Robbery

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some of those pixels seem to be moving.

Apparently it's this new file format called .gif where you can compress videos into a small file that any browser can read

funnily enough, GIF is a lossles file format. but it only allows 8-bit color.

The compression usually happens before it is saved as a gif. It can use 8-bit colours, but it takes up less space if you use fewer.

Does it index the colors?

Yep, I think so, I haven't looked at the standard, just assuming from the gif save dialog in photoshop.

And how is that gif pronounced?

That's pretty clever, would have been ideal for a 20 year old feature phone.