That doesn’t explain why the new bikes have older technology than the bikes they’re urging people to trade in.

If your server goes down you’ll miss incoming emails, and IMO residential ISP and power service isn’t reliable enough for your main email address. If mail can’t get delivered people get the impression you gave them a fake email address, which can be more than embarrassing.

It’s the only service I don’t self-hosted, although I do backup my email on my home server. Email protocols don’t tolerate downtime, if your server is temporarily unreachable you won’t get messages and people will probably assume the email address/domain isn’t even valid.

This doesn’t answer OP’s question, but since other people might be interested, MIT also has free graduate level courses. If you choose to pay for a certificate of completion for the courses then they can also count as credits towards a degree at MIT, Harvard, etc.

https://micromasters.mit.edu/

You’re right, that’s my bad. Looks like there’s an unofficial port that you can use on custom hardware, but nothing from valve yet.

https://github.com/HoloISO

You can download steamOS and put it on any hardware you want (assuming it’s supported by Linux)… I wouldn’t hold your breath for an upgradable machine in that form factor, but if you can live with something a little bigger you could build a minipc with steamOS.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown

I could see them claiming injury if they got caught. But in this role play, it sounds like the “cop” was getting away with it, and started shouting for no reason.

A cop yelling “officer down!” while having sex with a suspect doesn’t seem very realistic to me.

I wouldn’t take it on anything more than class II rapids (ie. no whitewater). We don’t get wet on most trips, and that’s without trying to keep anything safe and dry (my phone is waterproof). IMO the risk is only slightly higher than walking next to a swimming pool or river with your camera, you could fall in but most likely won’t.

But someone else pointed out a $90-100 waterproof case, which is a better option that buying another camera just for this.

OK, I found the waterproof case you were taking about and that actually seems like a pretty good option. A $90 case would let us safely use the D3500 on the kayak, and let’s me think about other features when picking out my own camera. Thanks for the suggestion and other info, it’s really helpful.

Edit: Looks like that case limits you to a ~50mm lens, which would be pretty limiting for shooting birds. On the other hand, it sounds like it’s fairly common to have 2 camera bodies to avoid having to change lenses when the camera is wet/dirty, so maybe we could use the D3500 with a short lens in a waterproof case, and also get a weatherproof camera with a super telephoto prime. Lots of options to consider…

Some level of weatherproofing in the camera and lens is a hard requirement for me, and I’m seeing a lot more options for Pentax lenses. But there’s a good chance I’m just not looking for the right thing… Is there a weatherproof super telephoto DX mount lens for under $600? I’m finding Pentax lenses for around $200. Mainly looking at used gear, BTW.

Edit: also, by “stronger market” I meant more supply, which would push prices down. In hindsight that wasn’t very clear…

Dorsey sold it to the public, and Musk bought it from the public.

From what I understand, this is common among larger med tech companies like Fisher and Beckman. I’m not trying to justify it, but I’m also not sure it’s newsworthy.

Seems like waterproof housings cost 2-4x as much as a camera, and I think they only work with special lenses? I don’t need a waterproof rating, I’m comfortable with the risk based on what I’ve read on forums about weatherproofing. And I don’t really expect to get wet on the kind of kayak trips that I’d bring a camera on (I normally have a couple of canine passengers anyway, so it’s usually pretty mellow).

I didn’t realize mirrorless cameras had that advantage with adaptors, but those forums posts I saw about FTZ adaptors make a lot more sense now. Can you cross brands when adapting a DSLR lens to mirrorless body without losing electronics like AF?

For the mount, I’m leaning towards Pentax K mount because that seems like it would give me the most options for reasonably priced weatherproof gear. Obviously the downside is it wouldn’t be compatible with my SO’s Nikon gear, but maybe she’ll switch over since I think she also wants better weatherproofing than her D3500 can offer.

I like how you broke that down. Faster autofocus might help with shooting birds, but a longer focal distance is what I really need right now. Guess I need to spend some time researching lenses…

Thanks for the response. I was leaning towards a DSLR because it seems like the used market is a lot stronger than mirrorless, which I assume means cheaper gear. Does that make sense, or would you still recommend a mirrorless? I already mentioned this in another post, but most of my shooting has been nature/wildlife, so better low light performance might be nice. And autofocus seems almost required for shooting wildlife, but I’ll keep my eyes open for a nice (and cheap) MF prime for landscape shots.

Are you saying you spend a lot more on your cameras than your lenses?

Yeah, I keep reading that on various photography forums. I’m not going to go swimming with it or anything, but I want a camera I can take on kayak trips and shoot on the water. And, worst case scenario, my budget takes into account the risk of the camera breaking.