This. My video editing workstation has an AV installed for the duration of a scan, once per month, the rest of the time its resources are kept where they're needed and free of constant scanning, memory hogging and unwanted pop-ups.
This thread is mindblowing.
"Hey, I'm not hearing from you after investing 3000$, and I want to invest another thousand. How do I make this happen?"
Who are those people? Nevermind, I don't care who they are, just give them my bank account info and tell 'em to send me all the money they want to invest in this nonsense. I'll make it happen, I swear!!1!
No, the touchscreen bar revealed itself as a complete waste of time. A good editor's left hand over keyboard shortcuts will save huge amounts of time over whatever functions you might add to the gimmick that the touchscreen bar is. But hey, it looks cool!
The only way I can explain why people buy their crap is stockholm syndrome. It's the only way.
I edit video for a living. When a friend and colleague showed me his brand-new MacBook Pro with the new "touchscreen bar" at the top, all excited about the "potential it unleashed" depending on context (Premiere, AE, whatever), the only thing that sprung to mind listening to him was "stockholm syndrome". It's the only way to make sense of it.
I won't even get into the non-upgradeability, repairability, cost or decreasing number of ports, etc. It's just over-priced crap that assumes you're stupid enough to fall for it. And people do en masse. It's like paying 200$ + for a pair of fucking shoes because it has the Nike logo on it. You -have- to be an idiot to fall for it.
This is Slashdot.
Expect most commenters to react to this story with "leftist" bashing, completely irrelevant mentions of antifas and somehow linking this to CNN.
Also BeauHD bashing, because that's how it has to be.
Reading a US government official denouncing another country's neo-colonial behavior just made my freaking day.
+1 Funny whoever it was... Ivanka? Jared?
We were talking about the subject of the story until the inevitable editor bashing kicked in, at least it's not insignificant typo correction. Yet.
The problem with Slashdot isn't its editors, it's the astonishing number of shit comments.
I never understood how GoPro ended up getting so hyped in the first place. As smartphone cameras get better and better, the universe of people who really care enough to buy a stand alone camera keeps getting smaller. I know their schtick was "action sports" where a smartphone camera is too bulky or difficult to use, but most people figure out after filming a ski run or two that they aren't Shane McConkey (RIP) and won't be filming much of interest. Then, the gopro goes in the drawer, never to be used again.
I suppose branching out into drones was an attempt at recognition of the above, but the problem is then they had to extend outside their core competencies. There's a lot more to a good drone than a good camera.
Newsflash: there is such a thing as people needing cameras for professional use. We're not gonna use a smartphone except to look at the time, use an app to know at what angle the sun will be at a precise date/time and other tasks that professional cameras obviously can't do.
Though even there, GoPros are, quite frankly, shit, and they're thankfully being overrun by cheaper, quality alternatives.
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This. My video editing workstation has an AV installed for the duration of a scan, once per month, the rest of the time its resources are kept where they're needed and free of constant scanning, memory hogging and unwanted pop-ups.
In other news, the NSA will now be offering software to keep your data hidden from the NSA.
This thread is mindblowing. "Hey, I'm not hearing from you after investing 3000$, and I want to invest another thousand. How do I make this happen?" Who are those people? Nevermind, I don't care who they are, just give them my bank account info and tell 'em to send me all the money they want to invest in this nonsense. I'll make it happen, I swear!!1!
No, the touchscreen bar revealed itself as a complete waste of time. A good editor's left hand over keyboard shortcuts will save huge amounts of time over whatever functions you might add to the gimmick that the touchscreen bar is. But hey, it looks cool!
The one case where an AC comment contributing little of value to the conversation should actually be modded up Insightful.
The only way I can explain why people buy their crap is stockholm syndrome. It's the only way. I edit video for a living. When a friend and colleague showed me his brand-new MacBook Pro with the new "touchscreen bar" at the top, all excited about the "potential it unleashed" depending on context (Premiere, AE, whatever), the only thing that sprung to mind listening to him was "stockholm syndrome". It's the only way to make sense of it. I won't even get into the non-upgradeability, repairability, cost or decreasing number of ports, etc. It's just over-priced crap that assumes you're stupid enough to fall for it. And people do en masse. It's like paying 200$ + for a pair of fucking shoes because it has the Nike logo on it. You -have- to be an idiot to fall for it.
No evidence? Are you fucking serious?
This is Slashdot. Expect most commenters to react to this story with "leftist" bashing, completely irrelevant mentions of antifas and somehow linking this to CNN. Also BeauHD bashing, because that's how it has to be.
An annoying practice, sure, but what ever happened to blocking a particular sender?
Of course it is. The point is the US is in no place to give lessons in this regard.
I assume this will come in effect the same day the Trump family's businesses start producing their crap in the US instead of China?
Please define "millenials" while I'm grabbing MY popcorn.
Reading a US government official denouncing another country's neo-colonial behavior just made my freaking day. +1 Funny whoever it was... Ivanka? Jared?
FYI people identifying as "antifa" today have no relation to that.
We were talking about the subject of the story until the inevitable editor bashing kicked in, at least it's not insignificant typo correction. Yet. The problem with Slashdot isn't its editors, it's the astonishing number of shit comments.
I never understood how GoPro ended up getting so hyped in the first place. As smartphone cameras get better and better, the universe of people who really care enough to buy a stand alone camera keeps getting smaller. I know their schtick was "action sports" where a smartphone camera is too bulky or difficult to use, but most people figure out after filming a ski run or two that they aren't Shane McConkey (RIP) and won't be filming much of interest. Then, the gopro goes in the drawer, never to be used again.
I suppose branching out into drones was an attempt at recognition of the above, but the problem is then they had to extend outside their core competencies. There's a lot more to a good drone than a good camera.
Newsflash: there is such a thing as people needing cameras for professional use. We're not gonna use a smartphone except to look at the time, use an app to know at what angle the sun will be at a precise date/time and other tasks that professional cameras obviously can't do. Though even there, GoPros are, quite frankly, shit, and they're thankfully being overrun by cheaper, quality alternatives.
E-Coin will take over.