Flock camera. flock! Eh, what's in a name.
What modern things do you hate/dislike?
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I once had someone come to one of my table-top/light tent sessions with a brand new camera they had for only a couple of days. Didn't know how to set it to manual mode to stop all the automatic stuff. Totally wasted their time. Another one once brought a camera they had for quite a while, but didn't bring the manual, so we had to do an online search for the menus. I always keep the paper manual for my Canon in the camera bag. It's much harder to find things than in the pdf version, but it's 1000 times better than none at all.
Quadman2
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True, esp on wet pavement.
But can you imagine being in a a "Fusion Transporter", as you just sit down, and have given the coordinates to your motion appliance (cars by now is a passe term), and you are on your way. But now the "Mood Sensor" kicks in and suggests, "You seem to be in a melancholic state at this time, master. May I share a whimsical light hearted story with you? If you wish me to be compliant, I will remain in "Silent Mode".
The above dialogue may seem Sci/Fi, at present, but I can see an engineer working on this vehicle event in the near future.
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Flock Safety is the company that makes them.
Yeah, the days of point-and-shoot cameras seem over. It's all phones these days. The steady-cam settings on modern phones are pretty remarkable, as long as you don't pan too quickly.
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More margs! More margs!
Want to get really bummed? Look up what that does to the brain.
Rapid scene changes and quick cuts train the brain to switch contexts constantly, leading to lower attentional focus and a tendency toward "continuous partial attention" in real-world tasks.
The constant novelty and fast-paced stimuli cause neuroadaptations where brain systems that respond impulsively are reinforced, while circuits associated with deep reasoning and executive control become less active.
Research indicates that heavy users exhibit a lower "drift rate," meaning their brains accumulate evidence more slowly and require more mental effort to make simple decisions.
Neuroimaging reveals reduced activation in the precuneus (associated with self-reflection and cognitive control) and increased activation in motor-sensory areas, suggesting users prioritize immediate gratification over long-term consequences
The hyper-stimulating nature of edited short videos promotes stimulus-driven processing over goal-directed reasoning. This shift is associated with heightened negative cognitive bias, impaired executive control, and a surface-level learning approach, which collectively undermine rational thinking and complex evaluative processes
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The people that have them held out in front of them with the volume cranked.
I had an early 2000's Tacoma that was that way. On gravel the brakes would just not apply. I had to learn to modulate them just at the edge of the ABS kicking in to be able to slow down at all.
I see people look at their phone 100% of the time. At restaurants, they never look at or acknowledge the waiter or waitress. Just shout their orders from behind the phone.
The whole 2-hour dinner is spent looking at their phones. Not even a glance at whoever else they are eating with. They will talk to others at the table, but never look at them for more than a second.
It's like 5G heroin.
Absolutely. Well known but not generally. From radio to television to cell phones to what ever that becomes. Reading is key and this is known.
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Mystic
We're all born mad
Worse (IMO) is that I see this not only @ The EU states -- mainly France, Luxembourg and Germany where I am up here -- but also in Kenya and especially in the capital city of Nairobi .... maybe especially among my Maasai guard from Samburu. And it ids mostly my fault for bringing smartphones into their lives + (my home network) WI-FI.I see people look at their phone 100% of the time. At restaurants, they never look at or acknowledge the waiter or waitress. Just shout their orders from behind the phone.
The whole 2-hour dinner is spent looking at their phones. Not even a glance at whoever else they are eating with. They will talk to others at the table, but never look at them for more than a second.
It's like 5G heroin.
Mystic
We're all born mad
0b11011001
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Most of the time, the other people at the table are doing the same, looking at their phones and not at each other.I see people look at their phone 100% of the time. At restaurants, they never look at or acknowledge the waiter or waitress. Just shout their orders from behind the phone.
The whole 2-hour dinner is spent looking at their phones. Not even a glance at whoever else they are eating with. They will talk to others at the table, but never look at them for more than a second.
It's like 5G heroin.
it could be worse. They each could have called door dash to bring them their food and each of them sat at home, alone, and texted these same people.
Quadman2
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Believe it or not...I've relatives, that I'll not share by name, who have fallen into this... electronic pit!
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Quadman2
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Got a dislike...bordering on hate, and it's the built-in obsolescence of "stuff' built today that is offered with a short or non existent warranty. In other words, a "Throw away" article". If it breaks, and it will... due to poor material/construction/design... then turf it! Buy a new one.
Seldom, does one find a product that will meet the expective life time of normal domestic usage. And if it does fail, the seller either says to deal with the company who made the thing, and now we have problems contacting and mitigating some solution to the fixing of said product. And at times, it takes a lawyer to understand the "fine print". Who pays for what, when and what about shipping costs?
There's a whole market of "Refurbished Items", that some companies thrive on, and I have talked with some firms who indicate that a closer examination has taken place on these previously used articles. Then there's the "Open Box" offering...another tale to listen to with different expectations.
FWIW
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Seldom, does one find a product that will meet the expective life time of normal domestic usage. And if it does fail, the seller either says to deal with the company who made the thing, and now we have problems contacting and mitigating some solution to the fixing of said product. And at times, it takes a lawyer to understand the "fine print". Who pays for what, when and what about shipping costs?
There's a whole market of "Refurbished Items", that some companies thrive on, and I have talked with some firms who indicate that a closer examination has taken place on these previously used articles. Then there's the "Open Box" offering...another tale to listen to with different expectations.
FWIW
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Unfortunately, many new medium-line (even upper crust) audio products are built this way.
Let's just say they are not engineered for easy maintenance.