thedirtyknapkin

thedirtyknapkin , 9 months ago to showerthoughts in Graphic artists could end up spending more time on a particular piece or series if it is beautiful because of the halo effect.

apparently Google thinks this band is whatever you’re talking about en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Halo_Effect_(band)

thedirtyknapkin , 9 months ago to technology in Chrome, Firefox and other browsers affected by critical WebP vulnerability

eh, it’s just two stubborn corporate entities trying to throw their weight around. the only reason adobe looks bad here is because Google is winning. they both stubbornly refuse to allow the other’s standard on their platforms.

jpegxl is the better format, without a doubt, but adobe is a fool if they think they can strongarm Google.

to me, adobe is being foolish, but they’re both equally being evil.

thedirtyknapkin , 9 months ago to technology in Chrome, Firefox and other browsers affected by critical WebP vulnerability

one important tidbit in this whole situation that sheds a lot of light on where and why is adopted: webp is Google’s horse, jpegxl is adobe’s horse. that’s why jpegxl has poor web support, and why webp pisses off designers.

thedirtyknapkin , 10 months ago to technology in College professors are going back to paper exams and handwritten essays to fight students using ChatGPT

as someone with wrist and hand problems that make writing a lot by hand, I’m so lucky i finished college in 2019

thedirtyknapkin , 10 months ago to world in Canada launches warning labels on each cigarette

oof you need to keep more up to date on that kind of data, the trend has reversed in recent years with teenage and childhood vaping creating a new pathway to smoking.