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ultimate storage hack (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 56 points 4 days ago (15 children)

I had a manager once tell me during a casual conversation with complete sincerity that one day with advancements in compression algorithms we could get any file down to a single bit. I really didn't know what to say to that level of absurdity. I just nodded.

[–] einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

u can have everthing in a single bit, if the decompressor includes the whole universe

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