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minus-squaremsfroh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoSo when you zip some files and then unzip them, some of the bytes are missing? Really?!
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoIt’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.
minus-squareKanda@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·10 days agoIf nothing is lost, what did you compress away? Decompression is magic, I ain’t gotta explain shit
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 days agoyou compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
minus-squareenbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 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?!
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
you compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
Some compression is lossy