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#meme #humor #SquarePegRoundHole #dongles #adapters #usb

#meme #humor #SquarePegRoundHole #dongles #adapters #usb

New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/new-10-gbe-usb-adapters-cooler-smaller-cheaper/

#HackerNews #10GbE #USB #Adapters #tech #news #gadgets #USB #adapters #innovation

New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/new-10-gbe-usb-adapters-cooler-smaller-cheaper/

#HackerNews #10GbE #USB #Adapters #tech #news #gadgets #USB #adapters #innovation

New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/new-10-gbe-usb-adapters-cooler-smaller-cheaper/

#HackerNews #10GbE #USB #Adapters #tech #news #gadgets #USB #adapters #innovation

New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/new-10-gbe-usb-adapters-cooler-smaller-cheaper/

#HackerNews #10GbE #USB #Adapters #tech #news #gadgets #USB #adapters #innovation

New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/new-10-gbe-usb-adapters-cooler-smaller-cheaper/

#HackerNews #10GbE #USB #Adapters #tech #news #gadgets #USB #adapters #innovation

question about lens adapters with electronic contacts
https://cameraderie.org/threads/question-about-lens-adapters-with-electronic-contacts.60793/

#Cameraderie #Photography #AdviceWanted #adapters #advice #electronic #lens

question about lens adapters with electronic contacts
https://cameraderie.org/threads/question-about-lens-adapters-with-electronic-contacts.60793/

#Cameraderie #Photography #AdviceWanted #adapters #advice #electronic #lens

question about lens adapters with electronic contacts
https://cameraderie.org/threads/question-about-lens-adapters-with-electronic-contacts.60793/

#Cameraderie #Photography #AdviceWanted #adapters #advice #electronic #lens

question about lens adapters with electronic contacts
https://cameraderie.org/threads/question-about-lens-adapters-with-electronic-contacts.60793/

#Cameraderie #Photography #AdviceWanted #adapters #advice #electronic #lens

question about lens adapters with electronic contacts
https://cameraderie.org/threads/question-about-lens-adapters-with-electronic-contacts.60793/

#Cameraderie #Photography #AdviceWanted #adapters #advice #electronic #lens

Looking Ahead: My Intentions For 2026

About this time last year, I jotted down some intentions for 2025, ‘a few ideas of the things that I really want to do over the coming twelve months’. I did quite well with these: I resurrected a few old cameras, like the Kodak 1A and 3A folding cameras, and the Vest Pocket Kodak; I finally got to use the medium format half-frame beastie that’s the Bencini Koroll 2; and I actually used my only 127 film in the Purma Special on a 127 Day this year. I also tumbled down the rabbit hole that was the Rapid film system, which led to some great fun with colour emulsions, redscaling, and even trying some EBS photography, or exposing both sides of the emulsion, and of course I added a load more weird and wonderful cameras to my collection. 

https://flic.kr/p/2rscu7a

The only part of my ‘intentions’ for 2025 that I didn’t really get anywhere with was glitching; taking a perfectly good photograph in digital format and altering the data contained in it to produce a corrupted image. As a reminder, images can be glitched in a number of ways: with a Hex Editor, to alter details of individual pixels in an image; processing a digital photograph in a program not intended for editing image files; or using a script in a programming language to corrupt the file. This is known as databending, but there is also circuit bending, which either takes an image and corrupts it using a specially made image processor, or using a camera where the hardware within the camera has been physically altered so that the image saved to the card is corrupted. 

I already have one circuit bent camera, and also a couple of cameras with failing sensors that produce lovely glitchy images, but I’ve also recently obtained an old Digital8 video camera that I hope will allow me to use a circuit bent device called the Mismatcher Petite to corrupt digital images and videos. This year, I also picked up a scanner, the Epson Perfection v750 Pro flatbed scanner, and a little micro computer to use it with. Onto this computer I’ve loaded some of the programs and applications that I hope will aid me with databending and glitching.

I’ve not forgotten film, of course, and although I’m not really in a position to soup and develop my own films, perhaps I can ‘glitch’ some instant film, or deliberately introduce light leaks to exposed 35mm and medium format film, for instance. Of course,  there will always be new (to me) cameras to play with, and if last year is anything to go by, not all of these are light tight, and I have several rolls of expired film to use. With glitching, be it digital  or film, you never quite know what result you’ll get, and that for me is what will make the coming year so exciting. 

If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow the ‘Snapshot’ WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline.

#Adapters #AgfaRapid #Cassette #CircuitBending #Databending #Experimental #Expired #Glitch #Inspiration #Intentions #LoFi #Motivation #Rapid #VintageCamera

Looking Ahead: My Intentions For 2026

About this time last year, I jotted down some intentions for 2025, ‘a few ideas of the things that I really want to do over the coming twelve months’. I did quite well with these: I resurrected a few old cameras, like the Kodak 1A and 3A folding cameras, and the Vest Pocket Kodak; I finally got to use the medium format half-frame beastie that’s the Bencini Koroll 2; and I actually used my only 127 film in the Purma Special on a 127 Day this year. I also tumbled down the rabbit hole that was the Rapid film system, which led to some great fun with colour emulsions, redscaling, and even trying some EBS photography, or exposing both sides of the emulsion, and of course I added a load more weird and wonderful cameras to my collection. 

https://flic.kr/p/2rscu7a

The only part of my ‘intentions’ for 2025 that I didn’t really get anywhere with was glitching; taking a perfectly good photograph in digital format and altering the data contained in it to produce a corrupted image. As a reminder, images can be glitched in a number of ways: with a Hex Editor, to alter details of individual pixels in an image; processing a digital photograph in a program not intended for editing image files; or using a script in a programming language to corrupt the file. This is known as databending, but there is also circuit bending, which either takes an image and corrupts it using a specially made image processor, or using a camera where the hardware within the camera has been physically altered so that the image saved to the card is corrupted. 

I already have one circuit bent camera, and also a couple of cameras with failing sensors that produce lovely glitchy images, but I’ve also recently obtained an old Digital8 video camera that I hope will allow me to use a circuit bent device called the Mismatcher Petite to corrupt digital images and videos. This year, I also picked up a scanner, the Epson Perfection v750 Pro flatbed scanner, and a little micro computer to use it with. Onto this computer I’ve loaded some of the programs and applications that I hope will aid me with databending and glitching.

