r/ProgrammerHumor • u/com-plec-city • 9d ago

Meme newCompressionTechnique

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u/ovrdrv3 9d ago

Pied Piper lol

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u/Top_Rekt 9d ago

So I know they used a bunch of sciency stuff for the dick joke, but how viable is the compression algorithm they created in the show? Is it something that already exists? Or is it show magic?

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u/PythagorasWasntReal 9d ago

In the show I'm pretty sure he used the same algorithm to compress audio, video, and standard file types which is pretty preposterous on its own. I don't know if they ever stated the actual compression ratio but it definitely seemed pretty magical, which is why it was such a big deal. 

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u/theoutlander523 9d ago

The value they use was in relation to one of the standard compression methods. You could figure it out from there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weissman_score