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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by TeMPOraL on Friday February 28, 2020 @05:42AM (#22441897)
> So the question reduces to how much the type of compression matters here

It doesn't matter at all. As 'patio11 correctly points elsewhere in the thread[0], this question boils down to the colour of the bits.

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[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22441118

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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by programd on Friday February 28, 2020 @05:07PM (#22446860)
Here's the link to the original "What Colour are your bits?" blog post by Ansuz - very much worth reading

https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23

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