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minus-squaremsfroh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoSo when you zip some files and then unzip them, some of the bytes are missing? Really?!
minus-squareKanda@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIf nothing is lost, what did you compress away? Decompression is magic, I ain’t gotta explain shit
minus-squareKayana@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIf you want the magic explained, here’s a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel%E2%80%93Ziv%E2%80%93Welch
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoyou compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
minus-squarephlegmy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoKeep your magic ways to yourself, wizard
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.
So when you zip some files and then unzip them, some of the bytes are missing? Really?!
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
you compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
Keep your magic ways to yourself, wizard
It’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.