I’ve not forgotten film, of course, and although I’m not really in a position to soup and develop my own films, perhaps I can ‘glitch’ some instant film, or deliberately introduce light leaks to exposed 35mm and medium format film, for instance. Of course,  there will always be new (to me) cameras to play with, and if last year is anything to go by, not all of these are light tight, and I have several rolls of expired film to use. With glitching, be it digital  or film, you never quite know what result you’ll get, and that for me is what will make the coming year so exciting. 

If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow the ‘Snapshot’ WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline.

#Adapters #AgfaRapid #Cassette #CircuitBending #Databending #Experimental #Expired #Glitch #Inspiration #Intentions #LoFi #Motivation #Rapid #VintageCamera

Looking Ahead: My Intentions For 2026

About this time last year, I jotted down some intentions for 2025, ‘a few ideas of the things that I really want to do over the coming twelve months’. I did quite well with these: I resurrected a few old cameras, like the Kodak 1A and 3A folding cameras, and the Vest Pocket Kodak; I finally got to use the medium format half-frame beastie that’s the Bencini Koroll 2; and I actually used my only 127 film in the Purma Special on a 127 Day this year. I also tumbled down the rabbit hole that was the Rapid film system, which led to some great fun with colour emulsions, redscaling, and even trying some EBS photography, or exposing both sides of the emulsion, and of course I added a load more weird and wonderful cameras to my collection. 

https://flic.kr/p/2rscu7a

The only part of my ‘intentions’ for 2025 that I didn’t really get anywhere with was glitching; taking a perfectly good photograph in digital format and altering the data contained in it to produce a corrupted image. As a reminder, images can be glitched in a number of ways: with a Hex Editor, to alter details of individual pixels in an image; processing a digital photograph in a program not intended for editing image files; or using a script in a programming language to corrupt the file. This is known as databending, but there is also circuit bending, which either takes an image and corrupts it using a specially made image processor, or using a camera where the hardware within the camera has been physically altered so that the image saved to the card is corrupted. 

I already have one circuit bent camera, and also a couple of cameras with failing sensors that produce lovely glitchy images, but I’ve also recently obtained an old Digital8 video camera that I hope will allow me to use a circuit bent device called the Mismatcher Petite to corrupt digital images and videos. This year, I also picked up a scanner, the Epson Perfection v750 Pro flatbed scanner, and a little micro computer to use it with. Onto this computer I’ve loaded some of the programs and applications that I hope will aid me with databending and glitching.

I’ve not forgotten film, of course, and although I’m not really in a position to soup and develop my own films, perhaps I can ‘glitch’ some instant film, or deliberately introduce light leaks to exposed 35mm and medium format film, for instance. Of course,  there will always be new (to me) cameras to play with, and if last year is anything to go by, not all of these are light tight, and I have several rolls of expired film to use. With glitching, be it digital  or film, you never quite know what result you’ll get, and that for me is what will make the coming year so exciting. 

If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow the ‘Snapshot’ WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline.

#Adapters #AgfaRapid #Cassette #CircuitBending #Databending #Experimental #Expired #Glitch #Inspiration #Intentions #LoFi #Motivation #Rapid #VintageCamera

Looking Ahead: My Intentions For 2026

About this time last year, I jotted down some intentions for 2025, ‘a few ideas of the things that I really want to do over the coming twelve months’. I did quite well with these: I resurrected a few old cameras, like the Kodak 1A and 3A folding cameras, and the Vest Pocket Kodak; I finally got to use the medium format half-frame beastie that’s the Bencini Koroll 2; and I actually used my only 127 film in the Purma Special on a 127 Day this year. I also tumbled down the rabbit hole that was the Rapid film system, which led to some great fun with colour emulsions, redscaling, and even trying some EBS photography, or exposing both sides of the emulsion, and of course I added a load more weird and wonderful cameras to my collection. 

https://flic.kr/p/2rscu7a

The only part of my ‘intentions’ for 2025 that I didn’t really get anywhere with was glitching; taking a perfectly good photograph in digital format and altering the data contained in it to produce a corrupted image. As a reminder, images can be glitched in a number of ways: with a Hex Editor, to alter details of individual pixels in an image; processing a digital photograph in a program not intended for editing image files; or using a script in a programming language to corrupt the file. This is known as databending, but there is also circuit bending, which either takes an image and corrupts it using a specially made image processor, or using a camera where the hardware within the camera has been physically altered so that the image saved to the card is corrupted. 

I already have one circuit bent camera, and also a couple of cameras with failing sensors that produce lovely glitchy images, but I’ve also recently obtained an old Digital8 video camera that I hope will allow me to use a circuit bent device called the Mismatcher Petite to corrupt digital images and videos. This year, I also picked up a scanner, the Epson Perfection v750 Pro flatbed scanner, and a little micro computer to use it with. Onto this computer I’ve loaded some of the programs and applications that I hope will aid me with databending and glitching.

I’ve not forgotten film, of course, and although I’m not really in a position to soup and develop my own films, perhaps I can ‘glitch’ some instant film, or deliberately introduce light leaks to exposed 35mm and medium format film, for instance. Of course,  there will always be new (to me) cameras to play with, and if last year is anything to go by, not all of these are light tight, and I have several rolls of expired film to use. With glitching, be it digital  or film, you never quite know what result you’ll get, and that for me is what will make the coming year so exciting. 

If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow the ‘Snapshot’ WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline.

