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macrocycloon From RGB to L*a*b* color space (2024)

I think this is closer to that than you think. Lab has three intensity vectors. One for each of the photoreceptors in your eye. Anything more than Lab is unnecessarily conplex IMO.

macrocycloon You can now download Windows 7 and Vista ISO images with all the updates

Only the ones after it got bad

macrocycloon Palantir, Meta, OpenAI Execs Appointed Lieutenant Colonels in US Army (2025)

Did this mean less Russian propaganda bots or more American propaganda bots?

macrocycloon How three years at McKinsey shaped my second startup

>Half the time it doesn't actually matter who the consultant is, the business is just looking for an arbiter to provide a second opinion or justify a decision.

It's much easier to feel good about a decision if you can get some McKinsey people to hold your hand and tell you it will be ok while making it.

macrocycloon Bloat is still software's biggest vulnerability (2024)

Is there an OS that embodies this sentiment?

macrocycloon Working from home is here to stay

Wait lotus sametime as in lotus 1-2-3?