@WackyTabbacy42069@reddthat.com to Asklemmy • 9 months agoWhat's a new scientific concept or technological innovation that really makes you feel like we're living in the future?message-square100fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down14
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a new scientific concept or technological innovation that really makes you feel like we're living in the future?@WackyTabbacy42069@reddthat.com to Asklemmy • 9 months agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-square@MrFunnyMoustachelink2•9 months agoWait, isn’t your first example goes from 13 spaces binary to a 6 spaces of base 12 (base 10 + the two values A or B). That would make the “compressed” result be 110111010111011101110011 which is larger than the original message when both are in binary…
minus-square@Fallenwout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•9 months agoDon’t overthink my example, it was just a representation
minus-square@MrFunnyMoustachelink2•9 months agoFair enough. The general idea is correct, I just found that example rather jarring… It is generally more difficult to compress an already small amount of data anyway.
Wait, isn’t your first example goes from 13 spaces binary to a 6 spaces of base 12 (base 10 + the two values A or B).
That would make the “compressed” result be 110111010111011101110011 which is larger than the original message when both are in binary…
Don’t overthink my example, it was just a representation
Fair enough. The general idea is correct, I just found that example rather jarring… It is generally more difficult to compress an already small amount of data anyway.