"The program should, in some way, expand the concept of what computer paint programs are, as well as what mark making can be."
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@omar,
I've been using a Pi 5 to make the portable Folk gadget -> oh, I should add a battery system -> oh, I should add an accelerometer and speaker -> isn't this basically a smartphone? and yet there's still some gap where it would be very annoying (in different ways) to use an old Android phone, and nobody really does that in practice https://social.omar.website/@omar/statuses/01HTZFTDK6P0NC2QY7Z6ATR4M1
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@omar,
Interesting how this unlearns the equivalence that gets seared into you in elementary school math (4/6 = 2/3 and so on) https://merveilles.town/@neauoire/113178881180514551
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@omar,
the CRT store called
Omar Rizwan
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@omar,
Good logo idea
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@omar,
Remember the critique of open-source software (which is completely true, btw): you may have the ability to edit the code in theory, but how many people actually feel comfortable editing it in practice?
(not many, because Linux/Chromium/etc code is way too long, it's not at hand in the UI, it requires a recompile, it requires specialized programming knowledge, it's not socially normal, …)
https://social.omar.website/@omar/statuses/01J778E499DGB6D8FDTKTNNEKR
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@omar,
efficiency
![> Even in this early period, graphics were considered by many to be a frivolous use of computing technology. Computational resources were a limited and extremely expensive commodity, and making pictures seemed to many a waste of time… [extended quote]
So much stuff is like this tbh and has these sort of vision-first (+resentment even after it succeeds) dynamics. Engelbart was similarly marginal, as were neural network people for decades, as was the internet back when it ran on phone networks
among other things it shows the problem with an efficiency mindset, because these are all 'inefficient' uses of available resources
but the thing is that once people actually want something, new hardware can often be created which _makes_ these things efficient, the available resource set can change](https://social.omar.website/fileserver/01PG4R73NMJC888MJM2KBM4CFF/attachment/original/01MBT2636AKJVJBBPH8VF0MA62.png)
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@omar,
insiders & outsiders
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@omar,
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@omar,
feel like they use filesystem extended attributes here just so that they don't have to bother parsing/emitting whatever specific metadata format for each of the different types of files they support; they just stick their metadata in the filesystem outside the file
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@omar,
Path dependences
![Luminance/chrominance systems in general[edit]
The primary advantage of luma/chroma systems such as Y′UV, and its relatives Y′IQ and YDbDr, is that they remain compatible with black and white analog television (largely due to the work of Georges Valensi). The Y′ channel saves all the data recorded by black and white cameras, so it produces a signal suitable for reception on old monochrome displays. In this case, the U and V are simply discarded. If displaying color, all three channels are used, and the original RGB information can be decoded.](https://social.omar.website/fileserver/01PG4R73NMJC888MJM2KBM4CFF/attachment/original/0125YZ66KFKZ2151B20KK1B5PK.png)