I’m not sure, sadly. I tried a bunch of different things but I’m not really a photographer, which is why I’m most interested in a camera that has a decent auto mode first and foremost

While I looked for information, I did discover this webpage describing issues, though, and it sent me down a Lumix DMC-Z___ rabbithole, though. On paper, at least, they look promising. GPS, macro, allegedly good low light, a lot of optical image stabilization?

Anti-intellectualism is he law of the land

Just recently, there was a problem with the whole damn web.

This is why you don’t fuck with WinRar

I’m looking at the Pen E PL10 now, which looks reasonably priced, if that’s the kind of thing you think would be good. Or better.

See my other reply for my camera woes - I don’t know much of anything about sensor sizes, this is true, but after seeing a digital camera struggle in low or even slightly lower lighting conditions I (think I) want to let in as much light as possible. I’m still not sure how my phone manages to make my photos in the same conditions not look blurry, by some unholy combination of pixel binning, catching light coming back around behind the sensor, AI upscaling, and f incredible optical image stabilization. - Downsides aside, I did notice the digital camera does some interesting depth of field stuff that my phone camera struggles to replicate. Somehow the pictures look more three-dimensional.

I did try one of these, but I noticed that I would end up moving the camera enough for a visible “shake” effect in most pictures I took. And this was outdoors in open areas with plenty of daylight.

Macro photos on it are great, though, and the working GPS was lovely. Shame about not having luck with most else on it. I have no idea how my phone manages to make things look better

Is there a such thing as a recent PEN from OM or Olympus (I’ve actually looked at their stuff, but I’m somewhat confused about which name their cameras get)? I was leaning in their direction, too - I saw tried their camera with a GPS and great macro photography, but I think its sensor is smaller than my phone’s.

(FWIW the OM-D relies on a smartphone for GPS tagging apparently, and I have no idea how that’s handled with an app, especially because the data handoff is whar I’m trying to avoid)

As hyperbolic as this title sounds… This will basically make Google into even more of a monopolistic power than it has been. It’s the zero-click web: you Google a question, you read the Google AI result, then you remain on Google.

For the average boomer with a computer, this is basically 50% of the internet. The other 50% is Facebook and maybe ESPN. The most popular computers run like molasses, chugging at every click. And any website that doesn’t fit within this tightly walled garden has either been choked out of existence or is so laden with advertisements that it forces the average user to run back to the relatively comfortable walled garden.

(I’m summarizing that last paragraph - using what’s left of my human Intelligence - from a section of a much better Ed Zitron article.)

OpenStreetMaps has had decent Android clients, I can’t speak to the state of iOS ones though. If you can pinpoint your destination before departing to it, that’d probably serve you best…

But Google Maps has been hard for me to abandon too

We have demonstrable evidence of Mozilla opening a public forum to solicit user requests in 2022, then ignoring them for about 2 years, then hating the forum to announce Shopping Assistant and Orbit and other now-dead things

Are they though?

This shift allows us to shape the next era of the internet – with tools like vertical tabs, smart search and more AI-powered features on the way.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Mozilla+test+pilot+tab+center

From their announcement about ending Pocket and FakeSpot:

we’re looking ahead to focusing on new Firefox features that people need most.

Far be it from me to say they act upon these statements, but I do see them made.

Edit: yay more AI

This shift allows us to shape the next era of the internet – with tools like vertical tabs, smart search and more AI-powered features on the way.

Firefox exists in name as a thin wrapper over the Apple iOS WebKit engine. I personally don’t think that counts, although it’s arguable I guess.

There is no Tor Browser for iOS. There is an alternative, but it is notably hacky and flawed, due to iOS itself. The app also originally cost money in an attempt to recoup Apple’s developer licensing costs, before becoming free in 2017.

(IMO, this paints a picture of antagonism between Apple vs its users having nice things in general.)

AltStore (classic) is something I’ve tried, but it’s incredibly janky and painfully limited and, last I checked, kinda costs money every month. ?AltStore PAL operates only in Europe and at the express allowance of Apple itself.)

Again the antagonism of Apple against the iOS user rears its ugly head:

Apps installed with AltStore expire after 7 days, at which point they can no longer be opened…

Due to restrictions by Apple, you can only have 3 sideloaded apps installed on a device at a time.

And the file system with Apple iOS is not something I have a lot of experience with, but my expectations are below sea level…

Ideally, it should also not collaborate with companies like Meta to manufacture consent about in-browser tracking for ads, i.e.

https://www.w3.org/community/patcg/

(You can’t say “PATCG” without saying “patsy”…)

Mozilla generates its revenue by waiting for its yearly Google donation…

If you’re expecting anything remotely like an Android experience on Apple’s devices, you’re going to have a horrible time. Anything even vaguely resembling your own file system, or non-Apple browsing engine, or alternative app store is basically nonexistent. And the way Apple squeezes indie developers means you’ve got less choice between decent apps even if you look on their store.

Among other missing apps, you get no Syncthing, no Firefox, no Tor Browser, nothing remotely like F-Droid or Obtainium…

… And as far as I can tell, there’s no such thing as an alternative to the Apple App Store (which mandates an identity and a signin), which isn’t also run by Apple…

Has anyone ever managed to sideload a browser that isn’t just Apple Safari with another skin?

Where does one find the source code for DFD? Mozilla heavily implies it is open-source (“comparison with other open source models”, “Github available here”) but the best I could find was a precompiled binary blob here.

https://huggingface.co/fakespot-ai/roberta-base-ai-text-detection-v1

Looks like Mozilla really bought into the controversial (read: ethically incorrect) definition of “open source AI” that better describes “freeware.”

This promise

We are all in against Deepfakes. We exist to fight the fake. It’s in our name and it is what gets us out of bed every day. We strive to expose deep fake content and empower Fakespotters.

Reminds me of Saoud Khalifah’s short-lived FakeSpot NFT Guard promise:

As crypto enthusiasts and web3 believers, we… brought our Fakespot model and mission in protecting consumers into the NFT world…