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Aaron Parecki

Saturday, September 14, 2019

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  • Sebastian Lasse https://mastodon.social/@sl007   •   Sep 14

    @aaronpk
    It was pure magic. Feel free to click #apconf -
    the thing is :
    I cutted the videos but now a keynote has 16GB and 90GB are all videos and they wanna have it on peertube but no peertube accepts this size.
    How could I compress it further -
    youtube "hd" resolution or fps ???
    I mean : Is it realistic that a 16GB video becomes 2GB ok quality ?
    Just would like to upload it anywhere …

    Aaron Parecki
    If you just use ffmpeg with default options you'll get a much more compressed file, with no real noticeable quality difference. It's normal for the file to shrink that much, just make sure you aren't scaling it down to a lower resolution.
    Portland, Oregon • 74°F
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  • PINE64 https://fosstodon.org/@PINE64

    This is the PineTime. A companion for your Linux smartphone, and new side-project of ours. More news coming in the future...

    (If you have experience with FreeRTOS or mbed, and are interested, please get in touch!)

    Portland, Oregon • 74°F
  • Darius Kazemi https://friend.camp/@darius

    I met a couple people at XOXO who told me how much they like my RFC blog and it really meant a lot to hear that in person!!!

    Portland, Oregon • 74°F
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    Portland, Oregon • 75°F
  • Aaron Parecki
    at Portland International Airport (PDX)
    Portland, Oregon • Sat, September 14, 2019 2:40pm
    45.589294 -122.593986
    Heading to Australia! 🦘 — with anomalily
    Portland, OR, United States • 75°F
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    Los Angeles (LAX) to Sydney (SYD)
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    Sydney Intl in Sydney
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    permalink #okta
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    Melbourne, Victoria, AU
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  • Aaron Parecki
    Minor moment of panic at the ticket counter trying to get a boarding pass when they said I need a visa before I can check in to the flight to Australia.

    Turns out the visa "application" process was just filling out a web form on my phone, and it was "approved" immediately. I was worried I was gonna have to wait a full business day or something but guess not!

    Also kind of weird is the ticket agent just had to check a box that said I have the visa, and that person would be fined $5000 if they were wrong. Seems like not the most ideal way to enforce that but okay.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 75°F
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  • Jamey Sharp https://toot.cat/@jamey   •   Sep 15

    @aaronpk Had that problem on my first visit to Australia but it was long enough ago that getting to the web form from inside the airport was a bit of a challenge. I think that was when I was still using a Neo Freerunner; whatever it was, I remember thinking that most people in that situation would have been out of luck at the time. Now browsing the web on your mobile device from anywhere is routine...

    Aaron Parecki
    Heh nice. Yeah I was surprised that the application form was actually quite usable on a phone. All I ended up having to do was step away from the counter for a few minutes to fill it out, pay $20, then go back to check in.

    I'm still a little embarrassed/annoyed I didn't know about this before I showed up at the airport!
    Susanville, California • 75°F
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  • Jamey Sharp https://toot.cat/@jamey   •   Sep 15

    @aaronpk Hah, yeah, I remember being embarrassed/annoyed too!

    I seem to recall there being a warning on the application form that there was a possibility the application might get held for review, even though fortunately it went through immediately for me and you...

    Aaron Parecki
    I'm just glad I am privileged enough to not have to have changed my name in the past, because that definitely throws a wrench into things like this!
    Mokelumne Hill, California • 93°F
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    El Segundo, California • 79°F
  • Aaron Parecki
    at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
    Los Angeles, California • Sat, September 14, 2019 6:32pm
    33.943324 -118.405602
    Transferring from Alaska to United
    Los Angeles, CA, United States • 79°F
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  • Aaron Parecki
    at Wolfgang Puck Express
    Los Angeles, California • Sat, September 14, 2019 6:54pm
    33.941405 -118.400078
    Los Angeles, CA, United States • 79°F
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  • Aaron Parecki
    at Gate 84
    Los Angeles, California • Sat, September 14, 2019 7:48pm
    33.941598 -118.397405
    Los Angeles, CA, United States • 78°F
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  • Aaron Parecki
    at Wolfgang Puck Express
    Los Angeles, California • Sat, September 14, 2019 8:16pm
    33.941405 -118.400078
    Los Angeles, CA, United States • 77°F
    Checked in by anomalily
    10 Coins
  • Aaron Parecki
    at Gate 74
    Los Angeles, California • Sat, September 14, 2019 10:22pm
    33.940949 -118.399506
    Los Angeles, CA, United States • 73°F
    17 Coins