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im3w1l
on Oct 5, 2012
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The $5000 Compression Challenge
The bigger the file size, the larger the chance that it has been generated in a pseudorandom way, meaning it is in theory compressible. On the flipside, in a larger file finding patterns from that pseudorandomity could take longer.
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