I finished the Siege of Dragonspear and even Black Pits expansions of Baldur’s Gate 1, and have now started Baldur’s Gate 2 Shadows of Amn.

I’m not far in yet (chapter two) but already get the feeling this is much deeper and has many more options than the first game - which was already quite good. I think I’m going to like this one.

“And while Spectral JPEG XL dramatically reduces file sizes, its lossy approach may pose drawbacks for some scientific applications.”

This is the part that confuses me. First of all, many applications that need spectral data need it to be as accurate as possible. Lossy compression in that might not be acceptable.

More interestingly (and I’ll read the actual paper for this): which data will be more compressed? Simply put, JPEG achieves its best compression by keeping the brightness but discarding colour. Which dimension in which spectral space do the researchers think can be more compressed than others? In this case there is no human visual system to base the decision on.

JPEG 2000 supports lossless mode.

It’s also a very good introduction to programming, and just a good read. Probably the best book about programming I’ve ever read.

I’m no expert, but as I understand it, there are several things that can go wrong just by clicking. This depends somewhat on your browser settings and how you use it.

Visiting a compromised site may allow the attacker to access data from other tabs and windows in the same browser session. Some sites warn you to close the whole browser when logging out because of this.

Sometimes bugs in a browser can allow a site to run arbitrary code on your machine. These hopefully get patched quickly.

He was not lynched. Lynching implies killing. He was assaulted, yes, but not lynched.

Hell: from macOS to WSL.

Just generate the training material, duh.

Pre-commit code reviews, preferably in person or at least live, are a great way to learn and teach. They explain what they did and why, you suggest alternatives.

Doing it pre commit is best because it it’s done later, they’ve already moved on.

And the learning goes both ways.

I see, thanks!

A virtual credit card? Is that something your bank offers, or how would one go about getting it?

The reason I originally got PayPal is because many sites don’t accept debet cards so I often had no way to pay at all.

One of the very very very few good features of macOS: cmd-click the title bar of a document window to pop up a window with the document location.

It does not work on Microsoft’s products on macOS though.