#Adapters #AgfaRapid #Cassette #CircuitBending #Databending #Experimental #Expired #Glitch #Inspiration #Intentions #LoFi #Motivation #Rapid #VintageCamera

Looking Ahead: My Intentions For 2026

About this time last year, I jotted down some intentions for 2025, ‘a few ideas of the things that I really want to do over the coming twelve months’. I did quite well with these: I resurrected a few old cameras, like the Kodak 1A and 3A folding cameras, and the Vest Pocket Kodak; I finally got to use the medium format half-frame beastie that’s the Bencini Koroll 2; and I actually used my only 127 film in the Purma Special on a 127 Day this year. I also tumbled down the rabbit hole that was the Rapid film system, which led to some great fun with colour emulsions, redscaling, and even trying some EBS photography, or exposing both sides of the emulsion, and of course I added a load more weird and wonderful cameras to my collection. 

https://flic.kr/p/2rscu7a

The only part of my ‘intentions’ for 2025 that I didn’t really get anywhere with was glitching; taking a perfectly good photograph in digital format and altering the data contained in it to produce a corrupted image. As a reminder, images can be glitched in a number of ways: with a Hex Editor, to alter details of individual pixels in an image; processing a digital photograph in a program not intended for editing image files; or using a script in a programming language to corrupt the file. This is known as databending, but there is also circuit bending, which either takes an image and corrupts it using a specially made image processor, or using a camera where the hardware within the camera has been physically altered so that the image saved to the card is corrupted. 

I already have one circuit bent camera, and also a couple of cameras with failing sensors that produce lovely glitchy images, but I’ve also recently obtained an old Digital8 video camera that I hope will allow me to use a circuit bent device called the Mismatcher Petite to corrupt digital images and videos. This year, I also picked up a scanner, the Epson Perfection v750 Pro flatbed scanner, and a little micro computer to use it with. Onto this computer I’ve loaded some of the programs and applications that I hope will aid me with databending and glitching.

I’ve not forgotten film, of course, and although I’m not really in a position to soup and develop my own films, perhaps I can ‘glitch’ some instant film, or deliberately introduce light leaks to exposed 35mm and medium format film, for instance. Of course,  there will always be new (to me) cameras to play with, and if last year is anything to go by, not all of these are light tight, and I have several rolls of expired film to use. With glitching, be it digital  or film, you never quite know what result you’ll get, and that for me is what will make the coming year so exciting. 

If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow the ‘Snapshot’ WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline.

#Adapters #AgfaRapid #Cassette #CircuitBending #Databending #Experimental #Expired #Glitch #Inspiration #Intentions #LoFi #Motivation #Rapid #VintageCamera

Ah, #SwirlDB, the Swiss Army knife of #databases 🤹‍♂️—except none of the tools actually work together unless you summon the arcane dark magic of "adapters." 🔮 It's like legos for #developers who hate fun, making sure to remind you that everything is an adapter, even the tears of those who dare to use it. 💧
https://docs.swirldb.org/ #Adapters #TechHumor #SoftwareEngineering #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, #SwirlDB, the Swiss Army knife of #databases 🤹‍♂️—except none of the tools actually work together unless you summon the arcane dark magic of "adapters." 🔮 It's like legos for #developers who hate fun, making sure to remind you that everything is an adapter, even the tears of those who dare to use it. 💧
https://docs.swirldb.org/ #Adapters #TechHumor #SoftwareEngineering #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, #SwirlDB, the Swiss Army knife of #databases 🤹‍♂️—except none of the tools actually work together unless you summon the arcane dark magic of "adapters." 🔮 It's like legos for #developers who hate fun, making sure to remind you that everything is an adapter, even the tears of those who dare to use it. 💧
https://docs.swirldb.org/ #Adapters #TechHumor #SoftwareEngineering #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, #SwirlDB, the Swiss Army knife of #databases 🤹‍♂️—except none of the tools actually work together unless you summon the arcane dark magic of "adapters." 🔮 It's like legos for #developers who hate fun, making sure to remind you that everything is an adapter, even the tears of those who dare to use it. 💧
https://docs.swirldb.org/ #Adapters #TechHumor #SoftwareEngineering #HackerNews #ngated

Hexagon of Doom - The Cost of Over-Abstraction and Indirection

Let me explain why I think Ports&Adapter / Hexagonal architecture introduces net harm to software projects.

https://jointhefreeworld.org/blog/articles/development/hexagon-of-doom/index.html

#software #engineering #architecture #dev #project #cleancode #java #scala #hexagon #mvc #ports #adapters #abstraction #programming

🖥️🔌 Oh wow, not all #eGPU docks are the same? Who would've thought! After a thrilling quest involving M.2 #adapters, mysterious power buttons, and a hidden metal plate with switches, our hero finally made some fans spin—riveting! 🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/not-all-oculink-egpu-docks-are-created-equal #eGPUdocks #technology #hardwareenthusiast #DIY #HackerNews #ngated

🖥️🔌 Oh wow, not all #eGPU docks are the same? Who would've thought! After a thrilling quest involving M.2 #adapters, mysterious power buttons, and a hidden metal plate with switches, our hero finally made some fans spin—riveting! 🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/not-all-oculink-egpu-docks-are-created-equal #eGPUdocks #technology #hardwareenthusiast #DIY #HackerNews #ngated

🖥️🔌 Oh wow, not all #eGPU docks are the same? Who would've thought! After a thrilling quest involving M.2 #adapters, mysterious power buttons, and a hidden metal plate with switches, our hero finally made some fans spin—riveting! 🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/not-all-oculink-egpu-docks-are-created-equal #eGPUdocks #technology #hardwareenthusiast #DIY #HackerNews #ngated

🖥️🔌 Oh wow, not all #eGPU docks are the same? Who would've thought! After a thrilling quest involving M.2 #adapters, mysterious power buttons, and a hidden metal plate with switches, our hero finally made some fans spin—riveting! 🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/not-all-oculink-egpu-docks-are-created-equal #eGPUdocks #technology #hardwareenthusiast #DIY #HackerNews #ngated

🖥️🔌 Oh wow, not all #eGPU docks are the same? Who would've thought! After a thrilling quest involving M.2 #adapters, mysterious power buttons, and a hidden metal plate with switches, our hero finally made some fans spin—riveting! 🙄
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/not-all-oculink-egpu-docks-are-created-equal #eGPUdocks #technology #hardwareenthusiast #DIY #HackerNews #ngated

