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520 points omnibrain | 3 comments | 30 Mar 24 13:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.672s | source

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NelsonMinar ◴[30 Mar 24 17:58 UTC] No.39877067[source]▶

4MB to download the installer, back in the days when programs just did the thing they did and didn't include runtimes for entire virtual environments.

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AlienRobot ◴[30 Mar 24 18:25 UTC] No.39877330[source]▶

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But what if you want to display Full HD video in the image viewer from an URL? Wouldn't you need Electron for that?

Also I was under the impression just the DLLs for all the image formats would be over 4 MB. I wonder how large is it uncompressed.

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nolok ◴[30 Mar 24 23:03 UTC] No.39879527[source]▶

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FYI, Irfanview might not be able to pull it from an url, but it's playing ful hd video just fine although I wouldn't use it for that.

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1. AlienRobot ◴[31 Mar 24 00:36 UTC] No.39880164[source]▶

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>it plays full HD video

WHAT? IN 4 MB??? WHAT???

That's amazing!

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2. pixelpoet ◴[31 Mar 24 03:37 UTC] No.39881180[source]▶

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I'm just at the Revision demoparty in Germany, you should see the audiovisual stuff people are doing in 4kb (yes, 4096 bytes)!

Modern operating systems and especially web dev have made entire generations forget how powerful computers and software are / can be.

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3. genewitch ◴[03 Apr 24 07:06 UTC] No.39914429[source]▶

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https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/ 256 bytes the mp3 is 2.1MB ;-)

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