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[–] Toribor@corndog.social 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'd argue with this, but it seems like image and video file extensions have become a lawless zone with no rules so I don't even think they count.

[–] Hauskrampf@ttrpg.network 29 points 1 year ago

Looking at you, .webp

[–] gamma@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Video files are just a bunch of zip files in a trenchcoat.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Back in the day, when bandwidth was precious and porn sites would parcel a video into 10 second extracts, one per page, you could zip a bunch of these mpeg files together into an uncompressed zip, then rename it .mpeg and read it in VLC as a single video. Amazing stuff.

[–] gazter@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's it called when you logically expect something to work, but are totally surprised that it actually does?

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Sounds an awful lot like a normal day at work as a dev.