So, I thought I had it all figured out and ordered a bunch of adapters for my headphone setup… only to realize I got it wrong 😅 I assumed the female side was the tip and the male was where you plug in.
Turns out, the male is the tip of the adapter, and the female is where you plug the headphones to change the size. Instead of getting '3.5mm female to 6.5mm male', I ended up with '3.5mm male to 6.5mm female'. Well… who knows, maybe it’ll be useful if I want to connect my phone to one of my amps. Lesson learned: I now need to order the correct set.
#AudioLife #HeadphoneSetup #Adapters #LessonLearned #StudioLife

So, I thought I had it all figured out and ordered a bunch of adapters for my headphone setup… only to realize I got it wrong 😅 I assumed the female side was the tip and the male was where you plug in.
Turns out, the male is the tip of the adapter, and the female is where you plug the headphones to change the size. Instead of getting '3.5mm female to 6.5mm male', I ended up with '3.5mm male to 6.5mm female'. Well… who knows, maybe it’ll be useful if I want to connect my phone to one of my amps. Lesson learned: I now need to order the correct set.
#AudioLife #HeadphoneSetup #Adapters #LessonLearned #StudioLife

So, I thought I had it all figured out and ordered a bunch of adapters for my headphone setup… only to realize I got it wrong 😅 I assumed the female side was the tip and the male was where you plug in.
Turns out, the male is the tip of the adapter, and the female is where you plug the headphones to change the size. Instead of getting '3.5mm female to 6.5mm male', I ended up with '3.5mm male to 6.5mm female'. Well… who knows, maybe it’ll be useful if I want to connect my phone to one of my amps. Lesson learned: I now need to order the correct set.
#AudioLife #HeadphoneSetup #Adapters #LessonLearned #StudioLife

Debunking the #Myths: 5 Surprising #Facts About #Powerline #Adapters

https://www.makeuseof.com/powerline-adapter-myths-busted/

so I have a rotary phone that I bought off of eBay. However, it has a very strange connector. At first I thought it was some strange coax variation. It's threaded, bigger on the bottom if you're holding it so the end is up. I sent ChatGPT a picture of it and it said it was a 505A bell connector, used up till the late 70s. Do y'all know where I can find a suitable adapter for such a thing that converts it into RJ11? For the life of me, I cannot seem to find one. I searched round 4-prong to RJ11 as well as 505A to RJ11 adapter, as it also listed that as one of it's names as well.
#oldphones #telephony #adapters

Duolingo Goes “AI-First” – DTNSB 5008

US Congress passed the bipartisan Take It Down Act, and Bodie Grimm shares two EV models that you need to know about.

Starring Jason Howell, Shannon Morse, and Bodie Grimm.

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• The Verge: Duolingo Going “AI-First”

• The Register: Generative AI Not Hurting Jobs or Wages

• Engadget: Amazon Denies Tariff Price Impact Report

• Washington Post: Congress Targets Deepfake Revenge Porn

• Reuters: Amazon Launches Kuiper Internet Satellites

• Engadget: AI Researchers Secretly Experimented on Reddit Users

• 404 Media: Reddit Threatens Legal Action Over AI Experiments

• The Verge: OnePlus Watch 3 Price Hike Reversed

• Wired: OpenAI Adds Shopping Features to ChatGPT

• The Verge: LG Shuts Down Android Update Servers

• Daily Tech News Show: Audience Survey

#adapters #affiliateLinks #AI #AIExperiment #AIFirst #Amazon #Android #automotiveTrends #bipartisan #BodieGrimm #broadband #carPrices #chargeOnlyCable #ChatGPT #consumerElectronics #contractors #dataEthics #deepfakes #DenmarkStudy #Duolingo #eCommerce #economicImpact #economists #electricVehicles #endOfService #ethics #Europe #EVs #generativeAI #GoogleCompetitor #impersonation #internetAccess #jobAutomation #JuiceJacking #KilowattPodcast #Kuiper #legalAction #legislation #LG #LGBridge #lowEarthOrbit #nonconsensualContent #NorthAmerica #OnePlus #onlineSafety #OpenAI #OTAUpdates #phoneSupport #priceDrop #privacy #productRecommendations #productivity #rChangemyview #Reddit #refunds #revengePorn #ruralAreas #satelliteInternet #security #shopping #smartphones #smartwatch #softwareUpdates #Starlink #TakeItDownAct #tariffs #travelSafety #UniversityOfZurich #USCongress #USPricing #USBCondom #USBC #Watch3 #workplaceAutomation

Duolingo Goes “AI-First” – DTNSB 5008

US Congress passed the bipartisan Take It Down Act, and Bodie Grimm shares two EV models that you need to know about.

Starring Jason Howell, Shannon Morse, and Bodie Grimm.

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Show Notes

• The Verge: Duolingo Going “AI-First”

• The Register: Generative AI Not Hurting Jobs or Wages

• Engadget: Amazon Denies Tariff Price Impact Report

• Washington Post: Congress Targets Deepfake Revenge Porn

• Reuters: Amazon Launches Kuiper Internet Satellites

• Engadget: AI Researchers Secretly Experimented on Reddit Users

• 404 Media: Reddit Threatens Legal Action Over AI Experiments

• The Verge: OnePlus Watch 3 Price Hike Reversed

• Wired: OpenAI Adds Shopping Features to ChatGPT

• The Verge: LG Shuts Down Android Update Servers

• Daily Tech News Show: Audience Survey

#adapters #affiliateLinks #AI #AIExperiment #AIFirst #Amazon #Android #automotiveTrends #bipartisan #BodieGrimm #broadband #carPrices #chargeOnlyCable #ChatGPT #consumerElectronics #contractors #dataEthics #deepfakes #DenmarkStudy #Duolingo #eCommerce #economicImpact #economists #electricVehicles #endOfService #ethics #Europe #EVs #generativeAI #GoogleCompetitor #impersonation #internetAccess #jobAutomation #JuiceJacking #KilowattPodcast #Kuiper #legalAction #legislation #LG #LGBridge #lowEarthOrbit #nonconsensualContent #NorthAmerica #OnePlus #onlineSafety #OpenAI #OTAUpdates #phoneSupport #priceDrop #privacy #productRecommendations #productivity #rChangemyview #Reddit #refunds #revengePorn #ruralAreas #satelliteInternet #security #shopping #smartphones #smartwatch #softwareUpdates #Starlink #TakeItDownAct #tariffs #travelSafety #UniversityOfZurich #USCongress #USPricing #USBCondom #USBC #Watch3 #workplaceAutomation

Duolingo Goes “AI-First” – DTNSB 5008

US Congress passed the bipartisan Take It Down Act, and Bodie Grimm shares two EV models that you need to know about.

