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  1. Comment on Help needed with jpegli please in ~comp

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi I've found a Windows 64-bit build. Looks like it was compiled on April 19 2026. And it runs OK with wine. :-) ~ $ wine ./cjpegli.exe -h -v -v Usage: Z:\home\ron\cjpegli.exe INPUT OUTPUT...

    Hi
    I've found a Windows 64-bit build.
    Looks like it was compiled on April 19 2026.
    And it runs OK with wine. :-)

    ~ $ wine ./cjpegli.exe -h -v -v Usage: Z:\home\ron\cjpegli.exe INPUT OUTPUT [OPTIONS...] INPUT the input can be JXL, PPM, PNM, PFM, PAM, PGX, PNG, APNG, GIF, JPEG OUTPUT the compressed JPEG output file --disable_output No output file will be written (for benchmarking) -x key=value, --dec-hints=key=value color_space indicates the ColorEncoding, see Description(); icc_pathname refers to a binary file containing an ICC profile. -d maxError, --distance=maxError Max. butteraugli distance, lower = higher quality. 1.0 = visually lossless (default). Recommended range: 0.5 .. 3.0. Allowed range: 0.0 ... 25.0. Mutually exclusive with --quality and --target_size. -q QUALITY, --quality=QUALITY Quality setting (is remapped to --distance). Default is quality 90. Quality values roughly match libjpeg quality. Recommended range: 68 .. 96. Allowed range: 1 .. 100. Mutually exclusive with --distance and --target_size. --chroma_subsampling=444|440|422|420 Chroma subsampling setting. -p N, --progressive_level=N Progressive level setting. Range: 0 .. 2. Default: 2. Higher number is more scans, 0 means sequential. --xyb Convert to XYB colorspace --std_quant Use quantization tables based on Annex K of the JPEG standard. --noadaptive_quantization Disable adaptive quantization. --fixed_code Disable Huffman code optimization. Must be used together with -p 0. --target_size=N If non-zero, set target size in bytes. This is useful for image quality comparisons, but makes encoding speed up to 20x slower. Mutually exclusive with --distance and --quality. --num_reps=N How many times to compress. (For benchmarking). --quiet Suppress informative output -v, --verbose Verbose output; can be repeated, also applies to help (!).

    -h, --help
    Prints this help message. All options are shown above.

    ~ $ wine ./cjpegli.exe book.png OUTPUT999.jpg
    Read 3260x1712 image, 6842693 bytes.
    Encoding [YUV d1.000 AQ p2 OPT]
    Compressed to 915000 bytes (1.312 bpp).
    3260 x 1712, 12.672 MP/s, 1 threads.
    002c:fixme:kernelbase:AppPolicyGetProcessTerminationMethod FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFA, 000000000022F990

    ~ $ exiftool book.png
    ExifTool Version Number : 13.59
    File Name : book.png
    Directory : .
    File Size : 6.8 MB
    File Modification Date/Time : 2026:08:02 00:53:42+01:00
    File Access Date/Time : 2026:08:02 00:54:37+01:00
    File Inode Change Date/Time : 2026:08:02 00:53:42+01:00
    File Permissions : -rw-r--r--
    File Type : PNG
    File Type Extension : png
    MIME Type : image/png
    Image Width : 3260
    Image Height : 1712
    Bit Depth : 8
    Color Type : RGB with Alpha
    Compression : Deflate/Inflate
    Filter : Adaptive
    Interlace : Noninterlaced
    Background Color : 255 255 255
    Image Size : 3260x1712
    Megapixels : 5.6

    ~ $ exiftool OUTPUT999.jpg
    ExifTool Version Number : 13.59
    File Name : OUTPUT999.jpg
    Directory : .
    File Size : 915 kB
    File Modification Date/Time : 2026:08:02 01:20:31+01:00
    File Access Date/Time : 2026:08:02 01:20:31+01:00
    File Inode Change Date/Time : 2026:08:02 01:20:31+01:00
    File Permissions : -rw-r--r--
    File Type : JPEG
    File Type Extension : jpg
    MIME Type : image/jpeg
    Image Width : 3260
    Image Height : 1712
    Encoding Process : Progressive DCT, Huffman coding
    Bits Per Sample : 8
    Color Components : 3
    Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:4:4 (1 1)
    Image Size : 3260x1712
    Megapixels

    ~ $ dssim book.png OUTPUT999.jpg
    0.00054065 OUTPUT999.jpg

  2. Comment on Help needed with jpegli please in ~comp

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi It's hit and miss linking with the different Linux versions. I suppose jpegli team will eventually release v0.0.1 builds. e.g 64-bit Linux static. In the meantime I think 32-bit cjpegli.exe...

