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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 most economically powerful thing you can do is to buy something for your own enjoyment that also improves the world. This has always been the value proposition of journalism and art. It’s a nonexclusive good that’s best enjoyed nonexclusively.
Unlocking the Commons
Tim Carmody
If the patient asks, "Will this hurt?" Always reply with, "Not as much as the thing you did to get yourself in this situation.
Knot Tying Tutorial
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