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@@ -54,21 +54,9 @@ Operating Systems Ranked by Usefulness -#### [Instax Mini 11 for $59 ($16 off)](https://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-Instax-Mini-Instant-Camera/dp/B08527W1MF) -This is a very mediocre deal. I point it out mostly to suggest you skip it and buy the [Instax Mini 12 for $77](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BWNZLQ69/) instead. It's only $17 more and it has a host of features the Mini 11 doesn't. The best is the parallax correction, which means you don't have to guess where the center of the frame is for close-up subjects. What you see is what you get, which means you won't blow those selfies and potentially waste film. + -#### [Sony Alpha 7R V Full-Frame Mirrorless for $3,498 ($400 off)](https://www.amazon.com/Sony-Full-Frame-Mirrorless-Interchangeable-Camera/dp/B0BKLQFFSF) - -#### [LifeStraw Personal Water Filter for $10 ($9 off)](https://www.amazon.com/LifeStraw-Personal-Camping-Emergency-Preparedness/dp/B006QF3TW4/) - -#### [SOG Folding Shovel for $15 ($13 off)](https://www.amazon.com/SOG-Folding-Shovel-Survival-Entrenching/dp/B0038A05X6) - -https://www.wired.com/gallery/overlanding-guide - -#### [Bluetti AC200L 2400W Portable Power Station for $1,300 ($500 off)](https://www.amazon.com/BLUETTI-AC200L-Expandable-Generator-Emergency/dp/B0CLGZB3L6) - -www.wired.com/gallery/best-portable-power-stations # Outdoor Gift Guide @@ -108,7 +96,7 @@ For me this is Darktable. Darktable is a RAW image editor. It's in same vein as One of the great myths of free software (free as in freedom, not necessarily free as in beer) is that if it doesn't work the way you like, you can take the code, modify it to suit your needs, and go on your merry way. This is the cornerstone of the Free Software Foundations argument for why free software is better than proprietary software. -While this is technically true -- the provisions for copying, modifying, and redistributing are governed by the licence -- it ignores the social reality of programming. There is more to software than code. +While this is technically true—the provisions for copying, modifying, and redistributing are governed by the licence—it ignores the social reality of programming. There is more to software than code. The code is perhaps the least important part of a software project, particularly a large software project. All software starts with a problem. Good software solves the problem. Great software moves beyond the problem entirely. Which is to say that code must be there, but at some point in the life of a software project the code takes a back seat to the other two elements at play, the human elements, the developers and the users. @@ -144,7 +132,7 @@ One of the more interesting examples of software like undeveloped film : a raw image can be developed by software in a non-destructive manner to reach a complete image that resolves every pixel in a RGB color space. Raw development adjustments include color, contrast, bjurightness and details recovery. A given raw dataset can be developed many times with different adjustments. -When Adobe moved Lightroom to a subscription model I started looking around for alternatives. I tried a few, but quickly settled on Darktable. It has the same conceptualization as Lightroom -- it is both a photo file manager and RAW image editor -- that it felt familiar even if all the tools and workflow was different. +When Adobe moved Lightroom to a subscription model I started looking around for alternatives. I tried a few, but quickly settled on Darktable. It has the same conceptualization as Lightroom—it is both a photo file manager and RAW image editor—that it felt familiar even if all the tools and workflow was different. According to the commits in Git, Darktable came on the scene in 2009. I believe I first began using it in 2010. |