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netol··on JPEG XL and the Pareto Front
Is this mode picked automatically in "mixed" mode?

Unfortunately, that option doesn't seem to be available in gif2webp (I mostly use WebP for GIF images - as animated AVIF support is poor on browsers and that has an impact in interoperability)

netol··on Open source 3D atlas of human anatomy
Hi, Lluis!. Would it be easy to contribute a translation? We are interested in adding Catalan.
netol··on Why I created Banner Blog
Can it be self-hosted? Is it open-source? Is the WYSIWYG editor custom-built, or does it use CKEditor or similar projects? What about media management? Is there a place for a simple CMS? E.g. developers usually prefer simple static site generators, such as Eleventy.
netol··on Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) Trailer is released. Welcome to Vice City _/\_ [video]
Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38524550
netol··on What has changed in CPU cores in M3 chips?
Could AV1 be more costly to decode, even in hardware, compared to VP9?
netol··on Guide to Adopting AV1 Encoding
Do you have a way to reproduce this?
netol··on MAME 0.260
> As requested by users, you can finally use delta CHD files for clone systems and software items. This allows for major disk space savings in some cases when you have multiple versions of a system or software item.

FWIW, this is commit https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/d1172bf710f2a7b1777ed...

netol··on HTTP/3 adoption is growing rapidly
But would it gain something? I'm wondering if HTTP/3 could be enabled in one of my websites, which is even much smaller, and which has no blocking requests. I don't mind if the gains are small, as long as the impact is not negative for most visitors. I'm mostly concerned about some of my visitors visiting the website through an unreliable connection (mobile).
netol··on JPEG XL: How it started, how it’s going
And at the same time, we are likely going to use codec-specific extensions for all AOM video codecs (.av1, .av2) as well as for images (.webp2, not sure if .avif2 will ever exist but I guess so), even when the same container is used, as we did with .webm (which was a subset of .mkv)
netol··on PCSX2 is an open source PS2 Emulator
I just wanted to add that this may not apply to the original Xbox and PS4, as there are emulators based on QEMU. These are XQEMU/xemu and Orbital.
netol··on Big Tech is racing to claim its share of the generative AI market
https://archive.ph/D6Ksl
netol··on Google's decision to deprecate JPEG-XL emphasizes the need for browser choice
"Google's deprecation of the JPEG-XL image format in February in favor of its own patented AVIF format might not end the web in the grand scheme of things, but it does highlight, once again, the disturbing amount of control it has over the platform generally."

I thought AVIF was royalty-free.

netol··on TomTom joins OpenStreetMap Foundation as first platinum member
Cool. I didn't know TomTom was using OSM maps.
netol··on GitHub Sunsetting Subversion Support
Well, I think it is a bit related, being subversion an Apache project: https://subversion.apache.org/
netol··on Revisiting KDE
Same here. I still miss the KDE 3 interface: a bit ugly but usable, quick and stable. Xfce and gnome UX have always felt limiting to me
netol··on Sam Bankman-Fried Is Going Down Posting
https://archive.ph/PaQuv
netol··on Ask HN: Good resource on writing web app with plain JavaScript/HTML/CSS?
> you can drop JavaScript and go with PHP + HTML + CSS. Use vanilla procedural PHP with sane splitting in functions / files.

I like this approach for simple websites, and it can be a very useful learning exercise, but I don't think this is enough to find a job later.

netol··on Ask HN: Good resource on writing web app with plain JavaScript/HTML/CSS?
he he… I'm not the OP, and I'm not knowledgeable enough in programming languages to answer this question. But I also would be curious to know what the other languages are doing better, regarding backend website development (apart from consistency, which I don't argue is important).

PHP may be very inconsistent, but its syntax is also very stable. You don't need to spend hours rewriting your application to use the latest PHP version. I'm not sure if it may have been a good idea to have a "Python 3"-style release, maybe.

netol··on Ask HN: Good resource on writing web app with plain JavaScript/HTML/CSS?
> Personally, I'm on the fence about using server side rendering (which PHP is pretty good at) versus just writing RESTful APIs, because browsers now have fetch API built in which makes consuming them easy (no need for jQuery or necessarily even something like Axios).

That depends on the target website (or web app), but as a web visitor, I usually dislike having the stuff rendered client-side, it always feels slower. Also, for content-based websites, I like when JS is optional.

netol··on Ask HN: Good resource on writing web app with plain JavaScript/HTML/CSS?
> I am no latest tech only hipster kid, but making a fast no bloat website this day with modern JS stack is pretty darn easy.

Are you talking about static websites, or API-driven? Can you put an example?

netol··on Ask HN: Good resource on writing web app with plain JavaScript/HTML/CSS?
I think working in a team is quite common, isn't it? Especially if you are starting, how are you supposed to find customers if you are alone and lack experience? And even when you have the experience, I think most companies would prefer to hire a company rather than a single developer.

But unless the client wants to manage the content, I agree that MySQL + PHP + HTML/CSS/JS works great for simple websites. I would add git and lint tools too.

If the client wants to manage the content, then using a CMS such as Drupal or WordPress may be required.

netol··on Withdrawals from BlockFi continue to be paused
This is 4 days old
netol··on Modern PHP features – PHP 8.0 and 8.1
In that case I'm not sure I'd use a route package either. If it is very simple, you can create separate files for each page and include them based on the path or query string. Few (or 0) dependencies can also be an advantage, as it will be easier to update and maintain
netol··on No Language Left Behind
How is the license of the models (CC NC) compatible with licenses used in Wikipedia? Did you sign an special agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation?
netol··on Wordles of the World
It is missing the Occitan (Aranese) version: https://www.jornalet.com/motamagat/ (I may create a PR tonight)
netol··on Wordles of the World
Spelling Bees of the World

English: https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee Catalan: https://vilaweb.cat/paraulogic/ Basque: https://berbaxerka.gitlab.io/ Asturian: https://caxellu.playpresta.com/

netol··on Cache warming at Netflix: Leveraging EBS for moving petabytes of data
Is this to cache huge static files such as videos encoded in multiple resolutions/formats?
netol··on Ask HN: Which NoCode platforms are fine?
If you need to handle translations, users, permissions, revisions... and want to provide a good editor experience for building landing pages, (web)forms, etc. Drupal can be a good CMS. It won't be easy to start though.

Is Drupal a generic "no-code" solution? I don't think so. Drupal is a CMS and makes sense to use it if you want a website and manage its content.

netol··on Apple Joins Blender Development Fund
In the website, Apple lists "Alex Bender" as press contact. Interesting coincidence.
netol··on FreshTomato
You mean 11 years ago
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