so yeah if you've got some process that emits a whole bunch of intermediate images on some evolving dataset you might want to graph jpeg or png file sizes because :O
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"Compression factor? That's just a factor of Kolmogorov Complexity"
yeah it is
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well it wasn't gonna be cryptographically random
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(I'm not qualified to make certain claims here, so I'm not saying *what* the data is, but I will confirm there's totally a periodic component and it's *totally* showing up where I didn't expect it. But then, see first qualification.)
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