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lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering

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ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering

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lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago
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A look at how I used shape vectors to achieve sharp, high-quality ASCII rendering.
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    Not to mention that real high quality astrophotography by NASA and ESA is more often than not under free licenses. Literally the last case where it’s necessary to generate something.

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      Exactly, makes no sense to me

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        Laziness. That’s all it is

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          Moral laziness

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          Absoutely. It takes like 5 seconds to get a real photo.

          But I have considerable downvotes on my original comment. Maybe bots. Maybe AI bros who need to see the light and that their tech is based on the death of IP law.

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