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Do we really need to have this comment for any submission that mentions compression?
by ot 12y ago
Do we really need to have this comment for any submission that mentions compression?
- maemre 12y agoI guess so. It is also the top comment on r/programming for this (link also contains the corresponding blog entry of the author): https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2tibrh/zstd_a_new_compression_algorithm/ https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2tibrh/zstd_a_...
- corysama 12y agoPlease note that the HN community takes a rather strict approach when moderating comments that contribute noise to the conversation. "Nice article!" comments are routinely downvoted. As is sarcasm, witticisms, memes, references and other styles of comments that occur frequently but do not contribute to the discussion. It's a knowingly doomed attempt to hold back the flood of noise that covers Reddit.
- mkorfmann 12y agoWhy so serious?
- Lagged2Death 12y agoThe Weissman score comment's Weissman score would be improved by merely linking to an earlier instance of the Weissman score comment.