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minus-squaremsfroh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up49·1 month agoSo when you zip some files and then unzip them, some of the bytes are missing? Really?!
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoIt’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.
minus-squareKanda@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down45·1 month agoIf nothing is lost, what did you compress away? Decompression is magic, I ain’t gotta explain shit
minus-squareKayana@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 month agoIf you want the magic explained, here’s a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel%E2%80%93Ziv%E2%80%93Welch
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoNewer fractional arithmetic encoding can get crazy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_numeral_systems
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-21 month agoyou compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
minus-squarephlegmy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoKeep your magic ways to yourself, wizard
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
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