FYI, any smartphone "HDR" setting is really just a filter applied via some processing tricks to 'fake' an HDR-like look using the raw sensor data in the phone. It isn't really an HDR (although to be fair, it does offer slightly higher dynamic range than a regular photo with the sensor)

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That is the UGLIEST paint job I have ever seen on a supercar.

Only when installing hardware upgrades. It stays on 24/7, gets rebooted for major software updates, and gets put into standby if I'm away from the house for an extended period and don't need it doing anything (power bills are expensive here. If that wasn't the case, I would just always leave it on.) It's on a UPS with…

In every argument there's always someone you wish you didn't have on your side.

Yeah, this is a trap I fall into as well. It's hard to argue against the position when you're too busy arguing against the stupid. People who abuse fallacies like that are a huge peeve of mine and it's really hard not to shoot back. The sad fact of the matter is that the 'right-wing types' you describe make up roughly…

If it's personal rather than political, you bet. That said, if you're in politics, things like racism, classism, sexism are considered political issues, because of social policy-making. The ad-hominem problem is where someone tries to invalidate a logical argument via character assassination on unrelated issues, or…

My experience with these disk enclosures is that they fail, a lot. I've done data recovery for a lot of people who have brought in a dead external drive, which was a RAID 0 or RAID 1 enclosure with a pair of drives, and 90% of the time it was the drive controller that failed, and if it was RAID 0 we've had to source…

Learn about logical fallacies, and do your research. 99% of heated, moronic political arguments involve confirmation bias, appeal to tradition, slippery slope, strawman, ad-hominem, or blatant disregard for readily available facts. This is especially true since GOP made scientific approach a partisan issue, and often…

Li-ions are a lot more complicated than NiMHs and other earlier battery technologies. Fortunately, the charging circuits we use to maintain them have improved as well, so most of the battery care happens inside the black box where we don't have to worry about it.

There's not some magic self-destruct number on a battery. The built in limiters are based off rough guidelines to reduce abuse, but are far from perfect in every situation. Ideally, you should discharge your battery to 40%, always store it at 40% between charges, and then charge it to 90% right before using it again,…

I have one started. It's not big enough. My goal is to get it to be 3 months worth of rent and other living expenses, so I'm pinching pennies pretty hard right now to make that happen. I could make it happen in about 12 months at the current rate, best-case scenario, though that's pretty much irrelevant since my…

I was once driving out of Miami to alligator alley in the rain, stopped at a red light, and out of f*ckin nowhere this CAT dump truck taller than a semi flies past in the right turn lane, nearly clipping the side of my car, locks up the wheels half way into the intersection and slides sideways out the other side,…

You might be surprised how rare sick days, PTO, health / dental care and other benefits can be these days. The last time I had a job that offered sick days was in 2003. Health insurance, 2009. My career progression keeps going forward, but my pay and benefits are going the other way. More people than not these days…

Do you know what sarcasm is?

Somehow I don't think the TSA will be too happy about you bringing velcro on an airplane.

That was an intentional ditch for insurance fraud. The guy was in over his head with the cost of that car, and decided to try and take the easy way out. Someone caught him sinking it on camera though and the gig was up.

The bike deserves better, but when bieber does us all a favor and eats it, it'll be taking one for the team!

The night vision is interesting, but good headlights such as HID projectors are a good substitute too, and yet another thing you don't see offered on base model cars, which to this day come equipped with the same weak yellowish white halogens as they did 20 years ago despite huge advances in technology available in…

I sweat like a pig when I work out, and I totally sympathize with you there. It gets in your eyes and itches and it's just not fun!