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The issue is that when you compress something, you need to add metadata so that you can figure out what it looked like originally. Compression algorithms make assumptions about what patterns will occur in the original data in order to optimize the metadata. If the assumptions are right, the compressed data (including the metadata) is much smaller than the original data. But if the assumptions are wrong, the “compressed” data can even end up bigger than it was before!
Making CRDTs 98% More Efficient
Jake Lazaroff
THE MEANING OF A COMMUNICATION IS THE BEHAVIOUR THAT RESULTS.
Plato's Dashboards
ferd.ca
The ultimate goal of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is to help us move closer to what we care about in life.
From an ACT perspective, the main thing that gets in the way of this is when our behavior becomes primarily about avoidance. When we’re focused on avoiding difficult thoughts and feelings, we’re not focused on moving toward what we care about.
How to Do Hard Things
Casey Rosengren
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