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Comment Turtlenecks have been around for a while (Score 1) 61

God, it’s like, it’s like a boa constrictor, you know? [clutches at fabric and pulls at neckline] I feel like I’m wearing Death, you know? [rubs the fabric on his face and pulls the neckline up around his chin] It’s like I’m being raped by a Wookiee! [pulls the neckline completely over his head and seizes backwards directly into the waiter before staggering forward, exposing his head again, and falling flat on his back] God, it’s likeit’s like it’s merging with my skin!

https://snltranscripts.jt.org/...

Comment Re:Some apple coolaid there.... (Score 1) 56

If you have have either of those named computers, you probably don't need a logitech webcam, and don't need to mess with the software On the other hand, if you have a mac mini or mac studio, you probably do need some sort of webcam, be it a iphone or a more primitive dedicated device.

Logitech Options, which I use for my brio, likes to consume 750 MB when it's doing nothing.

Comment Re:Not that surprising (Score 4, Informative) 106

Hmm. I don't think that this a PDF related issue. Rather, it's an issue with one of the image formats that can be embedded within PDFs. You can have JBIG2 files outside of PDFs.

(In 2013, some copiers that stored images in JBIG format could alter the text of documents that weren't obvious to the observer)

If it had not done so, it would have been a useful archival standard-- high dpi files take up a lot of space, and standards like jpeg would introduce blurriness.

Engadget described JBIG2 as
"old code from the 1990s used to process text in scanner images."
Which is only half true. Yes, the standard was released in December 1999, and yes, most JBIG2 files were scanned in at some point, but the niche the format purports to fill still exists.

Comment Re:Isn't there a reason why it's strong in search? (Score 1) 141

"Pinterest, where provenance goes to die."

Usually, I encounter pinterest, because some one posts a picture, obviously taken by a museum, of one of their exhibits, shorn of any explanatory text. "When was this made, Where was this made, Why was this made" are missing. So, I plug into reverse image image search, and 5200 pinterest images pop up-- and only a small fraction of them cite a source. It's exasperating.

Once you find the original source, the pictures are usually much more detailed and there might be multiple angles. Pinterest just gets in the way.

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