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minus-squaremsfroh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up43·2 years agoSo when you zip some files and then unzip them, some of the bytes are missing? Really?!
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoIt’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.
minus-squareKanda@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down40·2 years agoIf nothing is lost, what did you compress away? Decompression is magic, I ain’t gotta explain shit
minus-squareKayana@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 years 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-up15·edit-21 year agoyou compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
minus-squarephlegmy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year 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
you compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
Keep your magic ways to yourself, wizard