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I'm amused by how quickly he shifts from "all existing image viewers have silly bugs, no-one knows what they're doing, I want to understand everything" to "here

by lmm 2y ago

I'm amused by how quickly he shifts from "all existing image viewers have silly bugs, no-one knows what they're doing, I want to understand everything" to "here's some code I copy-pasted that seems to work". What a deeply quixotic approach to, uh, everything in this blog post.

genewitch 2y ago
after having read the entire thing, i don't find the same amusement. In fact, you concatenated disparate quotes and put them out of order. 1: Image viewer [libraries] have silly bugs a. no one knows what they're doing? 2. Copy and paste code to get images on the screen a. not very accurately b. very slowly 3. I want to understand everything a. here's sRGB, here's Y'UV b. here's tone mapping c. etc the prose and overarching methodology reminds me of frinklang's data file[0] (https://frinklang.org/frinkdata/units.txt https://frinklang.org/frinkdata/units.txt) which is... hilariously and educationally opinionated about ... units and measurements and conversions. the writing style comports with how i approach problems and may not jive with other methodologies, maybe? If i have some problem i generally will try copying and pasting (or copilot.exe or whatever) just to see if the problem space has any state of art. If that does what i want, great. I'm done. if i need to do what i want 10,000 times, i usually will dig in and speed it up, or add features (event handling, etc) I also like scathing commentary about annoyances in technology, and this article had that, for sure. the webp aside was biting! [0] huh, this file has been updated massively since i last viewed it (mid 2010s) - it looks like earth has made some advancements in definitions of primatives - like Ampere - and things might be more exact, now. Hooray!
- metabagel 2y ago
  This comment exemplifies the best of HN - respectful and informative.
- yoz 2y ago
  Thank you for reminding me of Frink. Alan Eliasen's work is a delightful rabbit hole, and I'm so glad he's still maintaining and improving[1] Frink. [1] https://frinklang.org/experimental.html#FrinkTNG https://frinklang.org/experimental.html#FrinkTNG
- lmm 2y ago
  The scathing, self-righteous arrogance, coupled with the evident genuine insight and talent, is why I have to either laugh or cry when he goes down the route of building yet another image viewer that will very clearly come with its own share of issues, rather than putting in the legwork to actually improve the situation.
raincole 2y ago
I guess we're reading two very different posts then.

by lmm 2y ago

genewitch 2y ago

after having read the entire thing, i don't find the same amusement. In fact, you concatenated disparate quotes and put them out of order. 1: Image viewer [libraries] have silly bugs a. no one knows what they're doing? 2. Copy and paste code to get images on the screen a. not very accurately b. very slowly 3. I want to understand everything a. here's sRGB, here's Y'UV b. here's tone mapping c. etc the prose and overarching methodology reminds me of frinklang's data file[0] (https://frinklang.org/frinkdata/units.txt https://frinklang.org/frinkdata/units.txt) which is... hilariously and educationally opinionated about ... units and measurements and conversions. the writing style comports with how i approach problems and may not jive with other methodologies, maybe? If i have some problem i generally will try copying and pasting (or copilot.exe or whatever) just to see if the problem space has any state of art. If that does what i want, great. I'm done. if i need to do what i want 10,000 times, i usually will dig in and speed it up, or add features (event handling, etc) I also like scathing commentary about annoyances in technology, and this article had that, for sure. the webp aside was biting! [0] huh, this file has been updated massively since i last viewed it (mid 2010s) - it looks like earth has made some advancements in definitions of primatives - like Ampere - and things might be more exact, now. Hooray!

metabagel 2y ago
This comment exemplifies the best of HN - respectful and informative.
yoz 2y ago
Thank you for reminding me of Frink. Alan Eliasen's work is a delightful rabbit hole, and I'm so glad he's still maintaining and improving[1] Frink. [1] https://frinklang.org/experimental.html#FrinkTNG https://frinklang.org/experimental.html#FrinkTNG
lmm 2y ago
The scathing, self-righteous arrogance, coupled with the evident genuine insight and talent, is why I have to either laugh or cry when he goes down the route of building yet another image viewer that will very clearly come with its own share of issues, rather than putting in the legwork to actually improve the situation.

raincole 2y ago

I guess we're reading two very different posts then.