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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-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoyou compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
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-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
you compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
If you want the magic explained, here’s a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel%E2%80%93Ziv%E2%80%93Welch
It’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.