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> My point was nowhere nearly as interesting as if a specially crafted gif somehow triggered a memory leak in a driver when rendered. There's absolutely no men
by klibertp 5y ago
> My point was nowhere nearly as interesting as if a specially crafted gif somehow triggered a memory leak in a driver when rendered.
There's absolutely no mention of "specially crafted" GIF or "when rendered" in the title. You're projecting your expectations which have nothing to do with the story and are not even hinted at by the title, and choose to be offended that they get betrayed. There are many things I'd like to retort here, but the most important is that it's against the HN guidelines, so it would be good if you stopped.
- BoorishBears 5y agoWhat's a GIF? An image format. What's done with image formats? They are viewed. The default thought if someone says they opened a gif isn't "they splayed open the hundreds of frames for individual manipulation" anymore than someone saying "Car moved from point A to point B" would mean "Car disassembled and moved piece by piece from point A to point B" And I don't recall the rule asking you to backseat mod :) Nothing against the rules in explaining simple nuances of written word
- klibertp 5y ago> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. > Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
- BoorishBears 5y agoGood thing I'm just explaining simple nuance then! And please make an announcement about your promotion to mod :)
- klibertp 5y agoI wish I was a mod! I could easily check just how many downvotes this whole thread gave you. Now the only thing I can do is to soothe my eyes by looking at all the wonderful shades of grey here.