16.1.24

Magically delicious apes

Special K: "The special charm of the first follow-up, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, is that the entire movie is out of its mind from start to finish."

Any colour you like (./?)

b1-67er: Interesting cell phone camera effect.  

This picture is with no flash. <blue moonrise>

Same sky a few minutes earlier with flash <purple moonset>

I think the camera bumps up the reds when you use the fash.  There is probably insufficient red in the flash led, so the software tries to make up for it.

b1-66er: That is interesting.
What make/model is that phone?

67: Samsung galaxy a53 
It takes nice landscapes

66: Sure as hell does.

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All rights reserved.
Used by permission>

Holding the GFI steady

b1-66er: Remember this number

-> 0.392 <-

{The exact number doesn't matter ... The only thing that's important is it's

"... About 0.4..."

This'll come up in a medium-term face-to-face conversation at some point.

You'll think it's funny.

{Unless the Russians start WW III. Then it might not be so funny.}

b1-67er: Ok. I think if www3 starts, general funniness may be down.

14.1.24

The word isn't, "fornever"

b1-66er: https://petapixel.com/2024/01/12/the-millennium-camera-will-capture-arizonas-landscape-for-1000-years/

b1-67er: That's a really interesting idea, but I damn sure would want something that I could verify that I was getting an image within my lifetime. I'd also like a bigger negative. And the camera shouldn't be butt welded to a handrail on a slope that will be eroding across that much time. There should be a single piece of steel all the way to bedrock. I think they should imagine a little more.

66: Great comments.

D4rw1n: b1-67er out long-now-ing the millennium guys 

12.1.24

b1 series Sky Battle!

b1-66er: <desert neighborhood>

b1-67er: <not>
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10.1.24

Building the Apophenia Mound

b1-66er: Say, "hi."

The Dear Hunter: These ant pics directly conflict with my
 Walk in Beauty 
mission statement.

b1-67er: But the ants are beautiful in a fierce way.

•••

66: <Headspace 'fortune cookie'>

D4rw1n: I found this to be one of the most interesting daily meditations yet

66: It's easier for me to comprehend if I break it into 3 sentences:

Appreciate each moment.
Find peace in impermanence.
Keep death by your side.

That's a fairly famous taoist principle <ed: "the vinegar tasters">

b1-67er: And that ties straight across to the fire ant picture.

66: So very right.
Your index finger is on the Pulsing Jugular Vein of Life.

4.1.24

A big idea about tiny thoughts

The Dear Hunter: It's ok to appreciate simplicity.