.@GabrielDuquette ok, I get what you're up to, and I like it. Here's the math / programming definition:
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in unix file compression, the tool in "unzip". In screenplay writing it's "an aware member of society who gets references"
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There is lossless compression (EXACTLY the same thing out after compression/expansion) and lossy (CLOSE TO after in/out)
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@MorlockP@GabrielDuquette jpg is lossy, your definition only holds for lossless compression like PNG -
@MorlockP@GabrielDuquette lossless compression is an isomorphism, lossy is entropic and taking advantage of limitations in media/human
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