Adventures with ffmpeg and color ranges
Not sure if this kind of meta-comment is appropriate, but I find it difficult to follow a link like this because of the lack of human readable information contained in the URL.<p>If the story was hosted on a personal blog I recognised (like Julia Evans to take a random example), then perhaps the domain would be enough for me to choose to read the article to see if the content is interesting.<p>If the link was to a broader domain that hosts many writers, I might use the parts after the domain to filter my interest: example.com/news-opinion vs example.com/science-blog gives me more information that might not be clear from the post title.<p>With a site like Facebook, which hosts so much different value levels of content, it is harder for me to visit facebook.com/233555323 rather than facebook.com/ffmpeg-interest-group/post6665443. For whatever reason, the URL remains something I use to filter my internet consumption.<p>Perhaps it has something to do with the amount of scams or other general reasons not to trust non-human readable URLs, or perhaps it is more due to my distrust of article titles (sensationalism) and seeking a second source to verify my interest. Perhaps I simply bias against Facebook - I don't know.<p>Regardless, I visited the story after thinking about this, and was very surprised to see it was an article by John Carmack - an author I certainly respect. It is a shame for me that both the URL and the title don't reflect that.