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minus-squareenbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSome compression is lossy
minus-squaremsfroh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoSo when you zip some files and then unzip them, some of the bytes are missing? Really?!
minus-squareKanda@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIf nothing is lost, what did you compress away? Decompression is magic, I ain’t gotta explain shit
minus-squareKayana@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIf you want the magic explained, here’s a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel%E2%80%93Ziv%E2%80%93Welch
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoyou compressed away redundant data, 1111111000000000011111111 -> (1x7)(0x10)(1x8)
minus-squarephlegmy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoKeep your magic ways to yourself, wizard
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.
Compression is lossy.
Some 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
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
It’s only the zeros, so you’re not really missing anything.