lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square304fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down11
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minus-squarewumpus@latte.isnot.coffeelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·1 year agoRegardless which lossless compression algorithm you prefer, it makes most files bigger. *where “files” includes all bitstrings of a given length, whether or not they’ve ever existed
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s pretty disingenuous, since most files aren’t just random data. Most real files actually have rather low entropy, even if they look like random junk (e.g., executables), chiefly due to repetition of similar data and sparse values.
Regardless which lossless compression algorithm you prefer, it makes most files bigger.
*where “files” includes all bitstrings of a given length, whether or not they’ve ever existed
That’s pretty disingenuous, since most files aren’t just random data.
Most real files actually have rather low entropy, even if they look like random junk (e.g., executables), chiefly due to repetition of similar data and sparse values.