John ConwayMay 3, 2024

A random artwork from my gallery:

"Life-sized Pterodactylus" — 2014

Pterodactylus was a little pterosaur that lived in Germany during the Late Jurassic, about 145 million years ago. It is known from several excellent fossils, which include soft-tissue impressions of it fur, wings, and crest. It is also a very pretty little animal.
The print of... [more]:

https://johnconway.art/ls_pterodactylus

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Life-sized Pterodactylus by John Conway

Show threadJohn Conway

Life-sized paintings make no sense on the internet, of course, because device-makers and software vendor never got together for a goddamn standard about how big things would be displayed because fuck everyone.

(Much like the “send something to someone right next to you” problem that they’ve fumbled for decades.)

Not that I'm bitter.

#ImNotBitter

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May 3, 2024 at 12:19pmWeb
Show threadRichardMay 3, 2024
@john This is surprising given that this standard could be beneficial both for intrusive advertising and for porn delivery, the two primary applications which drive technology innovations.