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After watching Matt Parker's video about dithering, I spent a long time looking closely at this trying to figure out what method was used.
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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bayer with a 2x4 matrix for a crt scanline look
Yet your name says 8x8
Thanks!
Reminds me a lot of taking pics with a Gameboy camera!
perhaps you will appreciate this 2bitBun from today's sighting:
ASCII BUNNII!!!1!1!1!!
That’s not… ASCII?
Beautiful dither algorithm
not really a complaint or anything, but
why?
the bun alert system exists to bring smiles to bun enjoyers around the world
the bun alert system is not made to bring heavily modified or low quality images around the world
So far as I can tell this is a real bun, just in low-bit colour space. This is in-line with the rules.
i was afraid i may have violated rule 4
i can assure you this bun is in line with rules 2, 3
I immediately assumed it was a troll after it dodged the question in such a way, and I still do.
thank you for engaging with bun content
Someone has to give you the time of day, or else they're a troll?
I never asked them what time it was, though?
low quality images also have small file sizes, allowing for bun enjoyers with slow or metered connections to enjoy more bun content