I’ve never really thought about what happens to data that the system fetches over the internet. So, just as if it would’ve been stored in permanent storage locally, it’s loaded into system memory, which then “serves” it back to the browser? In my beginner head, it then looks like this: YouTube -> system memory -> browser/media player
tenchiken@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
The Video itself is rendered off screen in a special area of memory, then the browser simply uses a predefined color to tell the driver where to display the video. The driver then takes care of things like stretching to fit etc.
It’s not actually that shade typically, and you are just seeing a side effect of the glitch.
emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Correct. Eventually millions of very very tiny squirrels then eat the data once it is discarded.
I’m simplifying a bit, but that is generally how it works.
emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Okay, but no I’m concerned. Is there squirrel poop in my computer that I need to clean? :(
42firehawk@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
I mean, kind of? There are system traces of what the squirrels ate that build up, causing weird issues with other software over time. It’s why restarting your computer fixes so many software errors. Part of the close process of the computer is cleaning up most of the squirrel poops.
flandish@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
it doesn’t just update the dom via x/y? currently making an 8080 emu and am not using browser yet but may. also tell me more about your instance?
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
anarchist.nexus is a piefed-instance in the anarchist flotilla.
You can read up on it here in the announcement post: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/52641276
flandish@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
nice. will look into it. thx!
Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
That doesn’t really answer the question though. Obviously it’s the side effect of some kind of glitch, but why is it always this green, why not orange or blue
lath@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s the green screen which allows blending, melding, switching and superimposing layers. You see, the way it works is that I don’t know, but it got you reading this far and wasted a few moments of your time which could have been spent doing something else, like gardening.
But really the answer is probably because it’s very nearly in the middle of the VGA color palette.
Orygin@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Joke’s on you, I read that while taking a shit at work :)
rmuk@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Jokes on you, I’m a toilet tester; taking a shit and work is all I do.
dumbass@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Probably causes less eye strain, while being noticeable.
turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 3 weeks ago
Yes, but did some programmer just decide it’s maxed or green, and then somebody else toned it down to a more reasonable green? How did we end up with this specific shade?
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
This is probably just someone’s effort to pick a color similar looking to a green-screen in film, since it is serving the same technical effect.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Sometimes when part of a keyframe is missing it’s filled with gray instead of repeating the previous image. That makes sense since it can get lighter or darker with delta, but IDK why out of bounds is green (and yes, the video decoding can overwrite some of the green if an object travels out of frame, for example).