Better Than JPEG? Discover Stable Diffusion to Compress Images

Last week, Swiss software engineer Matthias Buhlmann discovered that the popular image synthesis model Stable Diffusion could compress   ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

ISSUE No. 132 - October 05, 2022

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Better Than JPEG? Researcher Discovers That Stable Diffusion Can Compress Images   An anonymous reader on Slashdot quotes a report from Ars Technica: "Last week, Swiss software engineer Matthias Buhlmann discovered that the popular image synthesis model Stable Diffusion could compress existing bitmapped images with fewer visual artifacts than JPEG or WebP at high compression ratios." Read more on Slashdot.org

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SQLite for Secrecy Management - Tools and Methods   The need for SQLite emerged from a damage control application tasked for the U.S. battleship DDG-79 Oscar Austin. An Informix database was running under HP-UX on this vessel, and during ship power losses, the database would not always restart without maintenance, presenting physical risks for the crew. SQLite is an answer to that danger; when used properly, it will transparently recover from such crashes. SQLite is a storage platform of the highest caliber. When used correctly, it provides availability in the context of the recovery of an OS instance.The manipulation of permissions it leaves to the user, and best practices for its use in secrecy management are outlined here. Read more on LinuxJournal.com

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