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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-20 at 15:54

Ah, that fresh Prairie air!

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-20 at 02:02

This week I’m in Saskatchewan helping out my 94-year old Mom while her support system is on vacation. I've been doing all the shopping/cooking/cleaning. This afternoon I was busy and when I went to the kitchen she'd set up dinner all by herself and put it in the oven. When it was ready I was watching football and she said “why don’t I bring the food in here?” and dinner was just fine.

So, here’s a toast to my mother Jean Bray, born in May 1930, still taking care of me sometimes.

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-19 at 23:09

Not boring.

[#]nfl

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-19 at 20:03

[#]Fediblock, obviously: https://mastodon.social.fraudulent.link/

[Update: Oh, maybe not, just parody/satire?]

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-19 at 17:54

In which that noted socialist organ Bloomberg goes all class-reductionist: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-01-19/how-to-judge-trump-s-economic-policies

[#]USpol

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-19 at 16:22

Just to reassure people saying a 77" monitor is crazy: They’re right, it’s just a TV, used mostly for TV purposes. But it's got a Mac plugged in too because there are lots of nice TV-like things besides accessed through a real first-class browser. My actual monitor is a bog-standard 27" (also not running anywhere near native).

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-19 at 15:51

Question about 4K: I have a monster 77" TV with a Mac mini (among other things) plugged in, and even at that size, the full 3840 x 2160 is unusable unless you’re sitting close enough to get face-burn, and neck damage from head-swiveling.

So in basically every situation, full 4K resolution is not usable. So why aren’t we all buying 1920x1080 screens like we did ten years ago? Is the fact that 4K looks crisper to my eyes just a placebo effect?

I suspect I’m missing something obvious…

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-18 at 16:19

Why most mainstream media comment on economic policy, government spending, debt, etc, is wrong: https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-origins-of-mediamacro-and-how-to.html

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-16 at 18:22

In which I consider the announcements from Mastodon and Bluesky-adjacent “Free Our Feeds”, both surfacing on the 13th, concerning fundraising and governance measures for the worlds of ActivityPub and ATProto: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/01/14/Protocol-Churn

[#]bluesky #fediverse

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-16 at 02:09

Sony brings C2PA to the a1 II, a1, and a9 III: https://www.dpreview.com/news/4467000449/sony-expands-camera-authenticity-solution-in-a-firmware-update-for-a1-ii-a1-a9-iii

[#]photography #c2pa

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-14 at 21:47

Sunrise over the Fraser River delta.

[#]Photography #Vancouver

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-13 at 21:54

Oh yes… also that fabulous “Paris Review” piece: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/20/art-monstrous-men/

https://social.coop/@pete/113822491800067398

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-13 at 18:31

Having enjoyed the creative output of someone who turns out to be a horrible person doesn’t in the slightest make you a horrible person.

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-13 at 15:54

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-13 at 01:27

A cynical but amusing take on the structure of traditional news articles vs the 2025 Web: https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2025/01/open-mike-then-verse-now.html

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-12 at 19:41

It’s perfectly legit and sensible to crack jokes about that moronic 51st-state schtick. It’s also legit to call out Canadian traitors who are sucking up to it: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/10/opinion/trump-threats-traitors

[#]cdnpoli #USpol

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-11 at 23:47

Watching LAC/HOU. Looks like the winner goes to KC. Hard to see either of these teams giving the Chiefs much trouble.

[#]NFLPlayoffs

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-11 at 22:00

In which I de-noise a photo of the moon with old-school algorithms and whizzy new AI and show you the difference: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/01/10/Photo-Noise-Reduction

Have attached three close-ups to this post, have a glance and see what you think.

[Haha, the early commenters like the noisy version better.]

[#]photography #astronomy

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-11 at 21:50

If you haven’t heard, they’re organizing (en Français) a 2025/01/20 #eXit, i.e. mass departure from Xitter, see https://app.helloquitx.com/

https://mamot.fr/@msirapian/113811892308690281

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Written by Tim Bray on 2025-01-11 at 01:44

Stuck my head into IMDB for the first time in a while and maybe I'm just paranoid but I think there's a pervasive LLM stench in the reviews.

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