Rough tests of Jpegli

Jpegli, a new JPEG coding library, does bring a significant compression ratio improvement, comparing to libjpeg-turbo and MozJPEG. I selected 332 lossless non-photographic PNG images for some rough tests, on macOS Sonoma 14.4.1. The images were recorded after applied with ImageOptim‘s lossless optimisation for the minimal possible sizes, and Jpegli was directly from libjxl version… Continue reading Rough tests of Jpegli

Geekbench 6 results

Z370 AORUS Gaming 3(i5-9600 & RX 580)Single-core: 1518Multi-core: 5856Vulcan: 47772OpenCL: 44511 ‘MacPro7,1’(i5-9600 & RX 580)Single-core: 1464Multi-core: 5698Metal: 47013OpenCL: 42705 GA-EP43-DS3R (Q8400 & HD 7850)Single-core: 407Multi-core: 1117Vulcan: 17872OpenCL: 19549 ‘MacPro6,1’ (Q8400 & HD 7850)Single-core: 401Multi-core: 1004Metal: 22586OpenCL: 18729 iPad mini (6th generation)Single-core: 2134Multi-core: 5365Metal: 19591 iPhone XRSingle-core: 1292Multi-core: 2042Metal: 9245 iPad (6th generation)Single-core: 844Multi-core: 1060Metal: 4544… Continue reading Geekbench 6 results

Statement about HYH Lion

On 1 August 2022, I must admit that HYH Lion cannot (or is not willing to) continue my commission. This August is three years after his initial deadline he promised, so I decided to choose today as the end of torment. The latest or last draft was given in October 2019, and after an over… Continue reading Statement about HYH Lion

A week with iPad mini 6

I don’t work on a tablet, and I seldom use the portrait mode, so the jelly display isn’t an issue. I do gaming, web browsing, social networking, and watching videos on a tablet more. That’s why I ultimately bought an iPad mini 6 which display is just slightly narrower than my iPad (6th generation), but… Continue reading A week with iPad mini 6

Internet upgraded to 500M/50M

Since 30 April 2022, Meow’s internet speed is upgraded to 500M (downloading) / 50M (uploading), provided by TWM Broadband (台灣大寬頻). It was 60M/20M. The following summary is generated by the command networkQuality -v which is introduced in macOS Monterey. Upload capacity: 40.399 MbpsDownload capacity: 452.926 MbpsUpload flows: 12Download flows: 12Responsiveness: High (1967 RPM)Base RTT: 14Start:… Continue reading Internet upgraded to 500M/50M