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[-] yote_zip@pawb.social 85 points 10 months ago

You can either promote JPEG-XL or say yiff for the rest of your life. The choice is yours.

[-] genoxidedev1@kbin.social 25 points 10 months ago

I love seeing people mention JPEG-XL in the wild, I wish it was implemented in more programs and websites too. JPEG-XL was always the superior image file format. I'm sorry if facts hurt the feelings of the webp-Kings, but them's the facts. And I will dig my own grave on this hill. Good day!

[-] yote_zip@pawb.social 18 points 10 months ago

There are dozens of us! !jpegxl@lemmy.world

JXL is fucking crazy good and I take Google's decision to stand in its way personally.

[-] intelati@programming.dev 9 points 10 months ago

Basically my intro to improved jpg is the Library of Congress Sanborn insurance maps. Either download and archive a 300MB TIFF or a 20 something MB JPG2000.

GIMP is a fine viewer for me, but it is incredible

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

No thanks, I'll just continue to pronounce the g in graphics correctly.

[-] bastian_5@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

One problem: it's Joint Photographic Experts Group, so by that logic, Jpeg is actually Jfeg... I agree with the pronunciation, but your logic is flawed.

[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago

NOOOOOOOO DONT DO THIS NOOOOO

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

your logic is flawed

It isn't, really. There's no rule or other logical reason to pronounce GIF in any other way, unless you count author intent. In which case you would have to start every phone call with "ahoy-hoy" like Mr Burns since that's what Bell proposed.

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[-] Schmeckinger@feddit.de 9 points 10 months ago

That is not how acronyms work tho.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

It kinda is. Unless you have a REALLY good reason not to, you pronounce the letters in the same way as you would if you were saying the whole word.

There is no such reason in this case.

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago

No it isn't, you pronounce an acronym as if it was its own word. The A and O in NATO are pronounced nothing like the ones in Atlantic and Organisation.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Its own word starting with the same letter variant as the first component word.

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[-] sploosh@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Nah, that's the novelty exercise class I joined last Tuesday.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

It's also the training program for your exotic pet.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I wonder which order of discovery would be the least preposterous for the two things to be connected: finding out about the exercise fad at my semi-weekly training sesh with Gary or getting the idea of giraffe ownership from today's hot new animal imitation workout 🤔

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 10 months ago

This is the way.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago

JPEG-XL

y'peg shull

[-] callyral@pawb.social 11 points 10 months ago

jpeg extra large

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[-] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 53 points 10 months ago

When were you when gif is pronounced? I was sit at home shitposting when Piotr ring:

"Gif is yiff"

"No."

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[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 21 points 10 months ago
[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 34 points 10 months ago
[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

what's the origin of this comic panel?

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 7 points 10 months ago

The Onion (as in the news satire place) has a recurring comic with political cartoons and such (though of course being the onion, its meant to make fun of such cartoons). It comes from one of those, though I dont remember which one in particular for context.

[-] drislands@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Absolutely perfect usage.

[-] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago

It's simple to remember. Hard G as in graphics; not soft G like a degenerate.

[-] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

The creator advocated for soft G. I think the creator is wrong.

[-] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

and your thoughts are correct.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 10 months ago

So were yifs animated in the Old England?

[-] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Old English? Are we going to start pronouncing the k in knee, knife and knight and g in gnaw, gnat and gnome as well?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Do you have a problem with þat?

[-] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Wait, you don't?

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 months ago

because yiff is life

[-] cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz 13 points 10 months ago

This screen shot is 7 years old.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Has the pronunciation changed since then?

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

No. Nonono those can't be. He. HE WAS RIGHT. HE WAS RIGHT!

[-] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 4 points 10 months ago

Wouldnt those be pronounced as S so it would be YISS?

[-] callyral@pawb.social 5 points 10 months ago

Those are Fs not to be confused with long Ss (ſ)

[-] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months ago

My argument makes about as much sense as using Old English to pronounce a modern file format.

It's YISS now.

[-] AnotherOne@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago
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