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The $5000 Compression Challenge (2001)

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181 points ekiauhce | 2 comments | 23 Nov 24 21:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.41s | source
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fxtentacle ◴[23 Nov 24 23:38 UTC] No.42224763[source]▶
This guy clearly failed because he didn't actually do any compression, he just ab-used the filesystem to store parts of the data and then tried to argue that metadata was not data...

But FYI someone else actually managed to compress that exact same data: https://jasp.net/tjnn/2018/1.xhtml

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1. stavros ◴[24 Nov 24 00:32 UTC] No.42225046[source]▶
If Mike didn't want multiple files, he should have said no to multiple files. The fact that he wanted $100 per try shows that he just got outhustled at his own hustle. He should have been more particular about the rules, and upheld the ones he himself set.
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2. PaulHoule ◴[24 Nov 24 02:42 UTC] No.42225559[source]▶
Should have charged $100 a file.