I had a manager once tell me during a casual conversation with complete sincerity that one day with advancements in compression algorithms we could get any file down to a single bit. I really didn’t know what to say to that level of absurdity. I just nodded.
That’s the kind of manager that also tells you that you just lack creativity and vision if you tell them that it’s not possible. They also post regularly on LinkedIn
I had a manager once tell me during a casual conversation with complete sincerity that one day with advancements in compression algorithms we could get any file down to a single bit. I really didn’t know what to say to that level of absurdity. I just nodded.
Well he’s not wrong. The decompression would be a problem though.
Yeah with lossy compression the future is today!
You can give me any file, and I can create a compression algorithm that reduces it to 1 bit. (*)
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(*) No guarantees about the size of the decompression algorithm or its efficacy on other files
That’s the kind of manager that also tells you that you just lack creativity and vision if you tell them that it’s not possible. They also post regularly on LinkedIn
Maybe they also believe themselves to be father of computing
Send him your work: 1 (or 0 ofc)
https://xkcd.com/1381/
u can have everthing in a single bit, if the decompressor includes the whole universe
That’s precisely when you bet on it.