Human folly for 02025-11-13

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• @Lindsey (recurse.social):

  Lindsey #Kuper on #Mastodon

• Transpiler (people.csail.mit.edu):

  Transpiler, a meaningless word

• What do people mean when they say Transpiler (decomposition.al):

  #Kuper’s toned-down “Don’t say ‘Transpiler’” post

• Chroma subsampling (rtings.com):

  Chroma subsampling in video #signals: 4:4:4 vs. 4:2:2 vs. 4:2:0. Apparently #HDMI signals are normally subsampled!

• Screen memory layout (breakintoprogram.co.uk):

  The ZX Spectrum had 1 bit for each of its 256×192 pixels, then 768 attribute bytes for 8×8 “character cells” which defined a 3-bit paper color, a 3-bit ink color, and bright and flashing attributes. #graphics #retrocomputing

• (xcancel.com):

  #dithering transparency in Super Mario Odyssey #videogames avoids #graphics overdraw “by creating the illusion of transparency through stippling.” I guess you just run your shader program on the background pixels that peek through the dither mask.

• REMark issue12 (vtda.org):

  #PDF of REMark issue 12 from 01980. #retrocomputing