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Hi i made some fanart for @friendship-test :]

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MONDAY FRIENDLY FIRE IS A SKILL ISSUE

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I'm working on a website for a comic (those who know, know) and it gives me a good opportunity to talk about the modern web innovation that's #1 most reviled on here: webp.

I was working on image quality. See, the author made the pictures high-quality, and since they're hand-drawn it's absolutely worth it — but it means we're talking ~2500x1100px PNGs. Which means ~2-3MB per picture.

Since on the actual website they'll be displayed at 1000px width, smart old me figured a pretty quick fix to save on readers' bandwidth would be to reduce the image size to 1000px width (after all, that's over 5x smaller than the original!).

The issue though: quality surprisingly suffered. Specifically there was a notable impact to the text (but also the colours and texture, if you look closely).

So I started wondering how exactly one could get a cleaner output from my image downsizing.

Which I spent the next 5 hours trying to crack. Turns out it's not easy.

On the other hand, there is another approach: simply finding a better way to store the image. On JPEGs and PNGs you can play with various compression settings which might help you reduce that file size without compromising quality (I tried a bunch, no dice!), but you could also switch to another format. For example, you might consider webp.

Here's what it brings to the table.

"-original" files are the HD originals, "-large" files are the blurry resized ones, "-optimized" are the webp ones.

They are 13-15 times lighter at the same size. This makes them even lighter than the 1000px-wide ones. (2 to 3 times lighter! despite being 5x bigger! that's insane!)

And the output:

I couldn't tell you which capture I took from which version.

And like, damn, that's p cool.

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mike ehrmantraut from breaking bad/better call saul has the insight only a post-menopausal man could have

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it fucking sucks being a disabled person who can't work and having to see these fuckass posts where someone's like "ahaha jobless people have no life and that's why everyone shitty online has No Job" and everyone and their mother reblogs it joyfully onto my dash for me to see. yes unemployed and unemployable people are truly without exception dogshit people with no hobbies and no redeeming qualities. you're so right. anyway if you'll excuse me i have to start my shift at the I'll Never Be Employed Because Of Permanent Disability And I Love Knowing How You Really See Me store

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You were talking a bit about alice schach a while ago and the way you described it sounded really fun so i tried it and OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats like the coolest thing everrrrrr the sound is such a good mix of dreamy and ethereal with the punchiness of the drums and rhythms. OH MY GOD. and the animations are so wild too theyre like really incredible!!!!

HELL YEAHHHH!!!! I'M SO GLAD I COULD INTRODUCE YOU TO 'EM... I think they have a lot in common with KGatLW in terms of just like, desire to experiment and play with really out-there story-telling that can be a bit hard to decipher so it makes me rlly happy to hear that you vibe with it! ^^

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my problem isn't even that it's problematic or whatever it's that it tries Really Really hard not to be in a way that feels excruciatingly shallow and kind of disingenuous to the point it's trying to get across.

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so i played Clinical Trial.

I'm gonna be real. I could see it spinning its wheels trying to Do a Nuance but it still left a really bad taste in my mouth. (spoilers ahead)

it still really feels like the same "male stalker in a position of power asserts dominance over object of affection by killing something he perceives as a threat" just with a progressive coat of paint - some therapy talk, a lot of effort put towards trying to underplay the doctor-patient dynamic by making Lee a nurse instead (he's clearly still financially in a position of power over Angel, if not also for the fact that he's cis too - oh it's also really weird how invoking the cops is used to sort of trap Angel as well because they can't call the police so basically turning him away is as good as being dead-)

Lee being an "awh so cutes" silly Autistic coded dude also to underplay the fact that like. he still violated Angel's wishes.

and there's still clearly a good and bad ending. you aren't allowed to walk away from Lee.

I don't know, like... I feel like making your guy kill a rapist as a way to show how good he is is one of those things that in reality, you do get men who think that they would do the same thing if a woman they cared about was threatened, but that doesn't rule out other ways they might take advantage of them.

Or like. I don't know. I say this also because this is the role Angel is playing even if they aren't actually a woman. be the damsel in distress who needs rescuing, even if they refuse help - they don't know any better, therefore that vulnerability being exploited to save them is narratively sound.

And I know they push back against it but, again. There's a clear "Angel's a frigid bitch who doesn't want to get with their stalker" ending and a "yayyy happily ever after yayyyyy" ending that sort of undercuts any message it really had to say about autonomy. like it tried I guess, but if you actually look at how all that played out, is it really any different from the trope it plays off of?

it makes it seem like progressive virtue signalling - having a problem with transphobia or confronting a rapist - is what matters more than the actual lived dynamic a person has with another person. it is dangerous to think that someone like that can't hurt you. or that you have to hand-hold someone with that much power over you because, hey! they also have mental problems!

I wish I could give it more credit for being daring or something but it just... no. sorry. I've heard this story before.

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created by teapot

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derpina fanart

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I dont think I can ever find the theoretical idea of mind control or a mind controlling fungus half as scary as what the actual American government has done to try to achieve that.

Haha. Yeah. Scary fungus. btw did you guys see the new GDF video on MK Ultra.

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It’s All For U (If U Rlly Want It)

woven jacquard, glass seed beads and machine embroidery

59 x 85 1/2 in

2024

Waiting to Exhale

woven jacquard and glass seed beads

2022

Qualeasha Wood

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logitech computer mice and huion drawing tablets...

a while ago, the pressure sensitivity on my tablet began cutting out. i realised this began the same time as i bought a logitech computer mouse. on the off chance this has happened to anyone else, go into the control panel and search "array" and find "LampArray Translation Service" and end the task. Pressure should be back instantaneously!

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Recreation of an image I keep thinking is like a popular meme but am unable to find any proof this is the case

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OK WAIT - this might be a long shot but does anyone know much about selling ceramics online? I just remembered I have at least a few boxes full of old pottery I didn't really have specific ideas about what to do with... since I'm aiming to move out it doesn't make sense to just hold onto them for the sake of it.

is it possible to just do payments via paypal or is there, idk, I know there's ethical problems with most sites that let you sell physical things but is it overall safer or is it just because they offer free advertising by hosting on more accessible sites?

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english people know what stonehenge was for. they just wont tell us so that we have to come to their wet little country

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maybe being attracted to carnivorous plants seems conventional because a fair number of internet perverts my age also had some Petey Pirhana induced sexual awakening. Myself included-