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scratch that, avif is more permissive and ive grown to really (REALLY) love av1

Learnt about JPEG XL today. It's really cool, and a lot of people want it.

Why? First of all, it supports both lossy and lossless compression, meaning you don't need to use different image formats to suit different needs. Plus, since JPEG XL is based on JPEG, it's already a familiar format. Secondly, to compare image formats, JPEG XL has shown to be significantly better at compressing images than basically every other format out there. When comparing lossy JPEG XL with legacy JPEG and lossless JPEG XL with PNG, JPEG XL crushes in efficiency. Even HEIC loses to JPEG XL, if not for efficiency, for usage, as JPEG XL is licensed more liberally. Compare it to AVIF, a very recent codec, and JPEG XL still comes out equal if not on top. Finally, from a more temporal standpoint, not only is JPEG XL not subject to mold like JPEG is due to having a lossless option and not having to lossily reencode the same image as it gets posted again and again, it is also future-proof compared to AVIF, which is JPEG XL's main competition. AVIF only supports up to 8K(*, it can go above but it gets really freaky) and 12-bit color, while JPEG XL supports up to 1G (= 1 million K = 1 billion pixel resolution) and 32-bit color, which is enough fidelity for applications that may require it. Oh, and it's able to be loaded in parallel. And it only requires 15% of the image to be loaded before there's enough data to display a lower-quality version until more detail comes through (like how Unreal shows low-quality versions of terrain and models until they are processed enough to show everything).

So JPEG XL seems like a really good format, right? Why isn't it used everywhere?

Because Google decided to kill it off.

Google has dropped support for JPEG XL. And Google controls the web space.

So I'm going to use JPEG XL out of spite. I love this image format. I switched my Firefox to Nightly so I can use JPEG XL. And I'm making a game engine, so I can make JPEG XL the native image format, because why not :P. There's even a JPEG XL paint.NET plugin, so spriting is easy. And if you can compile it, FFmpeg supports JPEG XL with --enable-libjxl.

I'm going to keep this format alive.

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ive never known true rage until i was thrust upon those blinds that dont have a fucking string so you have to pull it some unknown amount so it will actually go up and most of the time you just pull it further down in a fleeting attempt at a glance of sunlight

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av1 in matroska is so peam <3<3<3

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theres nothing more permanent than a temporary fix

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> on kde neon

> want hyprland

> only on arch

> switch to arch and install hyprland

> find out about the transphobic things the dev and mods have done

> switch back to plasma

> mfw i literally just switched to arch and nothing else changed

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break up the payment processor oligopoly pretty please

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ive noticed that, in general, the fizzier something is, the smaller the can

combined with the fact that i don't really like fizz, and also what some drinks have virtually no flavour and only have fizz going for them, some stuff just tastes like... consumerism? something along those lines. like they seem way too overhyped

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why is it called react when you re act the component of out div nest the component?

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god i hate wysiwyg editors

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what have you done

Magic the Gathering tip: yuri

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"i wish this random fucking pile of symbols did something"

the humble javascript:

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im the goober *goobs*

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wysiwyg carets are so fucking underdeveloped. like would it really be impossible to make the caret itself thicker when bolding, oblique when italicising, underlined when underlining, and colored when you're not writing in black? google docs does half of that but i would love to see carets that fully respond to their current mode everywhere

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i think im going to learn react, not because i like web dev but because i hate it, so if i can find something that lets me do more of the good stuff instead then ill take it

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"we use cookies to personalise ads" fool. buffoon. i don't even fucking see ads

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mannnn this really jorks my peanits

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I've distilled my thoughts into three main points:

Current state: Needs improvement. Tints, contrast, and frost will be needed if Liquid Glass is going to be usable.

Concept: Great. I love it, it's a great departure from the current flat design that permeates so many software projects.

Potential: Amazing. iOS 7 was pivotal to the popularisation of flat design, so even if Liquid Glass is subpar, iOS 26 might be the thing that makes neumorphism take off.

crazy how many people are so quick to hate on liquid glass because of readability. like, im no apple fan, but its the first beta, let them figure it out

ive almost only seen people speak out about the usability of liquid glass and in its current state i can agree. but the aesthetic itself imo is fantastic and is exactly what we need