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ultimate storage hack (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

You can give me any file, and I can create a compression algorithm that reduces it to 1 bit. (*)

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(*) No guarantees about the size of the decompression algorithm or its efficacy on other files

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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 point 1 year ago

Here's a simple command to turn any file into a single b!

echo a > $file_name

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