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The full frame photo the author has posted seems to say Kodak Ektar 100, that is a C41 stock.

If we could avoid junk mail, that would definitely be ideal case scenario. I find a little comfort in believing that what I throw in the recycle bin (which is all the junk mail) gets recycled into new paper.

I am a big fan of LaTEX and write pretty much anything that would ever need to be printed in LaTEX. A former co-worker requested me to write stuff in markdown instead. When I asked why, he (jokingly) told me, Markdown is for people that don't (want) to understand LaTEX yet like the typesetting.

These days, I just use pandoc to translate markdown to PDF if I need to print and get almost LaTEX like typesetting.

I was under the impression that One of the major reason that B&N suffered for was price. Even if being able to “feel and browse” the bookshelf exists in physical store, how does this work when someone uses B&N as a discovery tool?

I think it is a bit harsh to say that the OP was trying to shame anyone. He did post a support ticket. When your domain is "off-line" it is literally a shit hit the fan moment, and no one likes to be given the run-around.

To combat, hey my issue is always a Sev1 ticket, one can probably institute something like, here is a red button and if you click it, we will charge 100$. If it is indeed an issue that caused you to lose 90%(say) traffic and it was our fault, we will return the money.

This is a really nice idea. This already exists for some companies in the form of Twitter accounts. I doubt the people doing the typee-typee actually has any authority over business processes, or demand a change, but I think they at least have the business owners on their speed dial, vs normal support tickets. But having an email is far better.

But ADS-B is catching up and quickly. I understand there are a few additional layers in SXM and the resolution is better when looking at 200+NM. I find SXM weather to be kind of extortion because they use publicly available data and sell it just for packaging it nice.

This is extremely cool. Thanks so much for sharing.

Sous vide!! Google it if you do not know what it is.

<humour> There’s no ‘e’ is potato</humour>

This. Also read the book “Challenger Sale”. Solutions, not products, earn you money.

SpiderOak, Tarsnap.

Ever worked for Federal Govt?

There are quite a few things I disagree with in the post.

> Every developer has a Github profile. If their profile is new, yet they say they’ve been coding for 10 years — you may want to gut check.

There might be developers that just does not want to commit to public projects. It is possible that the developer is bound by NDAs that they can't share customer work. I know I fall in this category.

> It’s 2019. If you’re hiring someone who works on the internet, you will be able to find them on the internet.

Again, incorrect. I intentionally make effort to remain as much of an online ghost as I can. If you search for me on Google then you WILL find a profile, but that is a profile I am forced to maintain and may or may not be the person that the profile describes.

> Often it means they didn’t do the work, and will disappear once the money is sent.

Possible, but it might also be that the people are running on razor thin margins and have bills to pay. The whole idea of selection of contractors on Upwork and similar websites is mainly finding the cheapest guy. If someone in India is beating others in price, it means that there is really not a lot of runway to let an invoice sit for weeks. The guy has to buy bread you see....

Citibank still offers the disposable card number thing. I am forgetting the official name they have for it.

Ubiquiti does really nice. It is not a "here is a pizza box device that does internet" device though.

Really curious. How are the other guys selling for $0.99, if they didn’t get the competitive pricing? (Presumably because they didn’t go through the sign within X feet antics)

You will end up with significant battery life reduction. Just saying.

Read about 5 degree vs 1 degree spot. Also read about reflectivity of different colours. Lastly your in camera spot accuracy depends on the focal length of the lens sitting in front of the sensor. You will also benefit from Ansel Adams’s zone system. Read the book if you have time. I think you will like it.

This is why for challenging exposures, we use a hand held meter.

Good questions.

Again, you are incorrect if you meant that multiple samples have fixed the in-camera meter foobar.

I am assuming you are well acquainted with colour management, so I will just leave a brief suggestion. If you further need more pointers, let me know and I would love to elaborate.

Read about reflectivity and their influence on metering.

> “We spent less than $1,000 on hiring > And “I’ve had coffees or breakfasts with probably hundreds of candidates”

Just being humorous here. Let's say he spent $999 and spoke to 200 candidates. The previous statement is not against the claim of the author.

Does that mean, he spent ~$4.99 for coffee or breakfast per candidate? Is it possible to have coffee or breakfast for 2 people in SFO for that money? Or, he could have either bought coffee for only the candidate and stared at him/her while he/she drank the said coffee or asked the candidate to pay for his/her own coffee. Yikes! :-P

> Could you please substantiate your claim with any references or information?

If you are dealing with a scene that has uneven illumination, for example, a sunrise or sunset, your camera metering will completely go nuts. The same happens when you are shooting snow.

Read about metering modes as one of the child comment had mentioned.

> I know almost no professionals who shoot on manual mode outside of studio settings

Absolute BS. You have not come across enough photographers. A computer is NEVER better than a human at evaluating light, unless you are looking at a uniform 18% grey card.

There is a child comment about manual vs auto focus. I would say even for manual focus, I have consistently beaten at focus accuracy with a split prism on my Hasselblad 501cm (a camera that does not even have a battery inside) than with a 30 something point focus of the latest Canon 1DX Mark something that I rented when shooting at sub 1.4 aperture openings.

> Leave manual mode for the studio.

Actually, a studio is the best place where auto mode will have consistent (and probably correct) exposures. Every. Single. Time. :)

Now if we talk about speed, yes, a computer is no doubt better at it.

brake.. I suppose.

I forget the exact chain, but wasn't Embassy Suites or Homewood suites (or some Marriott brand), was an exclusively, living room + dining + kitchen + bedroom setup? They were also much cheaper than typical JW Marriott, regular Marriott and similar hotels.

Very good book. This book came to my mind the moment I saw this post.

Also, you can get a subscription from a website like Expertflyer and see the backend inventory from Sabre or likes.

That is a damn good argument. You should also include TLRs in the discussion.

Come on, 500 series 'blads were far from bulky and were totally walk around cameras. If you are talking about RBs and RZs, I agree.

The iPad mini is extremely popular among pilots. The iPad Pro is too big for the general aviation (and even commercial aviation) in my opinion, and iPad non pros so far does not have enough oomph to run ForeFlight.

Source: I am a pilot.