Starring Jason Howell, Shannon Morse, and Bodie Grimm.

Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch

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Show Notes

• The Verge: Duolingo Going “AI-First”

• The Register: Generative AI Not Hurting Jobs or Wages

• Engadget: Amazon Denies Tariff Price Impact Report

• Washington Post: Congress Targets Deepfake Revenge Porn

• Reuters: Amazon Launches Kuiper Internet Satellites

• Engadget: AI Researchers Secretly Experimented on Reddit Users

• 404 Media: Reddit Threatens Legal Action Over AI Experiments

• The Verge: OnePlus Watch 3 Price Hike Reversed

• Wired: OpenAI Adds Shopping Features to ChatGPT

• The Verge: LG Shuts Down Android Update Servers

• Daily Tech News Show: Audience Survey

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• Wired: OpenAI Adds Shopping Features to ChatGPT

• The Verge: LG Shuts Down Android Update Servers

• Daily Tech News Show: Audience Survey

#adapters #affiliateLinks #AI #AIExperiment #AIFirst #Amazon #Android #automotiveTrends #bipartisan #BodieGrimm #broadband #carPrices #chargeOnlyCable #ChatGPT #consumerElectronics #contractors #dataEthics #deepfakes #DenmarkStudy #Duolingo #eCommerce #economicImpact #economists #electricVehicles #endOfService #ethics #Europe #EVs #generativeAI #GoogleCompetitor #impersonation #internetAccess #jobAutomation #JuiceJacking #KilowattPodcast #Kuiper #legalAction #legislation #LG #LGBridge #lowEarthOrbit #nonconsensualContent #NorthAmerica #OnePlus #onlineSafety #OpenAI #OTAUpdates #phoneSupport #priceDrop #privacy #productRecommendations #productivity #rChangemyview #Reddit #refunds #revengePorn #ruralAreas #satelliteInternet #security #shopping #smartphones #smartwatch #softwareUpdates #Starlink #TakeItDownAct #tariffs #travelSafety #UniversityOfZurich #USCongress #USPricing #USBCondom #USBC #Watch3 #workplaceAutomation

My most unique #appleii retro gaming machine #retrotechnology #adapters #modernsolutions
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I need a #ProBono #attorney to sue #Amazon for #damages. They sold me a #faucet from a #ThirdPartySeller and #guaranteed that these were the right #parts with all the right #adapters and that everything would fit. But nothing fit, and now there's #WaterDamage in my #bathroom, with water pouring down my #diningroom #ceiling. This is going to cost a lot to #repair, and I need to sue #Amazon for at least #2MillionDollars.

#Serious #inquiry, #please #help.

I need a #ProBono #attorney to sue #Amazon for #damages. They sold me a #faucet from a #ThirdPartySeller and #guaranteed that these were the right #parts with all the right #adapters and that everything would fit. But nothing fit, and now there's #WaterDamage in my #bathroom, with water pouring down my #diningroom #ceiling. This is going to cost a lot to #repair, and I need to sue #Amazon for at least #2MillionDollars.

#Serious #inquiry, #please #help.

I need a #ProBono #attorney to sue #Amazon for #damages. They sold me a #faucet from a #ThirdPartySeller and #guaranteed that these were the right #parts with all the right #adapters and that everything would fit. But nothing fit, and now there's #WaterDamage in my #bathroom, with water pouring down my #diningroom #ceiling. This is going to cost a lot to #repair, and I need to sue #Amazon for at least #2MillionDollars.

#Serious #inquiry, #please #help.

One of the many joys of traveling in an unstandardized world… #chargers #cables and #adapters #travel #europe #uk

Using 120 film in 100-year-old folding cameras

I’ve had a number of vintage Kodak folding cameras for a while now, and back in November I added another that I’ve been after for a long time, the massive Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera, to the collection. (It still tickles me how a giant heavy camera like the 3-A could ever be considered as a ‘pocket’ camera.)

Soon after receiving the 3-A I finally got my act together and ordered some adapters from camerhack.it so that I could use 120 film with these cameras, since hunting down rolls of 122 or 116 film would be fruitless or expensive (or both). I have three vintage cameras that I would like to use with 120 film, the Kodak 1-A Autographic Jr, which takes 116 film, the Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera, which takes 122 film, and a roll film back for the KW Patent Etui, which takes 118 film.

I ordered the three sizes of adapter from camerhack.it and they arrived last week. So this past weekend I’ve had great fun preparing the cameras to use with 120 film. The first thing I needed to do with each folding camera was make a mask to cover the film gate so the films don’t curl. I’ve been studying various options and the best one seems to be to make a rectangular mask that fits over the whole of the film gate.

I measured the dimensions of the film gate and calculated the width of the space needed to overlap the edges of the 120 film by about 5mm each side. To get the dimensions right I used the paper backing from a roll of 120 film. This was probably a little too much, but I wanted to make certain that the film would run smoothly through the camera and be supported all around. The material was thin plastic from a cheap envelope, but quite sturdy. To minimise the chances of the plastic scratching the film I sanded the edges of the frame with sandpaper. I hope this will be enough. 

I checked the fit of the mask and glued it into place in the back of each camera (there’s no going back now). I also added a thin wedge of magic sponge to the space under the wind-on spool, which I hope will ensure there are no ‘fat’ rolls and the 120 film will wrap tightly around the take-up spool. This is a lesson I learned from using the Agfa Clack on the Frugal Film Project a couple of years ago. 

The final step was to calculate the number of turns I need to wind on the film to get nicely separated frames. I know that I’ll get about five frames from the 1-A, and four from the 3-A, but how many turns of the wind-on knob will I need with my cameras? Camerhack.it have a nice guide on their website for each of the adapters, but for my cameras it was a little bit off, so here is what I found. Bear in mind that this was with just the paper roll, no film included so these might be in error, but this is what I will try with the first roll, which will be purely experimental anyway.

