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		skrebbel 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What an unprocessed photo looks like > The quantization formula ppmtopgm uses is g = .299 r + .587 g + .114 b. Seriously. We can trust linux man pages to use the same 1-letter variable name for 2 different things in a tiny formula, can't we?

bayindirh 11 days ago | [–]

In my copy the exact line is as follows:

    The quantization formula ppmtopgm uses is y = .299 r + .587 g + .114 b.

so, it's either fixed, or it's a typo to begin with.

yencabulator 12 days ago | [–]

Yes, let's blame the documentation for a program from 1989 on a kernel from 1991.

fragmede 12 days ago | [–]

Well, we can't blame that on an LLM in any case

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