron,
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@carnage4life I'm not sure there are any steps forward here.

Gargron, to random
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The latest video, Monopoly, but CRYPTO! was fun to watch ๐Ÿ˜„

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8-cG7WrYVw

Gargron, to random
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Always nice to see music videos still shot on film. New Blossoms single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n75ftaRT8RA

Gargron, to animals
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Blep.

runpaintrunrun, to animals
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Quick! Iโ€™ve got a free hour or so to work on my current novella. Enjoy Nansenโ€™s blep and stop distracting me.

As above. Nansen the cutest ginger and white cat.
Oh Nansen! Little ginger cat dude looking straight into the camera. Massive blep.

Gargron,
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@runpaintrunrun Just like his brother!

VeroniqueB99, to random
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Ocean

CR: Amazing Nature

Gargron,
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@VeroniqueB99 I did an reverse image search on this but I cannot find an original source. I highly suspect the image is fake.

Gargron, to BelieveInFilm
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A very cool friend let me take a picture. I feel like this series is my best work so far. Switzerland.

๐Ÿ“ท Pentax 6x7
๐ŸŽž๏ธ Kodak Portra 400
๐Ÿ”ญ Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
๐Ÿ‘ค @NotFrauKadse

Gargron, to random
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Why AI is Doomed to Fail the Musical Turing Test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8NyEjB_XeA

TechCrunch, to random
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LinkedIn is the Twitter/X rival no one is talking about https://tcrn.ch/3UpTh3P

Gargron,
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@TechCrunch ๐Ÿคจ

evan, (edited ) to fediverse
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Very happy to announce that @tomcoates and I have been given a grant to develop an end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol for DMs, including a reference implementation and a report to submit to the W3C SocialCG.

https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/sop-2024-pig-and-pog-grantees/1270

Gargron,
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@evan @tomcoates I can share some of our ideas with you!

benroyce, to mastodon
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I need the help of .

Why the f*** would try to coopt the legacy of Immanuel ?

It's probably not a serious question. Maybe it's just a silly immature dunk on / pride. Or maybe there's something darker in Kant's writings that thinks supports recent behavior (I have no reason to believe there is, I'm just openly musing).

Either way it's certainly a bizarre new front in the conflict: war.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/german-chancellor-accuses-putin-of-misusing-philosopher-immanuel-kants-teachings/articleshow/109561696.cms

Gargron,
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@blogdiva @benroyce Kant was born in Kรถnigsberg, which is now known as Kaliningrad. It is a port city on the Baltic Sea situated north of Poland. It used to belong to Germany until it changed hands in World War 2. Crimea is somewhere else. Not to take away from anything else you've said.

Gargron, to BelieveInFilm
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Some more experimentation with my tungsten light setup on a willing subject.

๐Ÿ“ท Pentax 6x7
๐ŸŽž๏ธ Kodak Portra 400
๐Ÿ”ญ Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
๐Ÿ‘ค @bibabobubi

pdxmisfit, to mastodon
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@Gargron Question for you, sir. How risky is it to run HEAD for ? Is it safe to assume that's what https://mastodon.social is running? If one is brave enough to do that, do you have any advice on how to make upgrades any more efficient?

Gargron,
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@pdxmisfit We run nightlies, which is almost the same thing. Itโ€™s relatively safe.

Gargron, to BelieveInFilm
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Was very lucky to catch these rays of sunlight during a very rainy week in Switzerland.

๐Ÿ“ท Pentax 6x7
๐ŸŽž๏ธ Kodak Portra 400
๐Ÿ”ญ Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
๐Ÿ’ƒ Wife

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