I'm glad it's working out for you, but fuck if I'm about to pay some self appointment group to tell me what kind of fence or shed is unacceptable for me to own on my own property.
If I want to plop down a shopping container on my own front lawn, anyone who doesn't like it can kick rocks.
Even longer than that.
But gas means money, so fuck anyone and everything else that might get in the way.
I mean, shit, at least lionize some blinkered fanatic like Stonewall Jackson.
Jackson was a 19th century Christian jihadist.
On the other hand... instead of Lee or Jackson, James Longstreet is right there.
Why did I mentally read that as "almonds" with an s at the front?
You're mostly right with the depth of field being the big difference but the image being darker is not a function of aperture (f-stop) directly, but rather overall exposure. At the same ISO setting, two identical shots in the same lighting would be the same brightness with truly equal exposure: the reduction in aperture (increasing to m the f-stop number to a higher value) would be compensated for with an equivalent decrease in shutter speed (in simple terms, constricting the hole lets in less light, so we leave the hole open longer to let in the same amount as before).
In the example, if the scene is darker it's because the exposure changed, not just because of the aperture.
Additionally, the number is shown as a fraction because it is a fraction. The "f" in the value (f/2.8) is a variable that stands for "focal length", that being the focal length of the lens being used. So, for example, a 50mm lens set to f/2 would have its aperture set to a 25mm diameter. (50/2)
The reason the numbers are strange numbers and non-linear in scale is because they correspond to aperture diameters that let in either double or half the amount of light from the stop next to them. So adjusting from f/2 to f/2.8 cuts the amount of light in half (I think this is basically doubling or halving the area of the circle of the aperture).
This is why a one stop change at lower values (bigger openings) has a much smaller numeric shift than a one stop change at higher values: adding or subtracting diameter of a larger circle adds or subtracts much more area than the same diameter change to a smaller circle. That's why one stop goes only from f/2 to f/2.8 on the wide open end, but on the closed down end, one stop goes from f/11 to f/16.
Finding new and different applications for the Musk RTO technology!
I can't think of any metals or anything that there would be enough of in river water to hurt you
We're talking about rivers like the one in Cleveland that they caught on fire?
Twice?!
IDK what's in that but I'll leave my cup for you haha
The Rock, Sean Connery
I love this!
I also thought Matrix, but Neo would be Gonzo and Morpheus would be still played by Laurence Fishburne.
Oh man, I feel like the energy between the Muppets and Viggo Mortenson would make me pick him instead.
Animal could play Gimli, Sam the Eagle is Gandalf.
My favorite summary and comparison of two movies was something along the lines of:
"In The Muppet Christmas Carol, Michael Caine plays it absolutely straight, as if there were no Muppets at all, and as if he were completely surrounded by nothing but classically trained professional actors...
...in Muppet Treasure Island, on the other hand, Tim Curry plays it as if he himself were a Muppet."
Went 4lb 1oz on the scale, for a best fish of 2024 to this point, and likely one of my top 5 overall for the year!
She ate a black and blue jig (I think it was a Dirty Jigs compact pitching in Pay Day) with a Reaction Innovations Kinky Beaver in Blank Check color...in about 2 feet of water, up on shore under a bush.
It was also the first fish on my new rod! (A NRX+ 894C JWR...not the Mojo in the background lol).
I've been getting out when I can for the past several weeks...on my very first trip of the year I missed a nice one under a dock that just threw the hook. After that I fished for many many hours without a bite.
We had a local warming trend here the past few days and finally I managed to break the ice.
Went 2lb 2oz on the scale and is a very respectable fish from the small and heavily pressured lake I caught it on. Took a Vision 110 Jr. in Elegy Bone.
When the local discount store has their already cheap LC stock marked 25% off, you load up.
2lb 5oz on the scale, ate a Megabass SV-3 spinnerbait in Wakasagi colorway, pulled along the edges of weed mats.
A bag of onions and a jar of minced garlic punch above their price tag for pasta enhancement as well.
I like to saute the onion (diced) until golden and translucent, then add a scoop of the minced garlic, then just as it starts to brown, dump in the sauce, Italian seasoning, and stir at a very low simmer while the noodles cook.
Add some pasta water to the sauce before you strain so it sticks to the noodles better.