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irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.devEnglish · 10 months ago

Compression!

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Compression!

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irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.devEnglish · 10 months ago
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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    Compressing a compressed container (media formats, office files) be like.

  • xoggy@programming.dev
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    Turns out we’re already doing a lot of compression at the file and filesystem level.

    • Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      Not necessarily. For example, you can’t really compress encrypted files. You can certainly try but the result will likely be what the meme portrays.

      • Randelung@lemmy.world
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        Turns out pseudo random byte streams don’t really repeat that often.

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