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Post #Axa6IsYzXatPJsw5jM by [email protected] |
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my doctor's office sent me a file I was supposed to print out and take to a… |
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Post #Axa6LovHX4rctilSk4 by [email protected] |
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in 2025, you fuckers sent a TIFF? |
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Post #Axa6PVXnWZ99xCXRQm by [email protected] |
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like, that's no problem for me, I have literally been a professional TIFF m… |
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Post #Axa6Sn92XeYXPUWYAC by [email protected] |
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@foone wait can you not just double click it in windows |
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Post #Axa6W8hErzuL7V7Hhw by [email protected] |
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I know every 3rd person in the SF bay area is some kind of Professional Compute… |
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Post #Axa6c4YRBNWi0lpS52 by [email protected] |
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@leo you can on windows. I don't think I can display it on my phone, though |
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Post #Axa6fJJ8mpimdXDZdw by [email protected] |
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@foone oh, I actually kinda know something about this. for some reason TIFF is … |
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Post #Axa6kpYCKsya5GtQau by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland that's partially a scanner thing, I think. scanners love them s… |
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Post #Axa6roxKwdMkGcz7OS by [email protected] |
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@foone hmm, the aosp gallery app tries to load it and fails, wonder what google… |
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Post #Axa6yqwLxxduRpsUOO by [email protected] |
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@foone possibly! it's also an earlier standard than PNG so it was probably … |
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Post #Axa72jXBRXhudYxI7U by [email protected] |
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@foone I have a feeling their office staff are not computer touchers. Tiff was … |
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Post #Axa77IgsfscMpafX1c by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland fun fact: windows 98's TIFF files have specifically caused me M… |
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Post #Axa7BRHweMNOefykL2 by [email protected] |
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@effika yeah, TIFF is 100% a default scanner format. I'm just surprised a p… |
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Post #Axa7ERl7MCEIz13fdI by [email protected] |
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@foone what are you saying |
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Post #Axa7HzFVIXf5ifxWts by [email protected] |
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@foone dollars to doughnuts they got a virus that affected PDF and now you'… |
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Post #Axa7KuEMPfIJ1XofkO by [email protected] |
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it was also one of two attachments, the other was a PDF |
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Post #Axa7V21IJ7zO4sX6ZM by [email protected] |
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@foone For the past 30 years I’ve had to be my grandparents’ and parents’… |
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Post #Axa7aUWrjq4pwfu5ho by [email protected] |
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@foone I'm now wondering if some of the TIFF usage was down to people using… |
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Post #Axa7wCkCXiVv9oUkMa by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland it's JPEGs. the Windows Imaging program in windows 98 could pro… |
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Post #Axa7zoeG4YrBaFRACO by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland it's because the windows imaging component in windows 98 was ma… |
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Post #Axa82xue5IpZBXbVJY by [email protected] |
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@foone good LAWD |
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Post #Axa862eytGn0mGkBuq by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland for a LONG while the only way we could deal with this was to call u… |
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Post #Axa89WYOCdrOMNJyd6 by [email protected] |
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@foone fucking hell |
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Post #Axa8CKsG5F8p0NxIky by [email protected] |
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@lanodan @foone @leo I honestly don't get why they don't support TIFF.I… |
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Post #Axa8CKzhdZ61NTRFMO by [email protected] |
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@lispi314 @leo @lanodan TIFF is a bit of a security nightmare, it's been us… |
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Post #Axa8OuZnAZpfCzJZGS by [email protected] |
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@foone I'm stunned |
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Post #Axa8uOusPqXgHeBy8O by [email protected] |
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@foone I’m guessing maybe it was spat out by a fax machine…? 🤔 |
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Post #Axa9GtLJyHzB1LHltA by [email protected] |
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@foone This screams, “I accidentally picked the wrong thing in a dropdown men… |
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Post #Axa9V1nHLcqxHj6T5M by [email protected] |
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@foone Professional Computer Touchers is the name of my prog rock (get it?) Tho… |
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Post #Axa9mZYh43emvYeBP6 by [email protected] |
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@foone I had to know, and yeah my iPhone at least will just display a TIFF. So… |
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Post #AxaAE5249bEWMOVDOq by [email protected] |
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@itgrrl possibly, but it was generated by the office I was at and they then ema… |
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Post #AxaAh50pJ6a8hDkc5o by [email protected] |
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@foone @itgrrl backwards compatibility with a workflow that used to involve a f… |
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Post #AxaDLBl1qckh6jcAc4 by [email protected] |
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@foone Lossless and fax-adjacent? I can see why they sent a TIFF. Isn’t it th… |
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Post #AxaURHR3Li0pfvlHX6 by [email protected] |
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@foone I actually liked it when I got referred one time, because they entrusted… |
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Post #AxaWXX9w06wA5Vre52 by [email protected] |
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@foone all OS X derivatives (including iOS and iPadOS) have always been able to… |
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Post #AxadyoQQc69j8SX8pE by [email protected] |
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@foone It's always a TIFF! X-ray? TIFF. Ultrasound? TIFF. MRI? TIFF. Someti… |
