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XZ/LZMA Worked Example Part 4: Lempel-Ziv, Markov-chain | Nigel Tao
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DEFLATE specification v1.3 (HTML)
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| | [AI summary] This document defines the 'deflate' compressed data format, which is used in various applications like GZIP and PNG. It outlines the structure of compressed data, including headers, Huffman codes for compression, and the use of LZ77 for data compression. The document also covers compliance requirements, compression algorithms, and references to relevant standards and patents. The format is designed to be efficient and widely applicable, with a focus on decompression and data integrity.
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Ryo Nakao
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| | It covers how to make a time-series database engine from scratch
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Huffman decoder for HPACK - L. Pereira's blog
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| | [AI summary] This technical blog post details the author's implementation of a Huffman decoder for HPACK within the Lwan web server to optimize HTTP/2 header compression.
| | divisbyzero.com
Make a "Magic Eye" image using Excel - David Richeson: Division by Zero
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| I've been on a weird kick lately making images using Excel. [Here's one post. I hope to post more soon.] If you add a background color to each cell in a spreadsheet and resize the cell widths to make each one square, then you can zoom out so that each cell acts like a pixel...