    Hi
    It's hit and miss linking with the different Linux versions.

    I suppose jpegli team will eventually release v0.0.1 builds. e.g 64-bit Linux static.

    In the meantime I think 32-bit cjpegli.exe might work with wine.

    DistractionRectangle suggested the 409 line Windows build script in release.yaml but it's a big ask.

    I don't mind if this thread quietly goes to sleep now.

    So long, and thanks for all the fish. :-)

  3. Comment on Help needed with jpegli please in ~comp

    Fishtail_Parka
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    No It's trying to link to libc.so.6 and libm.so.6 now. Maybe static builds is too complex for Linux. So let it go. Thanks again. I can't find any cjpegli.exe or djpegli.exe in google search....

    No
    It's trying to link to libc.so.6 and libm.so.6 now.
    Maybe static builds is too complex for Linux.
    So let it go.
    Thanks again.

    I can't find any cjpegli.exe or djpegli.exe in google search.
    Perhaps Windows people won't touch this.
    Funny that. :-(

  4. Comment on Help needed with jpegli please in ~comp

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi It's still trying to link to stuff... cjpegli: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.29' not found (required by cjpegli) Thanks for trying anyway. :-)

    Hi
    It's still trying to link to stuff...
    cjpegli: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6:
    version `GLIBCXX_3.4.29' not found (required by cjpegli)

    Thanks for trying anyway.
    :-)

  5. Comment on Help needed with jpegli please in ~comp

    Fishtail_Parka
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    No, it's not static enough. cjpegli: error while loading shared libraries: libjpeg.so.62: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

    No, it's not static enough.
    cjpegli: error while loading shared libraries:
    libjpeg.so.62:
    cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

  6. Comment on Help needed with jpegli please in ~comp

  7. Comment on Help needed with jpegli please in ~comp

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi Wes Thanks, but it's asking for a shared libjpegli library that I don't have. :-( Message says... cjpegli: error while loading shared libraries: libjpegli_threads.so.0.12: cannot open shared...

    Hi Wes
    Thanks, but it's asking for a shared libjpegli library that I don't have.
    :-(
    Message says...
    cjpegli: error while loading shared libraries:
    libjpegli_threads.so.0.12:
    cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

  8. Help needed with jpegli please

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    Hi Seems we need to compile jpegli from git. https://github.com/google/jpegli I'm not able to do this at present. Maybe a tildean person here is. :-) I want to experiment and compare results with...

    Hi
    Seems we need to compile jpegli from git.

    https://github.com/google/jpegli

    I'm not able to do this at present.
    Maybe a tildean person here is. :-)

    I want to experiment and compare results with my installed mozjpeg.

    Anybody know where there is a jpegli precompiled?
    Something to drop into Linux usr/local/bin.
    Or a windows executable to use with wine.

    Blogpost... https://opensource.googleblog.com/2024/04/introducing-jpegli-new-jpeg-coding-library.html

    5 votes

  9. Comment on BYD is cutting prices on electric vehicles in ~transport

  10. Comment on BYD is cutting prices on electric vehicles in ~transport

    Fishtail_Parka
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    WARNING! OFF TOPIC QUESTION * Hi skybrian I can see that B is at start of headline.. BYD’s aggressive push is setting baseline for what an EV should cost And t is the 68th letter. Hence the 0 and...
    • WARNING! OFF TOPIC QUESTION *

    Hi skybrian
    I can see that B is at start of headline..
    BYD’s aggressive push is setting baseline for what an EV should cost
    And t is the 68th letter.
    Hence the 0 and 68 in your link...
    https://archive.is/zt8wE#selection-1551.0-1551.68
    So my browser scrolls to that headline and highlights those 68 letters.

