Whenever I see those 'blocky' artifacts on a low-quality image, I used to just think of it as 'bad tech.' After reading this, it's cool to realize you're actually seeing the 8x8 DCT grid itself. You're literally seeing the math break down because there wasn't enough bit-budget to describe those high-frequency sine waves. It’s like looking at the brushstrokes on a digital painting.
Adding normal lab results made the suicide crisis banner disappear? That's a weird failure mode. You'd expect unrelated context to be ignored, not to override the risk signal.