TIL: There is a cursed color in the Kodak ProPhoto RGB color space which, when converted to sRGB using pre-August-2020-Security-Update Android's image conversion routines, causes an integer overflow and a crash due to a rounding error. Some dude accidentally created an image (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gaurav_agrawal/48746079687/) which contains the cursed color on a single pixel. In 2020 if you set this image as your desktop on a Google or Samsung device, the device would brick & lose all onboard data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXKvwPjCGnY
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I can understand why many artists are upset by what seems to be, from their perspective, a looming cataclysm, but it does strike me as a bit self-pitying to fight against an inevitability; but then again, it's just the first step in the process
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The cope, seethe, and rudeness of artists in response to this showcasing how the demand they are treated like special unique geniuses and not business entities that need to do t…
https://twitter.com/seconds_0/status/1602342882148745216
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