Sharing Lossless images and videos on the Internet
https://x.com/RichardKCollin2/status/1848782359967002993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs8iGuyocCs
Sharing Lossless images and videos on the Internet
Very expensive hobby, lots of specialized equipment, remote location, communication services, software and time. And no shared raw data or videos. I have always hated ‘astronomers’ who say “look what I can do and you cannot afford”. When I was little I had people who would “show me how to use a telescope” and then they would hog the eyepiece. NASA takes lots of pictures of the stars but never shares the raw data at the camera, only processed and lossy “eye candy”. A few insiders do everything and then dribble out a few pretty pictures. That is why I hate “astronomy” and rather aim for “shared data” that everyone can use.
There are 5.4 Billion humans using the Internet now and the other 2.8 Billion are “just living”? But you can only serve a few thousand, unless you put a live camera tracking things in the sky at your fancy remote and personal set of telescopes that people pay to see. I am being harsh because what you do and then others emulate is what is happening over the whole Internet.
Open data, open sharing, intelligent assistants to enable people who don’t know all the magic words and sequences of clicks and things to do — all knowledge, including live and losslessly archived data from sensors or all kinds — could be accessible to all humans, not just a few who can afford it. From 26 years of tracing groups and knowledge on the Internet, I can tell you the most off-putting thing is where individuals and groups dangle prettying pictures and amazing videos to attract customers. It is not for sharing but ends up supporting a few people in their hobbies – because they are not looking at the whole needs of the human species.
Richard Collins, The Internet Foundation
