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jerclarke

@jerclarke@mastodon.social

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦βž‘οΈπŸ‡²πŸ‡½ Canadian living in Mexico City

πŸ’š Web developer for https://globalvoices.org

☸️ Free from addiction with https://recoverydharma.org

πŸ”’ Contact me on Signal: jer.42

🌈 They/them pronouns, please and thank you.

I tend to boost and post nerdy stuff, humor, progressive politics, nature photography, and whatever else makes me πŸ€”, πŸ˜‚ or🫠.

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jerclarke, to random
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This is my new favorite meme: As long as the font is sans-serif, every time someone mentions AI, just imagine they're talking about "Weird Al" and react appropriately 🀣

jerclarke, to random
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Watching 80s pop music on YouTube and someone did an AI upscale job on it and my nightmares will be haunted

jerclarke, to photography
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A moment of rest after a long day of spreading small gifts and big smiles in Mexico City.

jerclarke,
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FWIW I tipped and thanked the performer. There had just been a downpour.

Fuji X-T10 with FX 35mm f/1.4

jerclarke, to random
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Enjoying Mexico City with some friends who travelled from Canada just to surprise me on my 40th birthday (tomorrow).

Nice excuse to bring out the old Fuji X-T10 and 35mm f/1.4 and generate some πŸ“·

Two people standing in front of glowing red lights of a chinatown district.
Hands holding a phone taking a picture of the glowing red lights of a chinatown district.

jerclarke, to Mexico
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Extra dramatic sunset tonight πŸŒ‡
#cdmx #mexico #photography

jerclarke, to wildlife
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Went out for some casual #wildlife #photography practice at Chapultepec park with a friend.

Hello new friends and also pinche PeΓ±a Nieto πŸ¦†πŸ¦’πŸΏοΈπŸ‘Ή

πŸ“· #Fuji X-T10 with XC 50-230mm
#mexico #CDMX

Photo of a a small egret looking into the water.
Photo of a squirrel perched on a branch, looking at the camera.
Photo of a stature of former Mexican president PeΓ±a Nieto holding a flag. Fuck that guy.

matthewcassinelli, to random
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Can’t help but immediately assume Automaticc and Apple will butt heads at some point http://www.techmeme.com/240409/p20#a240409p20

jerclarke,
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@matthewcassinelli Seems like a really unnecessary tension to add to their plate

tumblr fediverse when

davidbisset, to webdev
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Hey #webdev and #developers community, what's your main setup? #programming #screens

jerclarke,
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@davidbisset Interesting it’s not on such a comprehensive list: laptop in front of me, using the keyboard etc, with studio display above.

This is my go to default. Hate turning my head and use the laptop screen as a HUD for audio/terminal.

jerclarke,
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@chris @davidbisset I did a few years of 9 because I became intolerant of the non-retina resolution of my external display and just raised the laptop closer to my face. It was horrible!

So glad there are good monitors β€œagain”!

jerclarke, to Bloomscrolling
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Jacaranda season in Mexico City 🌸

#CDMX #bloomscrolling

sdw, to random
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!!!

Very excited to see you all at Apple Park in June!

jerclarke,
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@sdw Please spend it convincing them to let Halide have 24mp output and access to the true macro mode as an API!

jerclarke,
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@sdw Sorry but I think there’s something in default camera macro that Halide is missing. Have you done a pixel peeping comparison on iPhone 15 Pro?

Default has smaller file sizes and more detail, β€œimage pipeline” stuff like the 1.5x I guess. Halide just has more sharpening on the crop you start from.

Of course default is useless because it’s impossible to focus, so Halide still wins, but Halide needs to find a way to deliver that same detail rather than upscaling and sharpening a crop.

matthewcassinelli, to random
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My discount code is now available!

Use ZZ-CASSINELLI at checkout for 5% off πŸ‘Œ https://matthewcassinelli.com/elgato-discount-code/

jerclarke,
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@matthewcassinelli Just want to shout out Wace Link: 1. I saved a ton on it and never miss the things it doesn’t have. I think maybe they discontinued it but that’s a shame. Simple mic that sounds great πŸ‘πŸ»

chris, to random
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    jerclarke,
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    @chris I wish there was a button for β€œContinue my streak, I have a good reason.”

