Matlab Man

on 18 Oct 2021

% If you are looking for a sneaky JPEG-to-MiniHack one to remix, this is the one :)

n=@(x)read(py.os.popen(x)); % interface to running linux command

l="https://i.imgur.com/ADtYwBi.jpeg"; % The url of a JPEG you want to display

n(join(['wget ',l,' -O b'])); % execute command

g=uint8(str2num(char(n('djpeg b | od -An -w1 -tu1 -v')))); % convert to vector of integers

% disp(n('djpeg b | head -n2 | tail -n1')); % Uncomment to display the

% resolution for the image

%m=368; % the resolution for this image

%n=355;

% Now, convert to RGB image. You may need to adjust the "15".

% It is a character offset, based on the digits of the resolution numers.

% 15 is for a 3x3 (i.e., "800 by 600" -- 6 characters in resolution

% 17 is for a 4x4 (i.e. "1920 by 1024" -- 8 characters in resolution

% and so on

for m=1:3

q(:,:,m)=reshape(g(15+m:3:end),368,355)';

end

imshow(q)

text(0,1,"Bottom Text",'fontsize',20)

disp({ones(1,4)*0/0,"Matlab Man!"})

{[NaN NaN NaN NaN]} {["Matlab Man!"]}

% This may be against the spirit of the challenge though. Until then,

% however, hack on :)