Hacker News
new
|
past
|
comments
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
|
submit
login
dfcarney
on Aug 1, 2018
|
parent
|
context
|
favorite
| on:
A bootable CD image with a retro game in a single ...
Check out Arithmetic Coding:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_coding
utopcell
on Aug 1, 2018
[–]
Yep, not fiction at all, pretty much what is used for state-of-the-art compression.
im3w1l
on Aug 1, 2018
|
parent
[–]
The fiction part is being able to notch the bar sufficiently precise to store any significant amount of data.
ddalex
on Aug 2, 2018
|
root
|
parent
|
next
[–]
You can if you start from the middle out.
utopcell
on Aug 2, 2018
|
root
|
parent
|
prev
[–]
:-)
Guidelines
|
FAQ
|
Lists
|
API
|
Security
|
Legal
|
Apply to YC
|
Contact
Search:
