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>he has a CPU with more than 4 cores

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>New algorithm is based on human psychovisual system. Images look better, too.
Google has developed and open-sourced a new JPEG algorithm that reduces file size by about 35 percent—or alternatively, image quality can be significantly improved while keeping file size constant. Importantly, and unlike some of its other efforts in image compression (WebP, WebM), Google's new JPEGs are completely compatible with existing browsers, devices, photo editing apps, and the JPEG standard.

The new JPEG encoder is called Guetzli, which is Swiss German for cookie (the project was led by Google Research's Zurich office). Don't pay too much attention to the name: after extensive analysis, I can't find anything in the Github repository related to cookies or indeed any other baked good.

There are numerous ways of tweaking JPEG image quality and file size, but Guetzli focuses on the quantization stage of compression. Put simply, quantization is a process that tries to reduce a large amount of disordered data, which is hard to compress, into ordered data, which is very easy to compress. In JPEG encoding, this process usually reduces gentle colour gradients to single blocks of colour and often obliterates small details entirely.
The difficult bit is finding a balance between removing detail, and keeping file size down. Every lossy encoder (libjpeg, x264, lame) does it differently.

Guetzli, according to Google Research, uses a new psychovisual model—called Butteraugli, if you must know—to work out which colours and details to keep, and which to throw away. "Psychovisual" in this case means it's based on the human visual processing system. The exact details of Butteraugli are buried within hundreds of high-precision constants, which produce a model that "approximates colour perception and visual masking in a more thorough and detailed way" than other encoders.

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FAQ
>What is TempleOS?
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT7yvaGN0ZU --TempleOS (formerly J Operating System, SparrowOS and LoseThos) is a biblical themed lightweight operating system created over the span of a decade by programmer Terry A. Davis.
>How did TempleOS start?
Development for TempleOS began in 2003 after Davis suffered from a series of manic episodes that left him briefly hospitalized for mental health issues.
Davis is a former atheist who believes that he can "talk with God" and that God told him the operating system he built was God's official temple. According to Davis TempleOS is of 'Divine' intellect due to the inspired nature of the code. According to Davis, God said to create the operating system with 640x480, 16 colors display and a single audio voice. The operating system was coded in a programming language developed by Davis in C/C++ called "HolyC". The OS runs a file system called "Red Sea".
>What can TempleOS do?
TempleOS deliberately has no network support. It runs 8-bit ASCII with graphics in source code and has a 2D and 3D graphics library, which run at 640x480 VGA with 16 colors. The OS contains numerous embedded biblical references including a program called AfterEgypt which allows users to "communicate with God" through an oracle.

USEFUL LINKS
Official website: http://templeos.org/
Download TempleOS: http://www.templeos.org/Wb/Home/Web/DownloadOS.html#l1
Blog: http://www.templeos.org/Wb/Home/Web/TAD/DailyBlog.html#l1

NOTABLE QUOTES FROM TERRY
>I wrote a fucken compiler. Linus has not finished his compiler yet and suffers humilation from Stallman.
>Yeah, I killed a CIA nigger with my car in 1999. Score one for the good guys.
>My job is to hunt CIA niggers.
>Bill gates and the illuminati got a herd of nigger cattle
>God knows Perfect Justice
>I liked the previous bird, I hated this bird

Official Discord: https://discord.gg/tvRJsTE

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Speccy thread.

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Why does Firefox render such ugly fonts on Windows 10 ?

Firefox on the left and Chromium on the right for comparison

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What programing languages did you learn/ are learning and why?
What goals and projects do you want to accomplish?

I'm trying to learn Supercollider myself because I wanna make abstract techno music. I'm surprised there are so many here learning regular languages but hardly anyone learning audio oriented ones.

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What does /g/ think about retro computing?
I want to get into retro computing but I'm unsure of where to start, should I just read a book on Basic?

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Hey /g/ what website should I make?

hardmode: related to technology
hardestmode: not a stupid idea.

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Friends.
I am failing my degree. (Science).
I am fairly convinced that I could have a CCNA passed in a few months.
Does this get me a job? Some brutal honesty would be much appreciated

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VEGA IS RELEASED IN FUCKING LATE AUGUST HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaahhahahah

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How am I supposed to avoid all the fake news shills now?

Fartpage is unintuitive and frankly subpar. Cuckcuckgo somehow manages to be both shit AND a front for CIA tickle torturing FLAC collectors.

This REALLY chaps my ass. My day IS RUINED. I need to know some /g/ approved alternatives ASAP. What is your search engine of choice, anon?

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So like.. buy hard drives or wait 1 or 2 years for something SSDs to become affordable for data storage purposes?

Also, if I really wanted to buy hard drives, should I get 6TB or 4TB?

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Would you work in a place like this?

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Ok guys i just bought (pic related) this laptop from a pawn shop.

while i'm going to wipe/redo the OS on it what is the first thing you do on such a machine? (don't lie and say you don't look for porn first)

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I'm trying to torrent a recent video game, and it says it's gonna take at least a week. Why is my torrenting so slow when everybody else says they can torrent stuff within a few hours