After checking the two cameras I turned to the 118 film back. This doesn’t actually need a mask installed, it is fitted with a dark slide, but of course I need to check the number of turns. The 120 roll with adapters fitted snugly in the film back and I wound on the film until I could see the ‘start’ line in the window. I then started turning and marking the paper where I thought each frame would be. I reckon that I’ll get about seven frames out of a single roll of 120 film, but I think this is an overestimate. The first roll will certainly be interesting. 

The weather forecast for the next few days is unsettled, with rain and winds forecast, but next week hopefully I’ll be able to take these cameras out on a test run. I’m certainly looking forward to seeing the results. 

If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow my WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline on Mastodon.

#116Film #118Film #122Film #Adapters #Autographic #Bellows #Camera #CamerHack #Experimental #Film #FrugalFilmProject #Kodak #Retro #Shittycamerachallenge #Vintage

Using 120 film in 100-year-old folding cameras

I’ve had a number of vintage Kodak folding cameras for a while now, and back in November I added another that I’ve been after for a long time, the massive Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera, to the collection. (It still tickles me how a giant heavy camera like the 3-A could ever be considered as a ‘pocket’ camera.)

Soon after receiving the 3-A I finally got my act together and ordered some adapters from camerhack.it so that I could use 120 film with these cameras, since hunting down rolls of 122 or 116 film would be fruitless or expensive (or both). I have three vintage cameras that I would like to use with 120 film, the Kodak 1-A Autographic Jr, which takes 116 film, the Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera, which takes 122 film, and a roll film back for the KW Patent Etui, which takes 118 film.

I ordered the three sizes of adapter from camerhack.it and they arrived last week. So this past weekend I’ve had great fun preparing the cameras to use with 120 film. The first thing I needed to do with each folding camera was make a mask to cover the film gate so the films don’t curl. I’ve been studying various options and the best one seems to be to make a rectangular mask that fits over the whole of the film gate.

I measured the dimensions of the film gate and calculated the width of the space needed to overlap the edges of the 120 film by about 5mm each side. To get the dimensions right I used the paper backing from a roll of 120 film. This was probably a little too much, but I wanted to make certain that the film would run smoothly through the camera and be supported all around. The material was thin plastic from a cheap envelope, but quite sturdy. To minimise the chances of the plastic scratching the film I sanded the edges of the frame with sandpaper. I hope this will be enough. 

I checked the fit of the mask and glued it into place in the back of each camera (there’s no going back now). I also added a thin wedge of magic sponge to the space under the wind-on spool, which I hope will ensure there are no ‘fat’ rolls and the 120 film will wrap tightly around the take-up spool. This is a lesson I learned from using the Agfa Clack on the Frugal Film Project a couple of years ago. 

The final step was to calculate the number of turns I need to wind on the film to get nicely separated frames. I know that I’ll get about five frames from the 1-A, and four from the 3-A, but how many turns of the wind-on knob will I need with my cameras? Camerhack.it have a nice guide on their website for each of the adapters, but for my cameras it was a little bit off, so here is what I found. Bear in mind that this was with just the paper roll, no film included so these might be in error, but this is what I will try with the first roll, which will be purely experimental anyway.

After checking the two cameras I turned to the 118 film back. This doesn’t actually need a mask installed, it is fitted with a dark slide, but of course I need to check the number of turns. The 120 roll with adapters fitted snugly in the film back and I wound on the film until I could see the ‘start’ line in the window. I then started turning and marking the paper where I thought each frame would be. I reckon that I’ll get about seven frames out of a single roll of 120 film, but I think this is an overestimate. The first roll will certainly be interesting. 

The weather forecast for the next few days is unsettled, with rain and winds forecast, but next week hopefully I’ll be able to take these cameras out on a test run. I’m certainly looking forward to seeing the results. 

If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow my WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline on Mastodon.

#116Film #118Film #122Film #Adapters #Autographic #Bellows #Camera #CamerHack #Experimental #Film #FrugalFilmProject #Kodak #Retro #Shittycamerachallenge #Vintage

Using 120 film in 100-year-old folding cameras

I’ve had a number of vintage Kodak folding cameras for a while now, and back in November I added another that I’ve been after for a long time, the massive Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera, to the collection. (It still tickles me how a giant heavy camera like the 3-A could ever be considered as a ‘pocket’ camera.)

Soon after receiving the 3-A I finally got my act together and ordered some adapters from camerhack.it so that I could use 120 film with these cameras, since hunting down rolls of 122 or 116 film would be fruitless or expensive (or both). I have three vintage cameras that I would like to use with 120 film, the Kodak 1-A Autographic Jr, which takes 116 film, the Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera, which takes 122 film, and a roll film back for the KW Patent Etui, which takes 118 film.

I ordered the three sizes of adapter from camerhack.it and they arrived last week. So this past weekend I’ve had great fun preparing the cameras to use with 120 film. The first thing I needed to do with each folding camera was make a mask to cover the film gate so the films don’t curl. I’ve been studying various options and the best one seems to be to make a rectangular mask that fits over the whole of the film gate.

I measured the dimensions of the film gate and calculated the width of the space needed to overlap the edges of the 120 film by about 5mm each side. To get the dimensions right I used the paper backing from a roll of 120 film. This was probably a little too much, but I wanted to make certain that the film would run smoothly through the camera and be supported all around. The material was thin plastic from a cheap envelope, but quite sturdy. To minimise the chances of the plastic scratching the film I sanded the edges of the frame with sandpaper. I hope this will be enough. 

I checked the fit of the mask and glued it into place in the back of each camera (there’s no going back now). I also added a thin wedge of magic sponge to the space under the wind-on spool, which I hope will ensure there are no ‘fat’ rolls and the 120 film will wrap tightly around the take-up spool. This is a lesson I learned from using the Agfa Clack on the Frugal Film Project a couple of years ago. 

