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TIL that 'asdf' is a proposed replacement data format for astronomical images and other scientific data (en.wikipedia.org)

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I mashed my keyboard and that Wikipedia article came up.

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[-] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 20 points 6 days ago

The fuck? Most formats are more complicated than TIFF. TIFF is so simple, you barely have to read 30 pages of well written spec to modify it with just a hex editor. You don't get much simpler with a binary format. Want something complicated? Try implementing PDF with it's hundreds to thousands of pages per version.

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