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Re:Text Classification by Data Compression by ta988 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @09:51PM (#27443337)
Does that mean you were doing an LZW compression but with a fixed table?
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Re:Text Classification by Data Compression by thomasluce on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @01:25AM (#27444505)
Yes, exactly. We pre-built the table with a ton of hand-picked mailing addresses copy-pasted out of a bunch of free-text and then just kept using that one.
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Re:Text Classification by Data Compression by ta988 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @08:15PM (#27455160)
Great, I need to try something like that.
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