Also: I am still mad that GIMP removed its Lanczos filter option.
I really do like GIMP for the most but this coupled with how it just seems overly destructive in editing (every rotation or resize ruins quality), isnt great. recently went through a bit of a struggle to get inkscape up and running again with an outdated pango just so I could mess around with cutting up some text for a logo without the qualiity disappearing every edit I do
I really do like GIMP for the most but this coupled with how it just seems overly destructive in editing (every rotation or resize ruins quality), isnt great. recently went through a bit of a struggle to get inkscape up and running again with an outdated pango just so I could mess around with cutting up some text for a logo without the qualiity disappearing every edit I do
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Currently the plan is to introduce non-destructive editing in GIMP 3.2. This is a huge change that will require rethinking the workflow and parts of the user interface.
….So maybe by 2026 or something I guess. Given that 2.6 was current a decade ago and they do even version number bumps.
I suspect 3.0 will be coming out soon™, based on my experience in it so far (they're labeling it 2.99 for now). I hate that I had to style my own "dark theme" CSS for it, but otherwise it's pretty ok and it fixes some issues I had in 2.10 with window focus and digitizers. It feels stable and pretty much works like it should.
I tend to not do small rotations like that, or to only do one once, so with the things I use it for GIMP tends to be fine as-is. I do use it a lot for pixel art kinds of things.
I've had to start using ImageMagick ('convert') to do lanczos (a=3) filtering when resizing things, though.
GIMP removed Lanczos initially because GEGL removed it in favor of some shitty blurry algorithm that the GEGL author came up with. GEGL has Lanczos again now, so hopefully at some point GIMP will re-introduce it to the UI.
For non-pixel art stuff (like signatures or avatars that I did not do) I like the slight 'ringing' artifacting that Lanczos gives around edges; if it's subtle enough it gives sharpness a tiny boost.
I'm also mad about Pango. GNOME people really love to fuck up anything they touch.
This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Jul 30 2022, 14:44
Why don't they give more downsizing options like 2 pass SSIM with an anti-ringing filter?
They seem complicated enough to give options for upsizing / downsizing but do not give more advanced options.
Tesla accidentally upgraded the car and upgraded to a 90. Two owners later, the new owner paid for all software upgrades and tesla remotely locked it to a 60.
So he lost 33% of the capacity, and they wanted 4500 to fix it back to a 90.
Tesla cars are virtually becoming a subscription service with software paywalls for features.
This post has been edited by EsotericSatire: Jul 31 2022, 05:04
Nice virus 'somehow' coming fresh on Mobos. CosmicStrand currently attributed to unknown country in Asia that puts mobos together.
Windows 11 security measures already rendered retarded.
How to build bot nets, pro mode.
Oh joy, found on mobos up to six years old.... so it affects my new comp nice. I've upgraded my firmware since stock? Ah seems like reflashing with a legit bios image probably works.
Nice virus 'somehow' coming fresh on Mobos. CosmicStrand currently attributed to unknown country in Asia that puts mobos together.
Windows 11 security measures already rendered retarded.
How to build bot nets, pro mode.
Oh joy, found on mobos up to six years old.... so it affects my new comp nice. I've upgraded my firmware since stock? Ah seems like reflashing with a legit bios image probably works.
Once again, sucks to be you guys with toddler-aged motherboards. I still have no regrets for never 'upgrading.' I'd rather be vulnerable to some esoteric and high-effort attack like spectre/meltdown than have actual intentional malware literally built into my computer.
You have no way of knowing if reflashing works or not because of all the microcode hocus pocus inside the CPU itself (and proprietary bios). Also you'd have to flash from a chip clip, or better yet solder in your own EEPROM to replace the original, or else the BIOS could interfere with the overwriting process. And the CPU might complain. It's like how you have to use a chip clip to flash Coreboot/Libreboot on most computers these days or you can't be sure you're rewriting everything.
But who really needs security or privacy when you can have a much more expensive computer that's at best 50% faster for most tasks, right?
Speaking of, I have some intel confidential documents for ibex peak floating around somewhere in my hoard.
This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Jul 31 2022, 06:58
You have no way of knowing if reflashing works or not because of all the microcode hocus pocus inside the CPU itself (and proprietary bios). Also you'd have to flash from a chip clip, or better yet solder in your own EEPROM to replace the original, or else the BIOS could interfere with the overwriting process. And the CPU might complain. It's like how you have to use a chip clip to flash Coreboot/Libreboot on most computers these days or you can't be sure you're rewriting everything.
The intel nehalem architecture was so good.
Yeah, well experts are saying for the mobos affected, they think reflashing works lel.
Depends if it was a chip level microcode exploit or firmware level malware.
Its the problem, trying to find an actually secure router when so many are compromised at the chipset level.
I have one smart device from unknown country in Asia that helps my network security by doing penetration testing and trying to randomly network and gain access to other smart devices without permission. If you block its ability to phone home it deactivates all of its features in protest.
Amazon devices aren't much better creating their own side networks controlled by Amazon and not the user. Thats not a major security hazard.
Vacuum cleaners are so inconvenient in summer when all that hot air they blow from behind is really bad for the room that is already hot enough like that (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
Speaking of vacuums, opened up the JVC amp I've been using since 2015 but never opened before. Caked in dust.
Cleaned it out, but now I'm considering putting a fan in there (and making things worse) to maybe try to prevent the delamination of the transformer.
It's been giving me a buzz ever since I got it that I could get rid of by hitting it in the corner the transformer sat in, so while I was in there I gave it a squeeze and it's not buzzed again yet. But I am sure it will come back in time.
I left water freeze in a bottle in my fridge, then dissected the bottle to get a big chunk of ice I put in my air cooler water reserve. I wonder how effective it will be.
Yeah wtf, seated heats and heated steering wheel as a subscription service.
If I had a car with features disabled I'd get the hacked enabled. Its like derp that you see in the tech sector, where they disabled features to segment products.
This post has been edited by EsotericSatire: Aug 5 2022, 05:11
I just updated my copy of a git repo with a roguelike game written in C# I've been vaguely interested in for some time now. Looking in the directory, I was surprised that there were Unix build scripts now. I opened them up, and they were intuitive to work with - when the 'msbuild' program was giving me grief for no good reason I was able to switch to 'xbuild' using a simple environment variable change.
I remembered this thing had been a nightmare to build on a Unix box years ago, so I was pleasantly surprised.
Then I checked the git log, and that's when I discovered that I had written the scripts for it and made a pull request in 2020. I 100% do not remember doing any of it.
The IDE hard drive in my Powerbook appears to be on its way out. Makes noises that frighten me, and has a few reallocated sectors. I've got a SATA -> 2.5" IDE adapter on order and I'm going to try to stick a spare SATA 2.5" SSD's PCB on it (outside of its chassis/housing).
I know I already have a SATA -> 2.5" IDE adapter somewhere, but I haven't seen it in years now.
Also got a 2.5" IDE -> SATA adapter on the way so I can back up my HDD. Could probably use my Latitude D610 to image it, but honestly I lost some of the parts I'd need to do that when I moved. I know I have those, but I don't know where. The laptop was partially diassembled at the time. Specifically it uses this IDE -> card edge adapter piece to allow easy insertion/removal and I don't know where I put that.
It's one of those things where I see it while looking for other stuff once in a while, I think "Oh, I'll remember that it's there" and don't move it to somewhere better, and then I never do remember when I actually need it.
This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Aug 10 2022, 17:34
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