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Comment Re:I think its a positive change (Score 2) 74

The largest exporters of Uranium fuel to the U.S. as of 2023 were close (well, maybe not quite so close at the moment) allies Canada and Australia, with Kazakhstan closely behind in third. What's more, the amount of Kazakhstan's exports to the U.S. are nearly identical to the amount domestic U.S. production has decreased since 2003, mainly because the U.S. International Trade Administration halted antidumping restrictions in the late 90s precisely because it was a convenient way to keep their Uranium from going to Russia.

There's nothing preventing the U.S. from ramping its own production back up to make up any shortfall if necessary, and it's not like Kazakhstan has a stranglehold on the U.S. market.

Comment "Reporter" should be fired. (Score 2) 77

I get that people are increasingly relying on AI, but the fact that a professional reporter fell into this trap shows that they haven't even bothered to follow the most basic rule of journalism: check your sources.

Benj Edwards should never have a job in journalism again, even in the mailroom.

Comment Re: Prosecute what? (Score 5, Informative) 66

Not to mention, the Sheriff (and, for that matter, the new proesecutor) doesn't seem to realize that counties are subagencies of the state they are in, and the state government absolutely does have the power to authorize access to the county's buildings.

It doesn't work the way the federal/state distinction does, where each level of governmeent derives its power from a different source. Counties have -only- the authority explicitly delegated to them by the states they are part of.

Of course, State and Local Government is mysftifyingly one of the least popular elective courses taught at most law schools, let alone criminal justice programs, so no big surprise there.

Comment Re: Wait, I thought they liked money (Score 1) 52

For perspective here, Photoshop has had nondestructive adjustment layers since version 4.0, which came out 30 years ago. This, coincidentally occurred the same year as the first public release of GIMP.

And it's had CMYK support since 1991. At the rate it's going, GIMP will be feature-equivalent to the current version of Photoshop some time in the late 2050s

Comment Re: Forget the iPhone, bring a proper ilc... (Score 1) 97

Kind of hilarious that you put so much stock in "full frame," i.e., miniature format sensors, when the moonwalkers in the 60s and 70s were shooting with 6x6 Hasselblad 500s with an image "sensor" 3.6x larger than "full frame."

Go pick up a copy of the coffee table book "Full Moon," which consists of rescans of the original Apollo positives, and you'll see images just as good or better in resolution and dynamic range than what today's "full frame" mirrorless cameras can produce.

Sure, the modern digital cameras can take a lot more photos a lot more quickly and can also do things like video, but if NASA really wanted high end imaging by today's standards, they'd be contracting with someone like Phase One to do a true medium format space camera, or even deploy large format scanning cameras, rather than dicking around with something so piddly as "full frame."

Comment Re: Bad for consumers (Score 3, Informative) 12

The high-end compact C-Lux, D-Lux and V-Lux series are all Panasonic-made, and account for the majority of Leica sales. All the Leica DG lenses in m4/3 are also Panasonic-made. Leica Q cameras have mostly Panasonic innards, as do the L mount SL series.

Lenses in the L mount system (the one actually aimed at pros who need basic modern functions like autofocus, rather than at dentists and accountants buying status symbol M cameras and lenses) are mostly made by Panasonic and Sigma.

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