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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink49•5 months agoSo when you zip some files and then unzip them, some of the bytes are missing? Really?!
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilink11•5 months agoIt’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months agoIf nothing is lost, what did you compress away? Decompression is magic, I ain’t gotta explain shit
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•edit-25 months agoyou compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•5 months agoIf you want the magic explained, here’s a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel%E2%80%93Ziv%E2%80%93Welch
minus-squareNatanaellinkfedilink1•5 months agoNewer fractional arithmetic encoding can get crazy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_numeral_systems
So when you zip some files and then unzip them, some of the bytes are missing? Really?!
It’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.
If nothing is lost, what did you compress away? Decompression is magic, I ain’t gotta explain shit
you compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
Keep your magic ways to yourself, wizard
If you want the magic explained, here’s a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel%E2%80%93Ziv%E2%80%93Welch
Newer fractional arithmetic encoding can get crazy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_numeral_systems