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Trump rages at Biden for wrecking his plans for executions: ‘Makes no sense’ in c/politics@lemmy.world

At least uBlock Origin is always up-to-date now in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

these subscription models don't work. What these morons don't count on is that everyone actually hates the technology deep down. We don't want it! But it gives us a dopamine hit. And when they stack on subscription prices and lock up content and shove ads down our throat... well, the dopamine stops hitting and just get pissed. So we leave.

At least uBlock Origin is always up-to-date now in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

yes video quality has dropped, video suggestion algorithms have become a weird uroboric/echo chamber even if you have dozens of subscriptions, and the YouTube shorts reel refuses to be trained (no matter what I do, if I dislike every video I don't want to see and like all the ones I do want to see and log off if it suggests too many bad videos in a row, it still feeds me an endless loop of unwanted brain rot after 5 or 6 scrolls). I hate YouTube.

At the same time, they've found a good way around the ad block situation which is to promote ads as thumbnails on your "for you" video main page. I don't know why they didn't just do that in the first place, because honestly I don't mind that. It's when they constantly interrupt my videos ever freaking minute and a half that I start to get pissed.

Guns in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[–] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

you probably didn't even refute my points anyways. just not worth it.

Guns in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[–] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

*honk honk

Guns in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[–] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee -2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

lmfao. wut?

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[–] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee -1 points 5 days ago (3 children)

tldr yawn

Luigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: "So much sympathy" in c/news@lemmy.world

Guns in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[–] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee -3 points 5 days ago (5 children)

said the man who couldn't refute literally any of my points (and clearly didn't understand most of them in the first place)

Luigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: "So much sympathy" in c/news@lemmy.world

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Best Budget Telephoto Lens for Low-light photography (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by ChildeHarold@lemm.ee to c/photography@lemmy.world

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I’m trying to pick a DSLR-compatible Canon telephoto lens for wildlife photography in low-light conditions (also, I like doing urban candid photography/street photography from distances, so that too). Naturally, this means high ISO and low f-stop. For some reason, all I can find are like f-4; is that normal? Also, what’s with all the “telephoto” lenses that max out at 200mm? Shouldn’t something like 400mm be better? I suppose I don’t want something too bulky, so 400mm is probably pushing it but idk… if you have experience in this, let me know what you think. I can only seem to find a handful of options, and most are for mirrorless cameras which sucks because I don’t want too many camera bodies so getting ANOTHER one for this purpose would really clutter my shelves as I don’t have any mirrorless Canon’s.

Anyways, budget is tight, nothing north of $1000, let me know what you think!

Edit: Posted in wildlife photo community, but it was dead (no posts since like 2 months ago) so figured I'd move it here.

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Best Budget Telephoto Lens for Low-light wildlife photography (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by ChildeHarold@lemm.ee to c/wildlifephotography@lemmy.world

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I'm trying to pick a DSLR-compatible Canon telephoto lens for wildlife photography in low-light conditions (also, I like doing urban candid photography/street photography from distances, so that too). Naturally, this means high ISO and low f-stop. For some reason, all I can find are like f-4; is that normal? Also, what's with all the "telephoto" lenses that max out at 200mm? Shouldn't something like 400mm be better? I suppose I don't want something too bulky, so 400mm is probably pushing it but idk... if you have experience in this, let me know what you think. I can only seem to find a handful of options, and most are for mirrorless cameras which sucks because I don't want too many camera bodies so getting ANOTHER one for this purpose would really clutter my shelves as I don't have any mirrorless Canon's.

Anyways, budget is tight, nothing north of $1000, let me know what you think!

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Readings on the Crusades et. al. through a Realist lens? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 week ago by ChildeHarold@lemm.ee to c/asklemmee@lemm.ee

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Ok so I watched this video and it actually did a really good job at explicating the context of the crusades in ways that a lot of school history readings didn’t for me. I've been notified that the channel is apparently a MAGA pipeline, and I don't necessarily endorse all views held in that channel, but I had to admit: it was refreshing seeing the Crusades explained through a rational, realist lens rather than just chalking it up to "evil bad man kill nice foreign people". And it got me wondering: does anybody here know any good books or book series on ancient European history - the Crusades, the Inquisitions, etc. - that don’t use objectivity as a facade for bashing Western culture? Like, books that use realism and rationality to explain the choices made and provide context into them? I'm looking for stuff as comprehensive as possible. I’m thinking something similar to Shelby Foote’s Civil War trilogy but with European history. Fairly detailed, objective, etc. Thanks in advance!