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> You can tell this article was written by someone young who thinks they have discovered sex drugs and rock and roll

I couldn't tell that. I still can't tell that.

> dithering was a sub optimal solution to simulate more colours on old computers with limited colour palettes.

What is more optimal solution than dithering in that context?




> What is more optimal solution than dithering in that context?

Having hardware that lets you use whatever colour you want for any pixel.


I'm not trying to be pedantic but when you wrote:

"dithering was a sub optimal solution to simulate more colours on old computers with limited colour palettes."

perhaps what you actually meant is:

"dithering IS an optimal solution to simulate more colours on old computers with limited colour palettes."


No, he is using the past tense because personal computers with small color palettes are largely a thing of the past now.




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