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by Andrex 918 days ago
And yet I have yet to see one in the wild. It's all WebM and Gifs these days.
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keep_reading 918 days ago
If you've seen a video slot machine you've seen APNGs :)
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Hasnep 917 days ago
Interesting, why do video slot machines use APNGs?
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keep_reading 917 days ago
I don't know for sure but when I used to repair them you could watch them load up the APNGs on boot. The first time I saw them in the wild was around 2007
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marpstar 917 days ago
You sure it wasn't PRNG? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator
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