Interesting Links for 27-05-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Russia's Shrinking War

(tags:russia ukraine war visualisation )

2. Edinburgh City Council to be controlled by Labour as Lib Dems and Tories vote them through

(tags:libdem Conservatives labour politics edinburgh )

3. Leith waterfront development plans unveiled (right next to the new tram stop)

(tags:edinburgh leith housing )

4. The time Neil Gaiman was asked to work on Young Thor

(tags:TV comics neilgaiman thor )

5. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Is a Nightmare Reimagining of the Beloved Bear (made possible by the copyright ending earlier this year)

(tags:horror movies copyright )

6. The billable hour is a trap into which more and more of us are falling

(tags:working_hours economics )

7. Over 100 ancient settlements discovered north of Hadrian's Wall

(tags:Scotland history Rome viaDanielDWilliam )

8. The TV industry might try to sell you on 8k TVs. There is absolutely no point.

(tags:TV resolution technology pointless )

9. Britain's workforce shrunk by Long Covid and Brexit, impeding the economy

(tags:UK Doom Pandemic Europe work viaDanielDWilliam )

Comments

[qilora]

"6. The billable hour is a trap into which more and more of us are falling"

it took me about 15 mins to read this article, which means that i have just lost £250 – i hope you are proud of yourself.

[andrewducker]

I recommend you find a few different cost centres and split it between them ;-)

[mtbc]

My current television is 32" 720p, it's more than adequate. I've found I simply get used to whatever it is.

[andrewducker]

I've certainly gotten used to my 65" TV.

Although it could stand to be a little bigger.

[mtbc]

Heh. What I really fear is when stuff I want is available only on BluRay, not DVD.

[andrewducker]

Whereas I'll be upgrading to the 4k remaster of the Lord of the Rings trilogy when it's time to introduce the kids to it.

[channelpenguin]

You can tell you haven't really properly hit age-related longsightedness yet. I had a head start (having always been longsighted). I can't focus at anything less than about 5m these days, so DVD /720p on an old plasma screen is just FINE for me. I could not make out any sharper without about +1 glasses (at 2-5m). I have awesome varifocals but you can't watch TV lying down sideways with them. DVD quality on the plasma is perfect with my naked eyes. My brain's been trained over my life to that level of unsharpness as normal for TV.

I find BluRay and older CGI (Lord of the Rings, Aliens) don't mix well. The CGI stands out horribly and doesn't "blend in". Even on the plasma.