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Post #AxajdVYiA95kGYdGvA by [email protected] |
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@foone I'm going to start exclusively sending people Amiga graphics formats… |
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Post #AxajgRDkkQT5gGE6WO by [email protected] |
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@foone pretty sure macOS and Windows can open tiff files natively and Linux use… |
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Post #Axak05UXFLbg51RhmS by [email protected] |
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@foone @leo @lanodan In a way that a pure Java implementation wouldn't prev… |
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Post #Axak3ZvyWBtpMfwfXU by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland @foone TIFF would do non-lossy 12-bit and 16-bit depth at a time no… |
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Post #Axak3a209mihfMlTvs by [email protected] |
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@sabik @foone ah, yeah, I forgot about 48bpp TIFF being a thing back then too. … |
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Post #Axak3a8Nm3p9z9kZsW by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland @foone At the other end of the scale, I get the impression it was a… |
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Post #Axak3c1ijngRr4eHlw by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland @foone So if the document was (or used to be) faxed, that could als… |
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Post #AxakAGa0sJuxMjrUQK by [email protected] |
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@sabik @foone yeah, I would be entirely unsurprised if they have some old Win95… |
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Post #AxakAGiAO0RJm1g08G by [email protected] |
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@itgrrl @sabik @foone more than likely they faxed it via a virtual fax service … |
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Post #AxakAGpxv0g6ADKEHw by [email protected] |
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@Jmj @itgrrl @foone Hmm, I wonder if the Compression is something interesting t… |
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Post #AxakAGwhVy48V6Tbmq by [email protected] |
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@sabik @Jmj @foone file header strings probably tell the tale 🙃 |
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Post #AxakAH2NAsbQmh88cy by [email protected] |
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@itgrrl @Jmj @foone True, lots of potential header strings in tiff, no need to … |
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Post #AxakPmcQ2PRh4mNzjU by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland @foone I thought medical was all about DICOM. |
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Post #AxakZuG8U8lffWn4Bk by [email protected] |
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@lanodan @leo @foone On looking it up it seems that the majority (all?) of the … |
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Post #Axakf4g5B1f3QfOJ3g by [email protected] |
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@foone I had a scanner in the 90s and I hated Adobe so yeah when it gave me the… |
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Post #AxakradmAKty2EHQCO by [email protected] |
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@gloriouscow @foone The people are demanding the return of HAM! |
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Post #Axal04eKTdstQGaI5Y by [email protected] |
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@foone [Obi-Wan voice] Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. |
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Post #Axal1WUAT7EU2oWRkG by [email protected] |
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@oisin @foone One medical equipment manufacturer had an image storage server so… |
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Post #Axal79bgRbc8pBisPg by [email protected] |
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@foone It is a test. If you cone with the printed TIFF they charge you the high… |
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Post #Axal8OZYHuf3WsJlHU by [email protected] |
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@fooneHaha we have a number of artifacts as TIFF cuz you can stuff *so much met… |
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Post #AxalA7zotCFahKQka0 by [email protected] |
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@KanaMauna @foone i know what they would've done: die during the pandemicmy… |
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Post #AxalFv2NywcAFFOMvA by [email protected] |
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@foone that is incredibly cursed |
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Post #AxalJHG3p58w1tOE76 by [email protected] |
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@foone oh shit is this the LZW thing? |
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Post #AxalM9LBiR0cLL9pom by [email protected] |
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@daedalus @foone And then there’s this. Unrelated. I think. https://www.cooki… |
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Post #AxalWjIis4owlf383E by [email protected] |
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@foone @gsuberland have they ever made you so mad you got into a .... TIFF? |
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Post #AxaljJABMVS3T33K1w by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland @foone it's digging into my memory, but I remember Targa being … |
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Post #AxaljJHGw97fp2Mz56 by [email protected] |
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@petrillic @foone oh shit yeah I've definitely seen my fair share of TGA on… |
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Post #AxallshKDTRCFsmXGS by [email protected] |
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@foone More likely the doctor lacked the computer-touch to send anything but th… |
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Post #AxalmkwmWDt4VSQdqy by [email protected] |
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@foone Probably used Photoshop and didn't bother changing the format while … |
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Post #AxalujHmZyDDfe3OAi by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland @foone <<shudder>> oh gawd. |
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Post #Axalv1wrBzlNYFPRh2 by [email protected] |
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@foone according to wikipedia you can but it'll open in the win7-era photos… |
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Post #Axao7vg01RhRlwnpqa by [email protected] |
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@foone @lispi314 @leo @lanodan I don't see how TIFF can be more of a securi… |
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Post #AxawTaitPFIkn5zplA by [email protected] |
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@foone ohhhh was it that special kind of Cursed TIFF you had to deal with |
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Post #AxlsMyYU8coDbGHGJE by [email protected] |
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@oisin To be fair, the last thing you want in medical imaging is a lossy format. |
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Post #AxlsNLOLEVMSQShzBw by [email protected] |
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@Fuzz_Ra I reckon that's the thing here -- the radiologists etc use the TIF… |
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@foone Ah, TIFF. Reminds me of having my 486 tied up for 3 days at a time while… |
