.@GabrielDuquette ok, I get what you're up to, and I like it. Here's the math / programming definition:
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a tool that turns an input (eg. a JPG, or a full blow story) into an output that is shorter (eg. screenplay that IMPLIES)
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...AS LONG AS that shorter version can be unpacked / expanded / inflated back into the full version by some other tool.
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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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here's an interesting thing: any given tool can not compress every input; it's mathematically impossible. Some inputs > @GabrielDuquette
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