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syncsynchaltyesterday at 8:39 PM3 repliesview on HN

Note to readers: the heavily dithered websafe thumbnails lead to full-color photos when clicked.


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0x1chyesterday at 10:51 PM

Why is it dithered like this? To save bandwidth? I wasn't on the internet much before 2010, so maybe this is an old technique you don't see anymore.

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altairprimeyesterday at 8:46 PM

(And, once, also HDR.)

stronglikedanyesterday at 9:11 PM

only most do