The final step was to calculate the number of turns I need to wind on the film to get nicely separated frames. I know that I’ll get about five frames from the 1-A, and four from the 3-A, but how many turns of the wind-on knob will I need with my cameras? Camerhack.it have a nice guide on their website for each of the adapters, but for my cameras it was a little bit off, so here is what I found. Bear in mind that this was with just the paper roll, no film included so these might be in error, but this is what I will try with the first roll, which will be purely experimental anyway.

After checking the two cameras I turned to the 118 film back. This doesn’t actually need a mask installed, it is fitted with a dark slide, but of course I need to check the number of turns. The 120 roll with adapters fitted snugly in the film back and I wound on the film until I could see the ‘start’ line in the window. I then started turning and marking the paper where I thought each frame would be. I reckon that I’ll get about seven frames out of a single roll of 120 film, but I think this is an overestimate. The first roll will certainly be interesting. 

The weather forecast for the next few days is unsettled, with rain and winds forecast, but next week hopefully I’ll be able to take these cameras out on a test run. I’m certainly looking forward to seeing the results. 

If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow my WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline on Mastodon.

#116Film #118Film #122Film #Adapters #Autographic #Bellows #Camera #CamerHack #Experimental #Film #FrugalFilmProject #Kodak #Retro #Shittycamerachallenge #Vintage

Using 120 film in 100-year-old folding cameras

I’ve had a number of vintage Kodak folding cameras for a while now, and back in November I added another that I’ve been after for a long time, the massive Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera, to the collection. (It still tickles me how a giant heavy camera like the 3-A could ever be considered as a ‘pocket’ camera.)

Soon after receiving the 3-A I finally got my act together and ordered some adapters from camerhack.it so that I could use 120 film with these cameras, since hunting down rolls of 122 or 116 film would be fruitless or expensive (or both). I have three vintage cameras that I would like to use with 120 film, the Kodak 1-A Autographic Jr, which takes 116 film, the Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera, which takes 122 film, and a roll film back for the KW Patent Etui, which takes 118 film.

I ordered the three sizes of adapter from camerhack.it and they arrived last week. So this past weekend I’ve had great fun preparing the cameras to use with 120 film. The first thing I needed to do with each folding camera was make a mask to cover the film gate so the films don’t curl. I’ve been studying various options and the best one seems to be to make a rectangular mask that fits over the whole of the film gate.

I measured the dimensions of the film gate and calculated the width of the space needed to overlap the edges of the 120 film by about 5mm each side. To get the dimensions right I used the paper backing from a roll of 120 film. This was probably a little too much, but I wanted to make certain that the film would run smoothly through the camera and be supported all around. The material was thin plastic from a cheap envelope, but quite sturdy. To minimise the chances of the plastic scratching the film I sanded the edges of the frame with sandpaper. I hope this will be enough. 

I checked the fit of the mask and glued it into place in the back of each camera (there’s no going back now). I also added a thin wedge of magic sponge to the space under the wind-on spool, which I hope will ensure there are no ‘fat’ rolls and the 120 film will wrap tightly around the take-up spool. This is a lesson I learned from using the Agfa Clack on the Frugal Film Project a couple of years ago. 

The final step was to calculate the number of turns I need to wind on the film to get nicely separated frames. I know that I’ll get about five frames from the 1-A, and four from the 3-A, but how many turns of the wind-on knob will I need with my cameras? Camerhack.it have a nice guide on their website for each of the adapters, but for my cameras it was a little bit off, so here is what I found. Bear in mind that this was with just the paper roll, no film included so these might be in error, but this is what I will try with the first roll, which will be purely experimental anyway.

After checking the two cameras I turned to the 118 film back. This doesn’t actually need a mask installed, it is fitted with a dark slide, but of course I need to check the number of turns. The 120 roll with adapters fitted snugly in the film back and I wound on the film until I could see the ‘start’ line in the window. I then started turning and marking the paper where I thought each frame would be. I reckon that I’ll get about seven frames out of a single roll of 120 film, but I think this is an overestimate. The first roll will certainly be interesting. 

The weather forecast for the next few days is unsettled, with rain and winds forecast, but next week hopefully I’ll be able to take these cameras out on a test run. I’m certainly looking forward to seeing the results. 

If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow my WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline on Mastodon.

#116Film #118Film #122Film #Adapters #Autographic #Bellows #Camera #CamerHack #Experimental #Film #FrugalFilmProject #Kodak #Retro #Shittycamerachallenge #Vintage

Using 120 film in 100-year-old folding cameras

I’ve had a number of vintage Kodak folding cameras for a while now, and back in November I added another that I’ve been after for a long time, the massive Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera, to the collection. (It still tickles me how a giant heavy camera like the 3-A could ever be considered as a ‘pocket’ camera.)

Soon after receiving the 3-A I finally got my act together and ordered some adapters from camerhack.it so that I could use 120 film with these cameras, since hunting down rolls of 122 or 116 film would be fruitless or expensive (or both). I have three vintage cameras that I would like to use with 120 film, the Kodak 1-A Autographic Jr, which takes 116 film, the Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera, which takes 122 film, and a roll film back for the KW Patent Etui, which takes 118 film.

I ordered the three sizes of adapter from camerhack.it and they arrived last week. So this past weekend I’ve had great fun preparing the cameras to use with 120 film. The first thing I needed to do with each folding camera was make a mask to cover the film gate so the films don’t curl. I’ve been studying various options and the best one seems to be to make a rectangular mask that fits over the whole of the film gate.

I measured the dimensions of the film gate and calculated the width of the space needed to overlap the edges of the 120 film by about 5mm each side. To get the dimensions right I used the paper backing from a roll of 120 film. This was probably a little too much, but I wanted to make certain that the film would run smoothly through the camera and be supported all around. The material was thin plastic from a cheap envelope, but quite sturdy. To minimise the chances of the plastic scratching the film I sanded the edges of the frame with sandpaper. I hope this will be enough. 

I checked the fit of the mask and glued it into place in the back of each camera (there’s no going back now). I also added a thin wedge of magic sponge to the space under the wind-on spool, which I hope will ensure there are no ‘fat’ rolls and the 120 film will wrap tightly around the take-up spool. This is a lesson I learned from using the Agfa Clack on the Frugal Film Project a couple of years ago. 

