Add extra stuff to a “standard” encoding? Sure, why not

Re:Add extra stuff to a “standard” encoding? Sure, why not by benj111 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @03:46AM (#37581532)

Tbf though, I'm sure the number of cat pics floating about the internet dwarfs this number, so it depends on the data I suppose.

Plus rather simple things like pi could create rather a long message.

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Re:Add extra stuff to a “standard” encoding? Sure, why not by gumby on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @07:42AM (#37582970)

I suppose pi has a cheat code: if you made the largest possible circle in the universe you only need enough digits to distinguish points on its circumference that are a Planck distance apart. Then you can either ignore any digits beyond that or even simply make them up, as there would be no way to measure the difference.

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