frostburg

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Comment · 1 year ago
A history of technology, edited by Singer, several volumes and many authors. It's old historiographically (from the Fifties) but very detailed and comprehensive; I have a recent Italian paperback edition but you should be able to find it in English easily enough. Lots of fascinating details.

I'll see if I can come up with something with more up to date scholarship / better pictures (the work above is effectively but simply illustrated).

Comment · 1 year ago
You're probably thinking of a 75%, which is a questionable layout, yes. A typical TKL keyboard is spaced like a fullsize, just without the numpad cluster.

Smaller layouts (even 40%) have their advantages in minimizing how much you have to move your hands and fingers but there are tradeoffs (and a learning curve due to the necessary layers in the smallest ones).

Comment · 1 year ago
The rest isn't particularly nice either but I would describe it more as "suboptimal decisions" than lack of effort.

They're not bad keyboards but you can get superior custom tenkeyless or even fullsize ones (if you must) without even having to deal with group buys now.

Comment · 1 year ago
Very underwhelming keyboard there, given the overall effort.
Comment · 1 year ago
Did they have unfettered power? This is obviously a non sequitur.
Comment · 1 year ago
Is the mayor expected to personally micromanage the fire deparment during fires? Criticism should be leveled at policy, not photo ops.
Comment · 1 year ago
Custom handwired (maybe with amoeba pcbs to help) keyboard, there are a lot of designs out there.
Comment · 2 years ago
Anectodally elephants do things like hiding and revaling objects for no apparent reason other than comical effect. One could build elaborate evolutionary fitness reasons for this, but I mean...
Comment · 2 years ago
I have not reviewed the details of the case and have no opinion on actual guilt, I was commenting on a specific line of reasoning.
Comment · 2 years ago
This is an abuse of statistics, because you're not considering the likelyhood that a random 15-time felon killed someone, but the likelyhood that a specific 15-time felon that was accused of killing a specific person actually did it.

If you were trying to pick a realistic scapegoat he would have been a great candidate.

Comment · 2 years ago
No. Tiny sensor, can't use grad NDs, wide angle camera even worse, relies on intense computational methods for dynamic range that will destroy the specific light and time character of landscapes.

Making prints, especially large prints, requires high technical quality images that phones can't provide.

Comment · 2 years ago
"Flagship" cameras besides the Sony A1 aren't all-rounders, they're historically fast and rugged big bodies for shooting sports. The Z9 was very forward looking in this category in 2021 (shutterless design, speedy sensor readout) and is still very competitive.
Comment · 2 years ago
You cannot seriously think that you need 1:1 parity missile-to-shell in that paradigm. The overall result from the conflict is that the soviet doctrine underperfomed, with especially abysmal results for the IADS part of it.
Comment · 2 years ago
It's more of a measure against competitor sellers than against farmers.

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