TIL: Today I Learned
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I want to give that mug to @Dirona just for the Affect/Effect ones.
Due to a discussion in another thread I did a little research and confirmed my theory.
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/digitalphotography/f/sideways-pictures.htm
Here's the kicker: the browser will auto rotate the image correctly, but it's likely that the forum is using imagmagik or similar behind the scenes to create thumbnails and it probably ignores the flags that tell the software to rotate correctly.
While many phones do this, Apple is particularly relevant because it does it across its entire line of devices consistently.
So, in short, the image is always saved in one orientation, and he image meta data is updated based on the actual phone orientation. Many programs handle this without issue, but many pieces of software still ignore the orientation meta data.
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/digitalphotography/f/sideways-pictures.htm
Here's the kicker: the browser will auto rotate the image correctly, but it's likely that the forum is using imagmagik or similar behind the scenes to create thumbnails and it probably ignores the flags that tell the software to rotate correctly.
While many phones do this, Apple is particularly relevant because it does it across its entire line of devices consistently.
So, in short, the image is always saved in one orientation, and he image meta data is updated based on the actual phone orientation. Many programs handle this without issue, but many pieces of software still ignore the orientation meta data.
Hah! my (our?) theory was correct.
--Patrick
I hope not (slightly easier-to-understand explanation here), or if it is then at least I hope it's been updated to a version that isn't affected.
--Patrick
Well I just assume because it's the most common free image manipulation utility used on servers. I have no idea what xenforo uses in the background.
Presumably they aren't using a bad version though.
GasBandit
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TIL there is a channel called SilvaGunner which specializes in doing remix of songs (especially video game songs) which changes them all into the flintstones theme. Wut.
Or, sometimes, it showcases the worst arrangement of the Mega Man 2: Wood Man theme ever.
Or sometimes it just puts the wrong melody in altogether.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8GKoWinL64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwMM8-yV_XM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ob-kRQ7OI
Sometimes it actually has a pretty impressive mashup, like this Sunsetriders/Misirlou (Pulp Fiction) ditty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y3toBMUUI0
And sometimes it makes a joke we all made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrA4YNS392s[DOUBLEPOST=1484809997,1484809946][/DOUBLEPOST]TIL there's a cap on the number of youtube embeds you can make in one post.
Or, sometimes, it showcases the worst arrangement of the Mega Man 2: Wood Man theme ever.
Or sometimes it just puts the wrong melody in altogether.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8GKoWinL64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwMM8-yV_XM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ob-kRQ7OI
Sometimes it actually has a pretty impressive mashup, like this Sunsetriders/Misirlou (Pulp Fiction) ditty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y3toBMUUI0
And sometimes it makes a joke we all made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrA4YNS392s[DOUBLEPOST=1484809997,1484809946][/DOUBLEPOST]TIL there's a cap on the number of youtube embeds you can make in one post.
GasBandit
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She covered up that gorgeous red hair! Wicked, bad, naughty Zoot!
Clearly, we must spank her...
...and after the spankings...
GasBandit
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One of the other "pretty" blondes (by English standards) was Connie Booth, John Cleese's wife. She played "Polly" in Fawlty Towers.
GasBandit
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She turned me into a newt.
I got better.[DOUBLEPOST=1485475709,1485475420][/DOUBLEPOST]Alternatively, she thought I was so rugged.
TIL-Doctor Doom is calling himself Iron Man now...*SIGH* fucking why? At least Norman was a little creative coming up with Iron Patriot, but JUST Iron Man? Not, Doctor Iron, or Iron Doom, something creative? That's just lazy. Honestly I'm just sick of Marvel legacy characters being made from pre-existing characters who all READY had their own name that was more iconic.
I ALSO-notice a DISTINCT similarity to ANOTHER famous high-tech supervillain who after deciding to turn over a new leaf, took up the mantle of the fallen hero with SuperLex. Marvel comics is run by idiots and the series needs a proper friggin' reboot.
I ALSO-notice a DISTINCT similarity to ANOTHER famous high-tech supervillain who after deciding to turn over a new leaf, took up the mantle of the fallen hero with SuperLex. Marvel comics is run by idiots and the series needs a proper friggin' reboot.
figmentPez
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Eh, I'm seeing more parallels with the Superior Spider-Man (they are calling Doom the Infamous Iron Man), or that time when 4 different guys were running around as Superman.
Ugh, don't remind us.
Still feel like Steel was the best thing to come out of that, shame DC didn't do it justice.
--Patrick
figmentPez
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TIL that Reddit has the craziest amount of rules to post in their forums!!
Ok, I learned that yesterday but I feel asleep before I could share here
Ok, I learned that yesterday but I feel asleep before I could share here
Every subreddit is run by its own little tinpot dictator who decides what is and isn't acceptable for their own little fiefdom.TIL that Reddit has the craziest amount of rules to post in their forums!!
Ok, I learned that yesterday but I feel asleep before I could share here
That's not always true, sometimes they're run by a tyrannical oligarchy!
I just wanted to trade some Pokémon! I couldn't be bothered to sign up after reading one of the many lists of rules.
GasBandit
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HAH. I went to Akinator, clicked play, first question: "Is your person a youtuber?"
Guess there's been a lot of that lately.
Same here. It got Michael "Rage Quit" Jones in 25 questions.
GasBandit
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But you gotta admit, that's pretty fucking obscure.[DOUBLEPOST=1487898390,1487898146][/DOUBLEPOST]I mean, I just tried Amos Trask from the Riftwar series and it guessed Whiskeyjack from the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Characters from non-mainstream fantasy novels outnumber grains of sand at the beach.[DOUBLEPOST=1487898469][/DOUBLEPOST]I gave it another chance and it guessed Bayle Domon from wheel of time.[DOUBLEPOST=1487898522][/DOUBLEPOST]And again... Captain Deudermont from Forgotten Realms. See what I mean?[DOUBLEPOST=1487898658][/DOUBLEPOST]And again.. Captain Henry Avery, a real life English pirate. 80 questions in. heh.[DOUBLEPOST=1487898823][/DOUBLEPOST]Turns out nobody had ever asked him to guess Amos Trask from the Riftwar novels. He gave up and had me fill out the information for him.
Oddly enough, next I played "Pug" from the same series, and he got it, and over 2900 other people have at some time tried Pug.
Well, considering that anyone who's played Betrayal at Krondor has heard them say "Pug" about 2900 times during the game, I'm not surprised.
I just tried to see if he could guess Cindy Lite (Wizard of Speed and Time), and he guessed Alyssa Jones (Chasing Amy), Brady (Joe Dirt), and Virginia Venit (Happy Gilmore). I guess obscure characters (even if they're the female lead) aren't his forte.
--Patrick
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Non mainstream? There's an animated Disney movie and the last book won the Newberry! And he's the protagonist.
GasBandit
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One of the least successful disney movies ever, and although I remember what the Newberry award is, I couldn't name one right now to save my life because I have two digits in my age (and no children) and I'd probably name a Caldecott medal winner instead by accident.
Here ya go, and I remember many of these books before 1990.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberywinners/medalwinners
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberywinners/medalwinners
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Yeah, but that still puts the books in the top recognizable crust of fantasy novels. The percentage of the fantasy genre adapted into Disney movies is minuscule. As for your second point, that's personal. There are quite a few people young and old who respect and adore Newberry winners. It carries a lot of weight.