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The type of data centers humans used to build
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HaraldvonBlauzahn
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HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
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Posted:   Subject: The type of data centers humans used to build Quote
Photo of a huge, gorgeous, multi-story library filled with people reading books with the caption “The type of data centers humans used to build”

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schwifty_squanch
lemmy.ml
schwifty_squanch@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-07-25
#2 Posted:   Subject: Re: The type of data centers humans used to build Quote Reply

Woah... I thought SATA was slow...
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kibiz0r
midwest.social
kibiz0r@midwest.social
Joined: 2023-07-14
#3 Posted:   Subject: Re: The type of data centers humans used to build Quote Reply
schwifty_squanch wrote:
Woah... I thought SATA was slow...

Speed is one thing. At least these are free of compression artifacts, and in many cases the data is redundant and signed, which are nice features. The prefetch and local caching also have some excellent characteristics.
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goatinspace
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Joined: 2025-06-16
#4 Posted:   Subject: Re: The type of data centers humans used to build Quote Reply

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Ignotum
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Joined: 2023-06-12
#5 Posted:   Subject: Re: The type of data centers humans used to build Quote Reply
kibiz0r wrote:
Speed is one thing. At least these are free of compression artifacts, and in many cases the data is redundant and signed, which are nice features. The prefetch and local caching also have some excellent characteristics.

English has an information density of like 1.2 bits per word if i recall correctly
Those books aren't just uncompressed, they're bloated and could be compressed a ton completely losslessly

A short book written using arithmetic encoding might take a few extra months to read, but think of all the paper you'd be saving!
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LongLive
lemmy.world

LongLive@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-11
#6 Posted:   Subject: Re: The type of data centers humans used to build Quote Reply
Ignotum wrote:
English has an information density of like 1.2 bits per word if i recall correctly Those books aren't just uncompressed, they're bloated and could be compressed a ton completely losslessly A short book written using arithmetic encoding might take a few extra months to read, but think of all the paper you'd be saving!

assigned summer reading: nursery rhymes.
yay
arithmetic encoded nursery rhymes
oh...
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Ramsesder13te
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Ramsesder13te@feddit.org
Joined: 2026-07-26
#7 Posted:   Subject: Re: The type of data centers humans used to build Quote Reply

Too free, too open...
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Ignotum
lemmy.world
ignotum@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#8 Posted:   Subject: Re: The type of data centers humans used to build Quote Reply
LongLive wrote:
assigned summer reading: nursery rhymes. yay arithmetic encoded nursery rhymes oh...

And remember; using a calculator is cheating
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prole
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Joined: 2024-06-11
#9 Posted: · edited   Subject: Re: The type of data centers humans used to build Quote Reply
Ignotum wrote:
English has an information density of like 1.2 bits per word if i recall correctly Those books aren't just uncompressed, they're bloated and could be compressed a ton completely losslessly A short book written using arithmetic encoding might take a few extra months to read, but think of all the paper you'd be saving!

they're bloated and could be compressed a ton completely losslessly

Spoken like someone who has no concept of art or prose.

Try compressing a Nabokov novel "losslessly".
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