    This link does it for just first three letters BYD...
    https://archive.is/zt8wE#selection-1551.0-1551.3

    That's smart.
    But where does the 1551 come from?
    And did you calculate this selection yourself counting on your fingers, or was it generated by your browser?
    (Scroll to Text Fragments feature or similar).

  11. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi I'm re-reading... "Ghost Wars" by Steve Coll.

    Hi
    I'm re-reading...
    "Ghost Wars"
    by Steve Coll.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Hi I'm reading... "Putin's Wars" by Mark Galeotti Info here

    Hi
    I'm reading...
    "Putin's Wars"
    by Mark Galeotti
    Info here

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    Hi Something from The Guardian newspaper. "Dead drops, PR stunts and punishment beatings..." text here At any one moment in towns and cities across Russia, thousands of drug packages lie buried in...

    Hi
    Something from The Guardian newspaper.
    "Dead drops, PR stunts and punishment beatings..."
    text here

    At any one moment in towns and cities across Russia, thousands of drug packages lie buried in the ground...

    4 votes

  14. Comment on DuckDuckGo seems like a significantly worse search engine than Google despite SEO bloat, and I think community discussions mislead people by omitting that in ~tech

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi As others have indicated, DDG is great for general enquiries. I have DuckDuckGo Light as default search in the browser address bar. Also !bangs use other engines such as amazon, bing, google,...

    Hi
    As others have indicated, DDG is great for general enquiries.
    I have DuckDuckGo Light as default search in the browser address bar.
    Also !bangs use other engines such as amazon, bing, google, reddit, wikipedia etc.
    eg...
    !a dog washes
    Info is here ---> https://duckduckgo.com/bangs

    14 votes

  15. Comment on "Recommend a nonfiction book" - Book reviews in ~books

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi I've just read "The Sleepwalkers". As well as "The War That Ended Peace". These two World War I books by Clark and MacMillan are both great, imo. Coke v Pepsi.

    Hi
    I've just read "The Sleepwalkers".
    As well as "The War That Ended Peace".
    These two World War I books by Clark and MacMillan are both great, imo.
    Coke v Pepsi.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on "Recommend a nonfiction book" - Book reviews in ~books

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi Your Sleepwalkers notes look OK. I have... "The War That Ended Peace" By Margaret MacMillan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_MacMillan Probably it's a similar book. Recently I read......

    Hi
    Your Sleepwalkers notes look OK.
    I have...
    "The War That Ended Peace"
    By Margaret MacMillan
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_MacMillan
    Probably it's a similar book.

    Recently I read...
    "Beyond The Wall"
    By Katja Hoyer
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katja_Hoyer
    I found it interesting and well written.
    But hey, I'm not an influencer!

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Persistent Black Theme for Tildes with uBlock Origin in ~tildes

  18. Comment on Introducing Vivaldi on iOS in ~tech

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi Safari web browser app can display JPEG-XL images with iOS17. Maybe Brave and Chrome too with iOS17. JPEG-XL Test Page Does Vivaldi display JPEG-XL images with iOS17?

    Hi
    Safari web browser app can display JPEG-XL images with iOS17.
    Maybe Brave and Chrome too with iOS17.
    JPEG-XL Test Page

    Does Vivaldi display JPEG-XL images with iOS17?

  19. Comment on Wikipedia:Dark mode in ~design

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi In the wiki post there are options for unregistered users. It suggests the browser addon Dark Mode for Wikipedia (by mrhirsch). It's working OK for me (so far) with Android and Desktop Firefox.

    Hi
    In the wiki post there are options for unregistered users.
    It suggests the browser addon Dark Mode for Wikipedia (by mrhirsch).
    It's working OK for me (so far) with Android and Desktop Firefox.

  20. Comment on Wikipedia:Dark mode in ~design

    Fishtail_Parka
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    Hi I've looked into this idea before... https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023/Reading/Dark_mode I would be interested in a Wikipedia dark theme for Android Firefox. I'm...

    Hi
    I've looked into this idea before...
    https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2023/Reading/Dark_mode

    I would be interested in a Wikipedia dark theme for Android Firefox.
    I'm not a registered user.

    Some of my previous posts here have been about dark themes using uBlock Origin "My filters".

    And I thought OK, maybe I could achieve a sexy black homepage...
    but once inside things might go titsup.

    All those images, graphs, charts etc.
    So much to go wrong.

    3 votes