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Your first principles approach to urban discovery is a particularly good antidote to AI slop.

The X100 is an excellent street and travel camera, but I like the flexibility of an ILC system.

My X100vi was kidnapped, so I just switched to an X-T5. I’ve already relapsed into lens accumulation, but fortunately my old Nikkor glass adapts well to Fuji.

Night photo of half of a modular synthesizer next to a toy Korg e-piano and Korg synth tuner

Problem solved if you are willing to walk a few blocks out of Ginza

Volca FM2 recommended (FM is great for bells - Eno did a short album of his FM bell studies for Long Now)

Why are you leaving the Pope out of this?

I thought I hallucinated the tiny bottles. I’m not buying a 750.

It’s not actually that bad, but it also isn’t good.

I like the idea of a rogue AI turning the mass of the universe into hummingbirds more than paperclips.

I don’t know which way the arrow of causality flows, but there seems to be a repeated trend towards broadcast forms of peer to peer media alongside popularity.

That, but also text based social media has taken on the geopolitical relevance of an early 20th century battleship, in its day.

I’m not sure it was a level playing field, but a playing field that was optimized for “us,” much like Usenet was in the ‘90s.

The field is accessible to far more people now and that may not be a good thing.

I’m learning to dial in my espresso machine and simultaneously realizing that none of the “good” Seattle shops had their shots dialed in the ‘00s.

I mean, drugs clearly won the drug war, so.

So problems are about to get solved at levels not seen previously? 🤔

I would like to respectfully disagree

ARP 2600m with Roland TR-8s, SQ-64, and oscilloscope. Grayscale image.

“Play the five tones”

A fashion storefront in which the mannequins are riding a hilariously small roller coaster

Some new options for old hobbies

Probably caught it from Stalin.

Are you thinking of the Death Star monologue in Clerks?

The number of people who claim to be activists against Thing yet repeatedly post Thing is too d*mn high.

Thanks - that’s very helpful and explains why some seem to sell the MF shortly after buying.

Can’t tell if you are dragging or endorsing the MF. 🤣 Want one, but it’s not at the top of my list.

I’ve learned over time that for *me* sun is necessary. Love coffee, but sun makes all the difference. Not sure what I’m going to do this winter.

I tried to watch the first season of XFiles a while back and nearly died laughing at the idea that a pair of junior agents could snoop around and not get sent to TortureCamp for their troubles. Very different world.

What about Jim Cramer?

Despite aggressive masking, I seem to have caught the Fuji bug and will likely upgrade to the next X100 or xPro that is released. 😭

Possibly relevant www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10...

Chicago public library is great for stuff around 10”x20” or smaller