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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
For the Integrity Institute, the label “integrity worker” applies to a broad swath of employees working on safety. Their [site](https://integrityinstitute.org/) reads, “If you have experience tackling any of these things on behalf of a social network, you’re probably an integrity worker.” They go on to list ethical design, hate speech, disinformation, toxicity, spam, and more than a dozen other areas.
🕵️♂️ The case for integrity workers - by Josh Kramer
🕵️♂️ The case for integrity workers
Josh Kramer
It's easy to look at pregnancy (for example) as something which affects only 2% of your users. But it's really something that affects 40% of your users 5% of the time.
Dana Fried on Twitter: "This Is an Easy Statistical Mistake for Tech Companies to Make - And One We Try to Avoid in Chrome: It's Easy to Look at Pregnancy (For Example) as Something Which Affects Only 2% of Your Users. But It's Really Something That Affects 40% of Your Users 5% of the Time." / Twitter
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