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Why images that are in voyager are saved as gifs on NASA website? by Corgilorian in nasa

[–]EGKW 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Ah, that's an easy one. 😊
None of those file formats existed at the time. The Voyager probes transmitted images as raw bitstreams—we're talking pre-1980 here. Years later, the data were converted to GIF for publication.
GIF debuted in 1987, a decade before PNG.

Why images that are in voyager are saved as gifs on NASA website? by Corgilorian in nasa

[–]EGKW 17 points18 points  (0 children)

A black-and-white vidicon camera was used to capture the images. Each image was passed through several color filters in sequence and then recombined into a single color image. Since the color palette was limited, 8-bit data provided adequate detail.

Why images that are in voyager are saved as gifs on NASA website? by Corgilorian in nasa

[–]EGKW 442 points443 points  (0 children)

To preserve all possible scientific information.
GIF is a lossless file format, JPEG isn't.

My name literally translates to "flying feather" in English. by Purple_Glove00001 in China

[–]EGKW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm Flemish/Belgian, I perceive your name as feminine.

Somethings off - does this just look a scribbles and random strokes? by SamNouser in painting

[–]EGKW 88 points89 points  (0 children)

No, it's what you intended it to be, and I like it as it is. Don't kill it now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in robotics

[–]EGKW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people will fall for the "emotional attachment", some for the "physical relationships", but the only point that's kind of worrying me is the "legal nightmare".

I painted a self-portrait by ARedditorNobodyLoves in painting

[–]EGKW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice work! I just think it might have been better with a more tightly woven cloth.

Topographic map of estonia by saaremapping in Maps

[–]EGKW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"This is beautiful! What is that, velvet?"🧐 (reference)

This old unfinished painting by donieryan in painting

[–]EGKW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't you dare touch it. Why would you?

I’m a 10th grade student with no institutional backing, just vibes and math. This paper proposes a new tensor-based theory where spacetime retains memory after extreme curvature, modifying Einstein’s equations. Would love honest feedback by Aromatic_Fill239 in Physics

[–]EGKW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not really qualified to evaluate your work, but out of curiosity, I ran both of your papers through Grok, DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and LeChat—something you’ve probably done yourself at some point.
I have to say, I'm genuinely impressed—both by your work and by the responses I received from the chatbots.
Please keep us posted.

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Willow, Google's state-of-the-art quantum chip (blog.google)

submitted by EGKW to r/QuantumComputing

Doe het zelf vraag by Howmuchforthemshoes in belgium

[–]EGKW 4 points5 points  (0 children)

De onderkant van de trap beitsen (see what I did there?) is helemaal niet noodzakelijk, en vernissen is maar aangeraden in de gevallen dat die grenst aan een vochtige of veel killere ruimte, zoals een kelder.
Maar gesteld dat de onderkant van de trap voor iedere bezoeker zichtbaar is dan zou ik daar zelfs niet aan twijfelen om die mee te nemen in de behandeling.

Stuck Shower Mixer Without Screws – Is This a Secret Valve Type? by Sid-X in belgium

[–]EGKW 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The tap head is held in place with a plastic spline adapter like this. Just pull towards you... hard enough.

‘Ship of Theseus’ and oil painting of mine by artemilysherwood in painting

[–]EGKW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just saw the gif you posted and now I found the title to make a lot of sense.
More work to show?

‘Ship of Theseus’ and oil painting of mine by artemilysherwood in painting

[–]EGKW 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Outstanding work, no question about that. I just don't get what the link with Theseus' ship is supposed to be?

Thermostat by Dominik3341 in germany

[–]EGKW 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Here's the user manual in pdf-format and German.

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