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ultimate storage hack (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's an interesting question, though. How far CAN you compress? At some point you've extracted every information contained and increased the density to a maximum amount - but what is that density?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I think by the time we reach some future extreme of data density, it will be in a method of storage beyond our current understanding. It will be measured in coordinates or atoms or fractions of a dimension that we nullify.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    This is a really good question!

    I believe the general answer is, until the compressed file is indistinguishable from randomness. At that point there is no more redundant information left to compress. Like you said, the 'information content' of a message can be measured.

    (Note that there are ways to get a file to look like randomness that don't compress it)

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