Seems reasonable ..

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Obviously didn't read the memo about cellphones not being cameras!

Great image.

I use Skype on my PC but not on my Pixel 8 as Skype never turns off, even after you 'close' the app.

The only way to kill it is to go into settings and specifically stop that app.

Clearly the 2nd Amendment shouldn't apply to morons like this clown.

Unforgivable.

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Excellent info, thanks for pointing it out. Had NO idea anything like that existed.

I used to have so-called 'film pens' on subscription from Amazon, $1.96 for a two-pack.

Amazon cancelled my subscription as 'the product is no longer available' and recommended an alternative: the same pens, but single packed, for $2.99 each.

Really? Or maybe just some entitled over-paid disinterested white guy...

FFS, why does everything have to become political/racist?

A mistake of some kind was made somewhere, somehow, by an unknown person in unknown circumstances, and the first uninformed "conclusion" is that it was related to race.

Receptionist at a Houston medical facility, first name only for obvious reasons: Latrina

Try Audiogon.

Worshipping the dollar became a substitute for worshipping god many years ago.

From the movie The Gun:

"Faith, Hope, Charity - but greater than these is Banking".

I think we partially passed and continue to pass through that point several years ago.

All you have to do is look around and see how tremendously frustrated people are with their lives, so many people are angry so much of the time, wildly blaming anyone within reach (especially politicians), manifesting itself in behaviours like road rage. People feel their lives are out of control (yes) and that technology is bypassing them although that is probably not universally recognized yet.

Our modern technology is wonderful until it goes wrong, and when it does most have no clue how to fix anything because they don't understand it. Put a new battery in it or buy a new one seem to be the two main options.

I believe this is one of the many reasons we like retro- nearly-anything whether cameras or other commodities.

To use a non-camera example to avoid the usual stupid infighting over whether my Canikon is better than your Sonyuji, consider Harley Davidson motorcycles. Many people buy them for "nostalgic" reasons, fondly imagining they are buying something old-fashioned, made like it was in the good old days - whenever that was - not understanding that they only appear old fashioned, while the underlying technological philosophy is basically the same as everyone else's, ie, the best technology they can squeeze into to the vehicle within the constraints of fashion and style.

Astonishing, especially the SUV clip and the Dalmatian, lower down.

AI creating video from a text prompt only, no other input

https://openai.com/sora

In answer to what difference does it make, the answer is speed. Reuters is news, not Art.

Reuters wants to receive a photo ready for immediate publication RIGHT NOW. For 99.9% of their purposes a reasonable JPG is ideal, and if a pro photographer can't turn in a reasonable JPG then he isn't much of a photographer.

No-one in the pro photo journalism world is going to faff-about with RAW. For their purposes, the adjustments that can be done to a JPG is sufficient.

With Consumer Reports I find you have to carefully review what they are considering important, items which may or may not be important to the reader.

Often, they show their scoring system and you can, if so inclined, recalculate based on what is important to you.

As someone noted, cost is usually quite highly weighted, which may or may not be important to you; ditto for fuel economy. Maybe they've added a section for third row seating of SUVs, which might not be of interest.

Usually, they give clear details of how they derived their rating. Simply looking at their numbers without interpretation won't deliver the info you need to help make good decisions. And for most people, choice of a vehicle involves emotion, for whatever reason. Try persuading a Ford guy to buy a Chevy!

A great example of the differences between data, information & knowledge.

That would be a disciple - neither Mary was there, apparently.