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minus-squaremsfroh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoSo when you zip some files and then unzip them, some of the bytes are missing? Really?!
minus-squareKanda@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days 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-29 days agoyou compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoIt’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.
minus-squareenbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoSome compression is lossy
Compression is lossy.
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)
It’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.
Some compression is lossy