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The Difference Between Sophistry & Philosophy
Originally posted on Ethical Realism: Many people confuse “sophistry” with “philosophy.” They think that philosophers are arrogant charlatans who foolishly think they know something. However, that description better fits those we now call “sophists.” What is sophistry? And what is philosophy? Socrates considered philosophy to be a force of good in opposition to sophistry. I…
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Adjusting video contrast, brightness, saturation, and color balance with FFMPEG
Originally posted on Computer Geekery: I spent most of today researching how to adjust various video settings with FFMPEG. Last night I shot video of a jazz singer in a fairly dark club. Even though I used a low-lux setting on the camera (Sony HDR-CX260) that compensated for some of the darkness, I was still…
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Network Cards Suck
At least, on consumer motherboards. I have a 4ghz Haswell on a Asus z97 mobo. Wanted to reboot it to check on fan profiles. Realized it was not letting me into uefi BIOS and when it would get there my mouse was all locked up. Now I’m in a situation where I need to make…
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2015-05-24 Flowers, Goodhead Point
50mm, F2.2, hand-held; +1.3EV, 4ND Grad; no color manipulation in Gimp.
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Mercury…is fascinating stuff
I really enjoyed this episode of Planetary Radio. The discovery of volatiles still emitting from Mercury means that our notion of the creation of the solar system still has large gaps. Back to the drawing board, they say.
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Happy People at LinuxFest Northwest 2015
I only had about 45 minutes to take a few pictures (and grab a beer) at LFNW after party. Other years I’ve had more time, more pictures. This is what I got.
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