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Reminds me of my genius compression algorithm from when I was around 12. Information on the computer is just numbers right? So why not just divide the number by two over and over until its in the single digits. Infinite compression. The only thing left to figure out is how to compress all the remainders from the numbers that aren't divisible by two.

Needless to say, I never could solve that problem.




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