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New comment by donatzsky in "Darktable"

donatzsky — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:03:18 +0000

I'll take this opportunity to shamelessly plug my darktable beginner guide, which aggregates advice and the currently best tutorials: https://notebook.stereofictional.com/how-to-get-started-with...

If you're coming from the likes of Lightroom or Capture One you will have to learn a very different way of working, but in return you get a lot of control over the edit.

New comment by donatzsky in "Darktable"

donatzsky — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:57:08 +0000

Atrocious in what way? But no, it hasn't changed in any significant ways since 2019.

New comment by donatzsky in "Darktable"

donatzsky — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:54:57 +0000

Better is subjective, but the editing is much more powerful. However, it's also a completely different editing paradigm (largely on-rails vs. layers/nodes), so some acclimatisation is required.

New comment by donatzsky in "Darktable"

donatzsky — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:44:01 +0000

As the one responsible for writing much of the FAQ, I can assure you that's not what is meant. The point is to hopefully make new users aware that they can't assume their Lightroom knowledge will help them, and thus encourage them to consult the manual or some tutorials. It's an unfortunate fact that many coming from Lightroom think they already know everything and don't have to learn anything new, but when they fail to make head or tails of darktable they conclude that the issue is that it's trash and not that they didn't bother educating themselves - and they will often loudly proclaim this on Reddit in a rather entitled manner.

But yes, the library features could do with some improvements.

New comment by donatzsky in "Darktable"

donatzsky — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:25:52 +0000

OpenCL is deprecated, not unsupported, on MacOS and may be removed at some point, but it absolutely does still work for now. If you don't have OpenCL acceleration, it's a bug.

Machine learning without critical thinking only encourages tech pseudoscience

donatzsky — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:16:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/03/machine-learning-without-critical-thinking-only-encourages-tech-pseudoscience/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322189

Points: 3

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AI Image Generators Default to the Same 12 Photo Styles, Study Finds

donatzsky — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 23:55:52 +0000

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/ai-image-generators-default-to-the-same-12-photo-styles-study-finds-2000702012

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46380644

Points: 15

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Thunderbird 2025 Review: Building Stronger for the Future

donatzsky — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:36:26 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/12/thunderbird-2025-review-building-stronger-for-the-future/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46338395

Points: 2

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New comment by donatzsky in "California passes law to ban ultra-processed foods from school lunches"

donatzsky — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:39:57 +0000

Look into the keto diet. Fat is definitely not the main issue, sugar and other simple carbs are.

Conspiracy theorists don't realize they're on the fringe

donatzsky — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:42:12 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/conspiracy-theorists-think-their-views-are-mainstream/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44668820

Points: 2

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New comment by donatzsky in "The JPEG XL Image Coding History, Features, Coding Tools, Design Rationale"

donatzsky — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:30:56 +0000

It wasn't killed off. Support was removed from Chrome, for what appears to be rather spurious reasons, but practically everyone else are busy implementing it.

New comment by donatzsky in "RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor"

donatzsky — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:03:09 +0000

While certainly an impressive effort, it's not even close to competitive yet. As is pointed out in a comment on [1] and as can be seen from the rat piss yellow in the sky, the algorithms are very much on the naive/simple side of things.

[1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=7QymsCRNRHE

New comment by donatzsky in "RapidRAW: A non-destructive and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor"

donatzsky — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 06:58:50 +0000

ART (Another RawTherapee) has a more Lightroom-like approach to masking that you might like better.

New comment by donatzsky in "XSLT – Native, zero-config build system for the Web"

donatzsky — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:47:00 +0000

A (very) relevant post from 3 months ago:

Xee: A Modern XPath and XSLT Engine in Rust

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43502291

Delightfully irreverent Underdogs isn't your parents' nature docuseries

donatzsky — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:37:52 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/delightfully-irreverent-underdogs-isnt-your-parents-nature-docuseries/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44287925

Points: 1

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Isaacman's bold plan for NASA: Nuclear ships, seven-crew Dragons, Artemis

donatzsky — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:56:53 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/06/what-might-have-been-at-jared-isaacmans-nasa/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44267136

Points: 1

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IBM now describing its first error-resistant quantum compute system

donatzsky — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:37:16 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/ibm-is-now-detailing-what-its-first-quantum-compute-system-will-look-like/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44255688

Points: 12

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Image processing does not kill people and it's a shame

donatzsky — Thu, 15 May 2025 15:27:39 +0000

Article URL: https://eng.aurelienpierre.com/2021/02/image-processing-does-not-kill-people-and-its-a-shame/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43996036

Points: 1

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New comment by donatzsky in "The recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android"

donatzsky — Wed, 14 May 2025 13:58:18 +0000

I'd be surprised if they have to go through the same review process as everyone else. And even if they do, the reviewers are likely to give them a pass because it's Google.

In depth with Windows 11 Recall–and what Microsoft has (and hasn't) fixed

donatzsky — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:55:41 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/in-depth-with-windows-11-recall-and-what-microsoft-has-and-hasnt-fixed/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43761077

Points: 4

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