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Worth noting that the original comment said: > This is kind of a dick move to use IMHO. Didn't say anything about creating the script, just about using it. Po
by swombat 13y ago
Worth noting that the original comment said:
> This is kind of a dick move to use IMHO.
Didn't say anything about creating the script, just about using it. Possibly, using it at scale was even implied.
Creating this is a hacker move. Using it to store your server backups is a dick move (and also potentially a poor backup policy).
- ohwp 13y agoAlso: setting up a webserver with over 1TB of storage is probably simpler, faster and more reliable. I also think in this case the hack is a little useless. But I've seen examples where they use it to transfer a lot of 3D data for use in WebGL. And the author of this script is also linking to a nice usecase where is is used for game data: http://blog.nihilogic.dk/2008/05/compression-using-canvas-and-png.html http://blog.nihilogic.dk/2008/05/compression-using-canvas-an...