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Re:Show HN: How to store a set of four 5-bit values in one 1... by SilasX on Sunday January 28, 2018 @01:03AM (#16250063)
It’s not perfect compression; it’s lossy. Per the top comment, this method treats it as a set i.e. ignore the order. So you’re throwing out some information.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16249092

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