FOIA means they have to give you the document, but it doesn't mean they have to scan it correctly. Holy JPEG artifacts, Batman...pic.twitter.com/zV9DHYuw5q
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I feel like some CS student in computer vision should be able to write some kind of neural network that can squint at this instead of me.
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And like, what's going on here? That crooked line is not the page break — it's part of the image. What software did they use to make this?pic.twitter.com/dNmWjD8O8Z
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The problem is a loss of data, allot of the CV stuff would use multi colored light to scan an original on this instance the data is gone.
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Bigger monitor and access to my non dyslexic wife helped immenselypic.twitter.com/rRm8Xyxky2
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First non-redacted word appears to be "Each"
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Due to sequestration, FOIA document reproductions now done using Minox camera and film from CIA museum. Developer chemical is old acetone.
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surprisingly legible once you know what words are likely. I've had recopied microfilms of prints of microphotos of foreign language letters.
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In that case it helped that I was able to compare the (often genuinely illegible) copies with the original letters in Montevideo.
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I think what I have as "answer" is actually "execute".
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I went into GIMP on the first one and adjusted the output level way towards white and it made it much easier to read.
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Bane of my existence! I feel your pain!
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Well, now you have set me in motion
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