Anti-Aliasing

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Anti-Aliasing

n.
curiosity about the real flesh-and-blood people behind internet usernames, whose flamboyant uniqueness suggests that when our parents were searching our nameless faces looking for hints of who we would become, they really should have considered Mr. Cookieface, Unicornpuncher, Dutchess Von Whatever, or Wookiegasm.

In digital graphics, anti-aliasing is a technique to smooth the appearance of jagged pixels in low-resolution images.

Hobsmacked

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Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Eisce

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Allope

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Anti-Aliasing

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Lockheartedness

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Innity

a neatly made bed with diffused light glowing

Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Hailbound

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Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Xeno

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Anaphasia

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Pâro

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Eigenschauung

Eigen-schauung

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Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Anechosis

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Tillid

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Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Chrysalism

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Scabulous

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Fata Organa

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Lackout

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Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground

Wildred

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