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minus-square@Kanda@reddthat.comlinkfedilink-43•11 months agoIf nothing is lost, what did you compress away? Decompression is magic, I ain’t gotta explain shit
minus-square@Kayana@ttrpg.networklinkfedilink23•11 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•11 months agoNewer fractional arithmetic encoding can get crazy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_numeral_systems
minus-square@Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink19•edit-211 months agoyou compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
minus-square@phlegmy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink12•11 months agoKeep your magic ways to yourself, wizard
If nothing is lost, what did you compress away? Decompression is magic, I ain’t gotta explain shit
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
you compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
Keep your magic ways to yourself, wizard