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by rzzzt 411 days ago
That .jpg in the readme file loaded from right to left. What is this sorcery?
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    Z$ identify -verbose weird-jpeg.jpg
    Image:
      Filename: weird-jpeg.jpg
      ...
      Orientation: RightTop
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      ...
      Properties:
        ...
        unknown: iPhone 12 Pro
Pretty sure it's orientation in the jpeg itself
Apparently¹ :

    <img align="right">
I'm also impressed. :-D

1: https://github.com/mezantrop/i486SX_soft_FPU/blob/main/READM...

The align tag isn't related, the image will load right-to-left even if opened by itself in a new tab.

In JPEGSnoop I see Raw Image Orientation = Landscape. Maybe it was taken and encoded horizontally and the image itself is stored in a right-to-left scan order.

I am also just noticing the laptop display seems to be held together with K'nex... truly a hacker setup.
I believe at least some of it is LEGO Technic
https://x.com/Mezzzantrop/status/1880490334452609425 If you are interested, that's how the gear looks like ;)