    Duolingo supports this with Streak Freezes, which are a bit BS because they function automatically, but are also really valuable when working with streaks. Insight Timer, my meditation app, also effectively lets you "fake" a meditation on demand.

    When I'm sick I just want to tell Apple Health β€œignore today, the conditions make streak continuance impossible”. All my streaks since end when I get COVID πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

    evan, (edited ) to random
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    If you were stuck in a time loop so that you had to relive this day 2 Feb 2024 repeatedly, how would you feel?

    jerclarke,
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    @evan Water is cut off to our neighborhood. Had to take a cold shower and hoard drinking water this morning.

    matthewcassinelli, to random
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    So I might be dumb but can I walk into an Apple Store tomorrow and buy a Vision Pro? Will there be stock?

    jerclarke,
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    @matthewcassinelli What a thrill that it worked out! Enjoy!

    justinling, to random
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    The media has FINALLY clued in to the fact that this George Carlin "AI" special was not, in fact, AI. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/arts/carlin-lawsuit-ai-podcast-copyright.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    jerclarke,
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    @justinling What if they're lying to defend themselves?

    As a long-time viewer, my assumption is that most of the Dudesy writing is a mix of AI generations and human editing. That Chad "wrote the whole thing" strikes me as very unlikely. He's not a good enough actor to feign surprise so convincingly. Will could do it but not Chad.

    So weird that they would dump this information in public this way.

    jerclarke,
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    @justinling Yeah, your piece was very convincing, except that as someone who has β€œwatched β€˜em all, pal”, I just can't believe that Will and Chad are not in fact surprised by the output on a minute to minute basis.

    When it first started I thought it was a farce and they knew the author, but as time went on it seemed less and less likely they were in on it.

    If "Dudesy” is written by a human, then I think it must be someone other than Chad or Will. Otherwise they deserve Emmys for their acting.

    jerclarke, to random
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    We're cute, that's all, continue scrolling 😽

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    jerclarke,
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    @chris Congrats! Enjoy the good feelings 😊

    jerclarke, to random
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    @halide Is Halide Macro mode OK?

    Comparing macro shots from default Camera and Halide, I found there was a lot of noise and ugly sharpening in the Halide ones, and after doing some controlled tests with a tripod and remote shutter, it seems to confirm my hunch.

    The Halide versions of these are worse, right? Less detail and oversharpened, with chunky noise in the background despite a lower ISO.

    Any chance Halide could β€œuse default macro" and just add the manual focus/exposure options?

    A comparison of two images like the previous photo, again showing over sharpening.

    jerclarke,
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    @halide All are HEIF.

    AFAIK Halide Macro in RAW kind of defeats the purpose because it no longer crops and upscales, right? What I get is a full 0.5x view that’s super washed out.

    Testing a default camera RAW gives a teensy bit more detail than default HEIF.

    Attached is another HEIF example of a more natural subject. The central abdomen really shows off the effect.

    Here's a link to a .zip file with the source files for all of the examples in β€œoriginal” and JPG: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p79O53A1U0ZUWhvDbA3syuBIf2CVVaPk/view?usp=drive_link

    jerclarke,
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    @halide Looking at the original files, I see that the Halide HEIF files have the full 0.5 format, so I guess the app saves the full 0.5, then applies a crop afterward?

    Manually cropping from 0.5 seems to give the same detail as the Halide β€œMacro”, just looking blurry instead of over-sharpened. I guess it's an inevitable tradeoff for the app. Personally I think less sharpening would be better.

    🧐 Apple should let you access their "macro” image pipeline so you can add focus tools on top of it!

    jerclarke,
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    @halide Ok so my request would be to review the tradeoffs in β€œenhancement quality”, honestly. I'm having a hard time finding any scenarios where that sharpening is an improvement, and the way it adds huge chunky noise in the bokeh is disturbing to look at. Better to just have a smaller picture.

    Maybe it could be a setting, like the one for disabling default processing, but for the Halide Macro processing?

    jerclarke,
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    @halide Ok I see what you’re saying, I can get the pixels I’m looking for by just skipping macro mode entirely.

    But then I miss out on the ergonomics. When focusing on something small, the macro mode is way better for focusing. And seeing the final framing is also better.

    The sharpening in macro mode feels completely against the ethos of Halide πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

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