Bits vs Bytes Encoding
Discussions center on efficient bit-level data encoding and storage, debating the use of bits versus bytes, optimal bit allocations, and techniques like Huffman coding for minimal representation.
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Why allocate more bits than you ever need?
Sounds like a bytes vs bits hack.
What if you were counting bits instead of bytes?
someone suggested 10-bit bytes. this will not be enough. 11-bit bytes should be plenty, though
Did they want to cram a coarse measurement into a smaller amount of bits?
The important part is the number of bits used for storage; the textual version is only for humans
What makes it 2-bit rather than 1-bit?
It’s “1-bit, for particularly large values of ‘bit’”
No way to use bytes instead of bits in the output?
Only if they figure out how to encode 21 with two bits.