Matt Blaze
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Matt Blaze's Bio
Scientist, safecracker, etc. McDevitt Professor of Computer Science and Law at Georgetown. Formerly UPenn, Bell Labs. So-called expert on election security and stuff. https://twitter.com/mattblaze on the Twitter. Slow photographer. Radio nerd. Blogs occasionally at https://www.mattblaze.org/blog . I probably won't see your DM; use something else. He/Him. Uses this wrong.
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@20002ist yeah, it seems like every step toward this was more avoidable than the last.
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Matt Blaze Boosted@heidilifeldman justice will be served when Rudy is forced to move into a ferret-infested hovel.
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@heidilifeldman justice will be served when Rudy is forced to move into a ferret-infested hovel.
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@heidilifeldman As a scholar of other topics, I also love seeing this.
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Giuliani was found in contempt today for failing to comply with the judgment against him for defaming two Georgia election workers.
He will no doubt be disappointed when he’s reminded that presidential pardon powers do not apply to civil judgements.
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@ai6yr How is that a "half bike"? It has 3 wheels and no seat, which makes it more of a 1.5 scooter, I think.
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In response to this post@briankrebs I don't know about the watch but you clearly need a shorter driveway or to live in a place with less snow.
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In response to this post@GossiTheDog He was asking OTHER PEOPLE to be more positive.
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This was captured with the Rodenstock 90mm/5.6 HR-Digaron lens (@ f/6.3) and about 10mm of vertical shift to maintain geometry.
For years ago today, a group of insurrectionist losers sacked this building in an attempt to overthrow the US Government and prevent the transfer of power to a newly elected president. They got frighteningly close to succeeding.
This photo was made about six months later; some of the physical damage from the attack remains visible here.
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US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, 2021.
All the pixels, none of the rioting, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51221569646
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#photography nerditry
One of my interests is making very high resolution images of formally composed, often architectural subjects. This resolution is beyond what you can render on any current digital monitor. The intended output format is a large print.
Large prints are expensive to proiduce and inconvenient to display, but they provide a different and more layered viewing experience than you can get on a monitor. You're invited to take in the whole, but also to get close and explore details.
@mattblaze Should you find yourself in San Diego, make your way to the Computer Science department and locate those who run the I/O lab. Show them this thread.
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Please remember that if I block you, the only explanation is that it's because I'm so intimidated by your superior intellect and good looks that my fragile ego can't withstand further exposure to your devastatingly potent posts. That's the only thing it could be.
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In response to this post(Bringing back fond memories of mentioning that bug here last year and being yelled at by a Professional Mastodon Scold for complaining rather than fixing the bug myself).
@mattblaze been thinking about this frequently since I saw it, because it’s made me want to express sincere gratitude that you’re here and sharing your expert knowledge, your photography, and your complaints about Mastodon. thanks!
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It appears that Flickr FINALLY fixed the bug that had been preventing upload of large (>200MP) images, so I've at last replaced the image of the radar tower with the full-sized (16152x14043) version.
(Bringing back fond memories of mentioning that bug here last year and being yelled at by a Professional Mastodon Scold for complaining rather than fixing the bug myself).
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In response to this post@slott56 Yes, though that carfloat service actually managed to hang on (with very light traffic) until, I believe, 2012! The tracks near Cape Charles have recently been removed.
@mattblaze it was a magnificent pile of stuff. I need to see if I took pictures. It seemed like the kind of mess too huge to remove.
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In response to this postRail carfloat services make economic sense only under a narrow set of circumstances, where there's no natural place for a direct overland rail link, the alternative route is very long, and the volume of traffic is too low to justify building a bridge but too high to make it practical to unload and truck the freight by road. San Francisco Bay and NY Harbor are two examples. Crossing NY Harbor from the mainland by freight rail, for example, involves a 250 mile detour upstate and back.
@mattblaze I think such a thing used to cross the south end of Chesapeake Bay. From Cape Charles to maybe where the marine corps base is now. The ramps for the rail head are immense. Tons of timber and gravel. I think the Bay Bridge-Tunnel made it superfluous.
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In response to this postUntil 1984, the Santa Fe Railroad moved freight cars across the San Francisco Bay by barge. Railroad cars were decoupled from trains and loaded onto special "carfloat" barges, which were pulled across the bay by a small fleet of tug boats, to be re-attached to trains at the other end. The service ended when a fire destroyed the Point Richmond pier (the East Bay terminal for the operation), and that was that.
A handful of rail carfloat operations continue in the US, most notably in NY Harbor.
Rail carfloat services make economic sense only under a narrow set of circumstances, where there's no natural place for a direct overland rail link, the alternative route is very long, and the volume of traffic is too low to justify building a bridge but too high to make it practical to unload and truck the freight by road. San Francisco Bay and NY Harbor are two examples. Crossing NY Harbor from the mainland by freight rail, for example, involves a 250 mile detour upstate and back.
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In response to this postCaptured with a small mirrorless camera and 50mm lens on a lightweight tripod.
I normally prefer lower contrast, but the ruined industrial subject worked reasonably well with a high contrast approach here. This is mostly a study in lines and shapes.
Until 1984, the Santa Fe Railroad moved freight cars across the San Francisco Bay by barge. Railroad cars were decoupled from trains and loaded onto special "carfloat" barges, which were pulled across the bay by a small fleet of tug boats, to be re-attached to trains at the other end. The service ended when a fire destroyed the Point Richmond pier (the East Bay terminal for the operation), and that was that.
A handful of rail carfloat operations continue in the US, most notably in NY Harbor.
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Ruined Carfloat Tracks, Port Richmond, CA, 2011.
All the pixels, slightly structurally compromised, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/5485081030
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Captured with a small mirrorless camera and 50mm lens on a lightweight tripod.
I normally prefer lower contrast, but the ruined industrial subject worked reasonably well with a high contrast approach here. This is mostly a study in lines and shapes.
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