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Sjmarf to Programmer [email protected] • 5 months ago

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sh.itjust.works

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sh.itjust.works

Sjmarf to Programmer [email protected] • 5 months ago
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    Compression is lossy.

    • @[email protected]
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      19•5 months ago

      Some compression is lossy

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      So when you zip some files and then unzip them, some of the bytes are missing? Really?!

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        It’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.

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        If nothing is lost, what did you compress away? Decompression is magic, I ain’t gotta explain shit

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          you compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)

          • @[email protected]
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            Keep your magic ways to yourself, wizard

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          If you want the magic explained, here’s a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel%E2%80%93Ziv%E2%80%93Welch

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            Newer fractional arithmetic encoding can get crazy

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_numeral_systems

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