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    The Cloud

    in Photo Sharing and Discussion

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Clip said:

    I buy 64GB or better so I don't really have that many.

    Unless your quickly filling the memory cards with RAW files, videos, or lots and lots of JPGs, smaller memory cards might be safer if you're going to use them for storage purposes. There's less photos to lose on the smaller memory cards IF one of the cards goes bad for some reason. Finding the right balance between risk and safety, and cost, is obviously a personal choice. I'm just pointing out some of the things to consider about photo storage for anyone that might be reading along.

    BRDL

    in General Birding Topics

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, Zoroark said:

    I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to take all the codes and figure out which letters are most common

    I think it was mentioned long ago that SORA was one of the codes that used the most common letters, I think that was the reference at the time. 🤔

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    BRDL

    in General Birding Topics

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Zoroark said:

    I've been punching in the same few codes at the start

    My first few guesses are intended to elimitate as many groups of birds as possible. While I do switch it up, I often open with Purple Finch, PUFI. If I don't get any letters, I can remove a whole bunch of birds from the list of possibilities. If there's no P then there's not likely any petrols, plovers, sparrows, etc. If there's no U then there's not likely to be any vultures, hummingbirds, or gulls. Without a F, the flycatchers and finches are ruled out. The lack of an I eliminates kingbirds, vireos, and so on. Doesn't usually make a difference in the end, but that's how I approach it in the beginning.

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    BRDL

    in General Birding Topics

    Posted · Edited by lonestranger

    On 12/5/2023 at 6:15 AM, lonestranger said:

    BRDL 681
    🥚🥚🥚🥚
    🥚🥚🥚🥚
    🥚🐦🪶🥚
    🪶🐦🥚🥚
    🥚🐦🥚🐦
    🐦🐦🐦🐦

    My method for solving these puzzles usually starts with a few guesses until I start getting a letter or two and then I fine tune my guesses accordingly. Sometimes I'll be able to work it out in my head but more often than not, I need some help. I try to avoid the banding code lists until I'm really stumped, preferring to use my digital field guide first. The digital field guide lists the birds with thumbnail images on the opening screen, so when the time comes for help I'll open the guide and start scrolling through looking for bird names that I can use to create banding codes that might fit the letters I have to work with. Since many of the letters have been eliminated by this time, I can skip past a lot birds starting with those letters to speed things up. Obviously if I get the first letter right, well, the search is limited to birds starting with that letter. If I don't get that first letter right though, like yesterday, I work my way through the list alphabetically, sometimes using up wrong guesses that fit but don't work before I find the right one. In the end I got lucky yesterday so all this rambling is just my way of saying, I really wish I had of worked through the alphabetical list backwards yesterday. 

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    Birdie

    in General Birding Topics

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    3 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said:

    Did anyone else open with <Black-and-white Warbler> before detouring through <Pine Grosbeak>?

    No, but I can see why you went that way. I skipped the first guess and narrowed it down close enough on the second guess to leave me with 50-50 odds for my third guess.

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    Llama rafting suet smuggling.

    in Backyard Birds, Feeders and Food

    Posted

    15 hours ago, Kevin said:

    Forgive a homeschooled lad but the way I learned math is different than yours. 

    Me=10%

    Charlie=10%

    Birdingboy=10%

    Llama(s)=10%*x       (x=number of Llamas)

    That doesn't leave you with 70%.

    Your homeschooling obviously doesn't teach Canadian math.

    Kevin=10%

    Charlie=10%

    Birdingboy=10%

    Llama(s)=10%/y      (y=number of Llamas)

    The fact that I will be holding the llamas' cut in trust for them, means I will only have 70% left.

    That's how we do math in Canada. 😄

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    Llama rafting suet smuggling.

    in Backyard Birds, Feeders and Food

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said:

    that's a LONG way for the llamas to swim.

    I think @Kevin might have been on to something when he suggested floating the llamas over on rafts made out of suet. The more llamas you smuggle, the more suet needed for the raft. :classic_wink:

    @Birding Boy, since you want to be involved, how's your raft building skills? I'm willing to donate 25% of the llamas profits if you're interested.

    The Cloud

    in Photo Sharing and Discussion

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    1 hour ago, Clip said:

    I'm pretty sure I have too much for SSD drive. I have two external hard drives where my photos go directly I think. I keep all my memory cards but that doesn't help with the organized photos. Perhaps if I used Google Photos just for the organized ones?

    https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sandisk-extreme-portable-2tb-external-usb-c-nvme-ssd-black/6427551.p?skuId=6427551

    2TB of portable storage will hold 60  32GB memory cards worth of photos, at a fraction of the cost of 60 memory cards. My 2TB portable hard drive has approximately 50,000 photos on it so far, with approximately a third of them being larger RAW files. I still have 1.6TB of storage available so I shouldn't have any problem with storage space for a while.

    Forgive me if I misunderstood you but I couldn't imagine buying a new memory card everytime the card I was using reached capacity. I take far too many photos just for the sake of taking a photo to store them all on their original memory cards. I buy quality memory cards when I buy a new camera and dont buy another new memory card until I buy my next camera. After the images are transferred to the computer and then to the storage drive, the card is formatted and used over and over again. I know that doesn't address your cloud storage inquiry but you might want to consider a portable storage device as an alternative to continuously buying new memory cards.

     

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    Llama rafting suet smuggling.

    in Backyard Birds, Feeders and Food

    Posted · Edited by lonestranger

    1 hour ago, Birding Boy said:

    How do I get involved?

    Ummm, I think at this point there is only one option, and that's to do it all yourself. @Kevin can help you aquire the llamas and you can give him his cut. @Charlie Spencer can get you a deal on the suet and you can give him his cut. You can etransfer my cut and your bail money to me in advance, and then the rest is up to you. :classic_biggrin:

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