I loved it. - Retrospective on how we have advanced with compression methods; it's quite interesting how the same file is reduced in compressed size when doing

I loved it. - Retrospective on how we have advanced with compression methods; it's quite interesting how the same file is reduced in compressed size when doing a survey of the distinct compression methods. - nice explanation of Huffman coding - mention of code golfing A quintaessential HN article. I think each of the 3 items above is worth 10 hacking nerd bonus points (collect 50 points to get a Devo Energy Dome) If code golfing is done using Befunge or Brainf*, multiply score by 3. EDIT: BTW, Brainf____ source code probably compresses nicely with Pack.