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I assume we were greeted as liberators, right? Right?

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I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

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I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org · Jan 06, 2026

@mattblaze@federate.social I'm dubious about a country where the opposition leader made a lottery as elections fundraising, and the 1st prize was… the implant of silicone breasts

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I remember thinking 10 years ago tonight "well, at least 2016 can't be any worse than this was". Oops, never mind.. Let's hope this will be the year breaks the cursed streak we've been on.

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@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org · Jan 01, 2026

@mattblaze@federate.social I'm still waiting for the Jetsons future

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I don't know about the new decorations in the Trump-Kennedy Center auditorium...

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I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org · Dec 30, 2025

@mattblaze@federate.social I smell Leni Riefenstahl style…

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So while openly publishing offensive security techniques might indeed help criminals, that harm is outweighed by significant benefits. Every properly trained computer science student should understand

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The bottom line here is that while being the subject of attack by a deranged internet mob is never fun, sometimes it's the cost of doing business for doing interesting work. And for those who yell at

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I've gotten a few replies asking me if I regret publishing this or would do anything differently. No. I'm proud of this work. I think it has value. I would do nothing different. I am, evidently, remor

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I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org · Dec 29, 2025

@mattblaze@federate.social The issue is not "how can I protect my 42 Rolex from thieves?" but "Why must a thief pick my 42 Rolex?", bringing to ask "Who taught to this person than to have 42 Rolex is good?", i.e. "Who invented the competition based on the possession of things?".

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I’m always amused when movies set in the present day have scene with a crowd of press photographers and use the whirring of 35mm film motor drives as a sound effect.

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I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org · Dec 07, 2025

@mattblaze@federate.social Also, car wheels screeching on the sand.

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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social "Just put your telescopes in space" starts out with a strong "let them eat cake" vibe, and yet somehow becomes even more infuriatingly entitled after you think about it.

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I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org · Dec 03, 2025

@mattblaze@federate.social @sundogplanets@mastodon.social Also the "Oh! There is a disabled veteran living in a cabin on the Rocky Mountains, and our satellites are the only connection he has with the world! And we give him our service FOR FREE!" is a very nasty commercial strategy.

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Technical cameras are specialized devices, and they need special lenses that can "cover" - project an image onto - an area larger than the sensor (to allow the shifting). All this is makes everything

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I generally use a Phase One (medium format) digital back on a Cambo "WRS" camera for making my stitched images. This system provides a fair amount of room for movements. But there are less expensive a

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The 35mm shifting lenses aren't absolutely theoretically ideal for this, because they generally shift the lens rather than the sensor when the camera mounted on a tripod. But the change of perspective

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I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

I am the widow of a prince and I live in Lagos, Nigeria. Don't take that as a personal thing, but if you are on threads don't waste your time asking to become a follower. QUI SI BESTEMMIA. Sono responsabile solo di ciò che scrivo, non di ciò che capite (o volete capire). Se son fiori fioriranno. Ma sono more.

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@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org · Nov 10, 2025

@mattblaze@federate.social Thanks for the great thread! During my conscription (in 1980) I learned by myself how to use the Linhof 8×10" of the military school, without any clue, just making experiments. But since film was expensive, I often had to resort to thin tracing paper

on the film plate to make correct drawings of devices for manuals (to make them was my "official" duty).

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