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28mm, 35mm, or 50mm? The focal length debate every street photographer faces

Street photography has always sparked debate about which focal length is “best.” The truth, as I’ve found over years of walking city pavements and narrow alleyways with a camera in hand, is that there is no universal answer. It depends as much on who you are as a photographer as it does on the pictures you want to create. For me, two focal lengths have become indispensable: the classic 50mm…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

You need to know: does adding home solar increase your property value?

For many homeowners, the conversation about adding rooftop solar panels starts with cutting utility bills — but there are plenty of other reasons to make the switch. One of them is that adding a home solar system could actually increase your home’s resale value … but is that true? The short answer is: yes (kinda). In theory, the more features a house has, the more it costs. A pool, a bigger…
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DefenseNews

Army Secretary in ‘holy war’ with Congress over budget flexibility

Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll says he is locked in a “holy war” on Capitol Hill as he works to convince lawmakers to grant the service more flexible funding authority for electronic warfare, unmanned aerial systems and counter-drone efforts. The resistance Driscoll has encountered in his first eight months in the job is part of a longstanding tension between the Pentagon and Congress over the…
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ComputersNews

I ditched my laptop for a mini PC and couldn’t be happier

Sometime after my social feeds started to fill up with ads for mini-PCs, I realized that there’s a silent revolution going on in desktop PCs. Welcome to the era of the mini-PC, where you can do all your computing from a PC smaller than a box of Pop-Tarts and much cheaper…
ComputersNews

Tiny new YTX motherboard format trims the fat, adds M.2 slots

Motherboards come in various standard sizes, but for most of us, the choice boils down to ATX, micro-ATX, and mini-ITX, from largest to smallest. But that’s mostly variations on how many PCIE cards it can hold. There’s now a new standard that swaps a few things around…
CryptoNews

Public Bitcoin Miners Defy Crypto Crash: Applied Digital, Cipher, and IREN Lead Double-Digit Gains

While crypto prices faceplanted over the last day, publicly traded mining firms pulled a power move with gains lighting up Monday’s scoreboard. Out of the 20 largest miners by market cap, only three slipped into the red—and one of those was an ethereum treasury outfit. Crypto Miners Boom Despite Bitcoin’s Slump—20 Public Mining Firms Post Eye-Catching Moves Immersion Technologies may still…
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