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A better analogy would be opening a document that had partial bits missing, filling in the partial bits the best you can, and saving it.
by antihero 15y ago
A better analogy would be opening a document that had partial bits missing, filling in the partial bits the best you can, and saving it.
- noelchurchill 15y agoOr better, the good ol' "copy of a copy" analogy. Or you might compare it to re-compressing a jpeg over and over.
- hartror 15y agoThe re-compressing isn't quite accurate as it implies loss of information whereas the process we are discussing can add or remove information.