Thanks for the info. This is really promising.

Price?

I have the Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC G2 ( A022) for a couple of years and I think it’s pretty great and it has very similar qualities as the Sigma. At the time, this and the Sigma (non sport) were reviewed about the same and the prices were the same too. I ended up asking my trusted local photography shop for their opinions and they convinced me to go Tamron because one of them actually owned one.

It’s an incredible lens for outdoor stuff. Sharpness is very good up to 500mm and usable after there. I love the colors and bokeh.

Physically, it is a beast. Add the FTZ for and the hood and it looks like you’re shooting a telescope. It is a workout to shoot with and takes up a lot of room. Terrible for travel or backpacking/hiking.

Focus was difficult for my D750 but is much, much, better on the Z8.

I use it primarily as a briding lens and it does Ok. But shooting something unpredictable, small and fast with a heavy lens, smaller aperture, and with a tiny FOV is a learned skill.

You need plenty of light or stillnesses. There is no way around this. Zoom and small aperture are facts here.

Now… Here’s the big question. Do you need the extra reach past 500mm? If I remember correctly, the Nikon is slightly more sharp throughout its range, is smaller, and I assume their focus is better than the 3rd party lenses. Knowing what I know today, those factors would have pushed me to the 500mm.

I know 😢 is was

100%

VS Code has a fully open source base which excludes proprietary extensions and default telemetry ( kind of how AOSP is for Android)

Check here for more info:

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Differences-between-the-repository-and-Visual-Studio-Code

This is me. I’m taking the L on this one and I’ve (at least occassionally) used Unix-like systems professionally for 15 years. I’m all self-taught on Linux and didn’t figure out Tab until I was doing some awful Grub troubleshooting and it spells out that tab autocompletes. So I tried it in terminal and then smirked at the camera like Jim

My problem with property tax is that (in the US) it creates a system by which areas with high property tax revenue (rich areas) recieive more money for schools. This is not bad on its face, but in the long term, it creates systems where poor neighborhoods have bad schools, can’t fund improvements, can’t attract good teachers, can’t attract residents, lose on tax revenue… and it cycles.

Hawaii has an interesting sysyem by which residents only pay tiny property taxes IF their primary residence is their only livable real estate.

This is great work. Thank you for your contributions

Ollama is FOSS, SD has a proproprietary but permissive, source-available license, but it is not what most people would associate with “open-source”

This is so awesome. I this will be my light reading for the next week

Thats the vibe. In this case, it seems like they get more value from the signals they interpret from the devices already out there.

In a better world, these devices (and maybe even the Chromecast protocol) would be open sourced

Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey

It would have helped if I got her name right Andrea BoRman

YouTube channel

Here’s a list of self-host/foss/Linux YouTubers. Check them out. I’ve learned SO much from them:

• Veronica Explains
• Network Chuck
• Jim’s Garage
• Andrea Borman
• Awesome Open Source
• Techno Tim

I can add links to each but searching should find them easily

I have this exact same setup. Open Web UI has more features than I’ve been able to use such as functions and pipelines.

I use it to share my LLMs across my network. It has really good user management so I can set up a user for my wife or brother in law and give them general use LLM while my dad and I can take advantage of Coding-tuned models.

The code formatting and code execution functions are great. It’s overall a great UI.

Ive used LLMs to rewrite code, help format PowerPoint slides, summarize my notes from work, create D&D characters, plan lessons, etc

• The Emperor’s New Groove
• Hello Darkness: Palpie and Vade Cover the Best of Simon and Garfunkel
• Dark Side of That’s No Moon
• D. A. R. K.
• Fathers

Cream Theater

Valid concern as I use their browser often. From their FAQ (link):

I’m considering adding it to the alternatives list I posted. Can anybody else validate their privacy policy? Seemd ok but I’m a bit iffy regarding their use of telemetry. Maybe I’m overthinking it