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Curious if this is a commentary a propos a popular low-tech website we see around HN. I appreciate the dithering pattern, though I recognize it is not as efficient as, say, a compressed jpeg or a palette limited GIF.

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If you read the article, it is very clear and direct about being a commentary on Low Tech Magazine

I did read the article, however the way I should have phrased it was that I was curious if the conversation the week prior from HN spawned this article. Always assume the most charitable interpretation before responding.

Shouldn't dithered images also benefit from the limited palette?

Exactly, sending them as true color makes no sense

I grabbed one of the dithered images off the article and saved it as an rgb png and as an indexed png with 255 colors.

rgb: 75kb

indexed: 35kb

So indexing does look like it could save a lot. I do wonder if it can still beat out say jpeg or webp though.

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