On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:13:30 -0500, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

>On 2/8/2024 10:03 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
>> Paul wrote:
>>
>>> https://i.postimg.cc/fknYTv9g/androidmic-startup.gif
>>
>> Ah, that's the second stretched image you've posted recently, the first time was the screenshot of disk manager you managed to extract as a binary attachment for someone, so I assumed it was an artefact of having to piece the image back together, and didn't mention it.
>>
>> But this one is a screenshot from your own system, it works ok if I click to zoom the image, but postimage is badly mangling the non-zoomed version ...
>
>Correct.
>
>In all cases, you must use your "craft" to get something
>from the exercise.
>
>Unfortunately.
>
>The other sites I might use, also present challenges,
>so it's not like any site is "righteous".
>
>"Download original image" is available as an option,
>no matter how they degrade the default image.

If things get bad enough with the image hosting sites, we might have to go back
to how we did it for 30 years - by posting the image to Usenet, typically to a
garbage group such as alt.binaries.test, and including the MID in the text post.
I assume most, if not all, NNTP clients know how to open a MID. The downside is
that you lose the advertising that comes with the web-based sites.

On 2/10/2024 8:41 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:13:30 -0500, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2/8/2024 10:03 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
>>> Paul wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/fknYTv9g/androidmic-startup.gif
>>>
>>> Ah, that's the second stretched image you've posted recently, the first time was the screenshot of disk manager you managed to extract as a binary attachment for someone, so I assumed it was an artefact of having to piece the image back together, and didn't mention it.
>>>
>>> But this one is a screenshot from your own system, it works ok if I click to zoom the image, but postimage is badly mangling the non-zoomed version ...
>>
>> Correct.
>>
>> In all cases, you must use your "craft" to get something
>>from the exercise.
>>
>> Unfortunately.
>>
>> The other sites I might use, also present challenges,
>> so it's not like any site is "righteous".
>>
>> "Download original image" is available as an option,
>> no matter how they degrade the default image.
>
> If things get bad enough with the image hosting sites, we might have to go back
> to how we did it for 30 years - by posting the image to Usenet, typically to a
> garbage group such as alt.binaries.test, and including the MID in the text post.
> I assume most, if not all, NNTP clients know how to open a MID. The downside is
> that you lose the advertising that comes with the web-based sites.
>

Yes, on E-S there is a group for that purpose.

However, depending on the size of the picture (I can do 10000 x 10000 on PostImage),
the attachment may be too big for a USENET post on some of the servers.

And yes, obviously I could go "full rogue" and use a binary chopper and
send it that way, and then a certain filter would open up with a
fifty caliber and none of my posts would go anywhere :-)

I would consider leaving posti... if the domain disappeared :-)

Paul

On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 21:21:54 -0500, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

>On 2/10/2024 8:41 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:13:30 -0500, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/8/2024 10:03 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>> Paul wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> https://i.postimg.cc/fknYTv9g/androidmic-startup.gif
>>>>
>>>> Ah, that's the second stretched image you've posted recently, the first time was the screenshot of disk manager you managed to extract as a binary attachment for someone, so I assumed it was an artefact of having to piece the image back together, and didn't mention it.
>>>>
>>>> But this one is a screenshot from your own system, it works ok if I click to zoom the image, but postimage is badly mangling the non-zoomed version ...
>>>
>>> Correct.
>>>
>>> In all cases, you must use your "craft" to get something
>>>from the exercise.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately.
>>>
>>> The other sites I might use, also present challenges,
>>> so it's not like any site is "righteous".
>>>
>>> "Download original image" is available as an option,
>>> no matter how they degrade the default image.
>>
>> If things get bad enough with the image hosting sites, we might have to go back
>> to how we did it for 30 years - by posting the image to Usenet, typically to a
>> garbage group such as alt.binaries.test, and including the MID in the text post.
>> I assume most, if not all, NNTP clients know how to open a MID. The downside is
>> that you lose the advertising that comes with the web-based sites.
>>
>
>Yes, on E-S there is a group for that purpose.
>
>However, depending on the size of the picture (I can do 10000 x 10000 on PostImage),
>the attachment may be too big for a USENET post on some of the servers.
>
>And yes, obviously I could go "full rogue" and use a binary chopper and
>send it that way, and then a certain filter would open up with a
>fifty caliber and none of my posts would go anywhere :-)
>
>I would consider leaving posti... if the domain disappeared :-)

I've never used E-S. It sounds awful. :-)
Just kidding, I'm sure it's fine in its own way.