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tankplanker

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  • When she is into geese and you actually are a goose

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  • mfw

  • Good question

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  • Learning stuff from books post full time education. It used to be if you wanted to learn about stuff once you left education you would have to read a book, so picking up a new programming language would be either from courses (assuming work is paying), books (like the O'Reilly ones), and self study.

    It required more application from the learner than the internet has enabled as instead of having to read an entire book or at least the relevant chapter, you could just read a few stack overflow questions that were vaguely similar to what you needed to know, then copy and paste the bits that you thought would fit.

    AI has made that even quicker, and increased the chance of a wrong or misleading answer, and that assumes you are asking it to explain concepts rather than just getting it to write the code for you and hoping it works.

    Its reduced the barrier for entry, but is it actually maintaining output quality as understanding of the topic is almost always not the same.

  • Tottenham seek psychologist to heal players’ minds

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  • Perhaps they should put the money to hiring a medium to locate their winning spirit as its long since past over

  • ‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage

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  • Thinks reform will stop with Muslims, has book out talking about the end of the Tories, very obvious grift.

  • Finally the Belted Kingfishers have returned

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  • I think all kingfishers are special, would love to see more of the different species myself. Its hard work but we'll worth it when you get shots like yours

  • Eurasian Chaffinch bit annoyed with a Eurasian Robin @ Middleton Lakes (22/04)

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  • Yeah it was super busy hour before I moved on to the rest of the reserve, the smaller woodland birds where properly hungry

  • Eurasian Chaffinch bit annoyed with a Eurasian Robin @ Middleton Lakes (22/04)

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  • Would have been a dance of death with this particular chaffinch, he was in a proper mood

  • Eurasian Chaffinch bit annoyed with a Eurasian Robin @ Middleton Lakes (22/04)

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  • This one certainly was, kept dive bombing the others

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    Eurasian Chaffinch bit annoyed with a Eurasian Robin @ Middleton Lakes (22/04)

  • Finally the Belted Kingfishers have returned

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  • Lovely photos, they like the emo version of their UK cousin, complete with fluffy hair cut

  • Carmakers scramble to plug £3bn shortfall for UK loan scandal payouts

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  • The amount has already been reduced because it would "bankrupt" the sector if they actually paid out the true cost to the consumer plus interest and this seems like more posturing to lower it further.

  • Mom said I could be anything, so I became a Exocet Cruise Missile

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  • Its still too soon for jokes like that

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    Mom said I could be anything, so I became a Exocet Cruise Missile

  • Kingfisher fishing for his mate

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  • Is that your shot? Cause its amazing.

    Yeah I like all birds of prey, just not when they bird block me watching something else while camping just out of my focal range for a good shot:

  • Kingfisher fishing for his mate

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  • APC, I wanted the weight and size savings. The pixel density is bonkers on the current Fuji APC sensor, scales up to something equivalent to 100 megapixel density for full frame.

    The whole feature set on the cirrent fuji range is made and only getting madder. Its almost too customisable, including how the auto focus works. With a fixed target position I would rather use focus lock, just more reliable.

    I was in about ten minutes, very busy morning with lots of birds, then a sparrow hawk turned up and it went quite for a couple of hours.

  • Kingfisher fishing for his mate

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  • Camera is a Fuji XT50, lens for this shot is a Tamron 150-500mm, so 225-750mm full frame equivalent. Its long but you can never have a long enough lens, lol. XT50 allows a decent crop being 40 megapixels to get me closer, main reason I went for it.

    This shot was about 200mm, or about 300mm full frame, so not that far way, only about 8m or so.I was in a permanent hide up the bank for this one, hoping to get a camo net to cover me and the camera/tripod soon as it makes such a difference if they cant spot you.

    There was a spot closer still I would have liked to done a remote trigger from but I need a second camera body for that, preferably one I can tether to make it more reliable and usable.

  • American Robin gets the grub

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  • I cant believe how different it looks from its European cousin, more like a thrush?

  • Kingfisher fishing for his mate

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  • Thank you! Yeah all the shots I post are my own, will try to make that more obvious next time lol.

  • Footage used in Palestine Action trial contains 'perceived gaps', court hears

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  • They have made it worse and worse by doubling down each time they get blocked punishing OAPs for wearing a T Shirt supporting the group. Its now got to the stage multiple senior members of the sitting government need to resign over this, not just the PM if they can't make this stick.

  • [FT] Man City 2-1 Arsenal

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  • Yeah I want them and the shitty football they have played for much of the year to lose, they are basically Pullis era Stoke with an actual budget but somehow even less imagination.

  • Kingfisher fishing for his mate

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  • I hear you with camo, one of those things you only want on for the shortest amount of time.

    The netting is meant to if you are sitting or crouching, similar profile to one of those pop up camo tents. Its not going to help with a super cautious bird but its enough to stop a chunk of them worrying.

    I was about 8 to 10m away, so pretty close. If i had a second body I could have had that with my 50-150mm less than half that distance and used my remote shutter for the diving shots while I did the close ups remotely. Needs two of you really, as you need one to hold a long stick (tripod is good backup) and the other to do the manual focusing lock on the camera.

    It would have been too close if I sat there with the camera, would have scared them off completely.

    Panning is easy with a good gimbal, has to be if I can do it.

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    Kingfisher fishing for his mate

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    Cormorant showing off

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    Hero of the Soviet Union, Robin the Red

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    Wakehurt Seed Bank

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    Spotted Harrier

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    Is this my best side?

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    When birds attack

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    Blackbird

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    Raspberry Slime Mold

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    Mallard Drake

  • Mechanical Keyboards @lemmy.ml
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    Time to take a Detour

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    Heron

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    Blue on Blue

  • Mechanical Keyboards @lemmy.ml
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    Happy 40th

  • Calculator Community @midwest.social
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    Angled Desktop Calculator With Brackets?

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    V4N4G0N R4, Hall Effect

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    Yuki qualifies 5th, Lawson 18th