The final step was to calculate the number of turns I need to wind on the film to get nicely separated frames. I know that I’ll get about five frames from the 1-A, and four from the 3-A, but how many turns of the wind-on knob will I need with my cameras? Camerhack.it have a nice guide on their website for each of the adapters, but for my cameras it was a little bit off, so here is what I found. Bear in mind that this was with just the paper roll, no film included so these might be in error, but this is what I will try with the first roll, which will be purely experimental anyway.

After checking the two cameras I turned to the 118 film back. This doesn’t actually need a mask installed, it is fitted with a dark slide, but of course I need to check the number of turns. The 120 roll with adapters fitted snugly in the film back and I wound on the film until I could see the ‘start’ line in the window. I then started turning and marking the paper where I thought each frame would be. I reckon that I’ll get about seven frames out of a single roll of 120 film, but I think this is an overestimate. The first roll will certainly be interesting. 

The weather forecast for the next few days is unsettled, with rain and winds forecast, but next week hopefully I’ll be able to take these cameras out on a test run. I’m certainly looking forward to seeing the results. 

If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow my WordPress account at @keithdevereux.wordpress.com. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline on Mastodon.

#116Film #118Film #122Film #Adapters #Autographic #Bellows #Camera #CamerHack #Experimental #Film #FrugalFilmProject #Kodak #Retro #Shittycamerachallenge #Vintage

@Lana

Disclaimer: I am not a fan of #Musk and I do not own a #Tesla.

I encourage you to look at the "google map" equivalent for your route on a Tesla nav system. I suspect you will see more charging stations than you expect.

The above is a friendly suggestion, sorry this got so long, feel free to skip to the end!

This was my experience....

I recently did a trip with a friend just to the east of your maps in his new Tesla Model Y. (St. George, UT was the furthest west). I was amazed at how many Tesla-branded #charging stations there were, and how integrated they are with the vehicle. You tell the dash nav system where you want to go and it will route you based on your current charge, the distance, need for re-charge(s), and charging station locations.

The route info reads something like this... "drive 100 miles to this station in a museum parking lot, you will arrive with 20% charge (and 4 of 6 chargers should be open), charge for at least 23 minutes (to 65%), then complete your journey... you should arrive with 15% charge." We drove hundreds of miles over three weeks and it was correct every time. In that period we diverted our route once due to power concerns (off a very small highway in remote Utah).

Then you throw in the fact that there are independent chargers (both Tesla and non-Tesla) at many #hotels (usually the juice is free!)--and sometimes even restaurants and parking garages. My friend has #adapters for most non-Tesla chargers. (I think you can by an adapter to allow your Kia to use Tesla chargers... if not now, soon?)

I'm on my third #Prius and I had NO IDEA how robust the Tesla charging network is. I felt like I was seeing a parallel universe for the first time. It's basically squirreled away in obscure parking lots and "back alleys". This makes sense, using space that is otherwise underused and local businesses benefit because drivers have 20-60 min of time to kill while they charge.

For example, Green River UT, a town of less than 1000 off of I-70, has 8-12 stations in the parking lot of the John Wesley Powell River History Museum (worth a visit!). We pulled in, plugged in, went across the street to the Tamarisk Restaurant to eat dinner (nice place!), and by the time we were done the battery was full.

That said there are several BAD THINGS about actually DRIVING a Tesla.

The most telling is that it's sensors are not as good as in my 2021 Prius. The Tesla MISREADS SIGNS and/or has bad data about speed limits. It will "touch the brakes" on it's own if it thinks the speed limit is 35 when it's actually 55. No way to turn this off as far as I know.

My Prius rarely misses a standard white speed sign. The current speed limit just appears on the dash. The car takes no action on its own. It DOES apply the brakes automatically IF the forward-looking radar detects something like a car turning in front of me. Alas, the Tesla has NO RADAR, because the CEO told the engineers he wanted a "pure video" system (quoting my friend). I have no idea how it performs in a dense fog?! Give me radar any day!

So, if the Tesla gets "frightened" by some figment of its video imagination, it will slam on the brakes for no good reason. This happened out of the blue even on the freeway, but also predictably on winding roads going up and down. It "can't SEE the road ahead" when you crest a hill, so it hits the brakes.

It also has this spooky "ghost car" display next to the steering wheel that frequently "sees" people and vehicles that ARE NOT THERE! Look at the screen shot I took in Arches Natl Park... I was stopped by the side of the road and there were NO people and NO semi-truck in front of me. I would NEVER engage the "full auto-drive" mode based on the above. It is insane that it is even allowed!

<rant over>

#ElectricCars #AIHallucinations #SelfDrivingCars

https://www.evshift.com/313959/nissan-ariya-nacs-preparing-to-charge-with-your-adapters/ Nissan ARIYA + NACS: Preparing to Charge with Your Adapters #adapters #Ariya #charge #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #NACS #nissan #NissanUsa #Preparing

Адаптеры в Android: «сервируем» данные красиво

В Android разработке адаптер — это компонент, который служит мостом между источником данных (например, списком элементов) и элементом пользовательского интерфейса (например, списком или сеткой). Он преобразует каждый элемент данных в визуальное представление, которое пользователь видит на экране. Представьте, что вы находитесь в ресторане, а кухня — это ваш источник данных, который готовит разные блюда. Адаптер в этой аналогии — это официант, который берет каждое блюдо из кухни и красиво подает его на стол. Вы не видите сырые ингредиенты или беспорядок на кухне, вы видите только красиво оформленное блюдо. Так же и в Android: адаптер превращает сырые данные в удобный для пользователя формат. Погнали вглубь!

https://habr.com/ru/articles/857242/

#android_development #adapters

This is cool but I’m disappointed the reverse adaptation can’t be done due to sensor distance from the pens on Fuji X cameras. Perhaps someday I could buy a Nikon Z body and adapt all my Fuji lenses to play around.

https://petapixel.com/2024/07/09/the-shoten-xtz-autofocus-adapter-converts-x-mount-lenses-to-nikon-z/

#photography #gear #lenses #adapters #Fuji #Nikon