I'm looking for interesting computer science articles that aren't in Show HN and Ask HN
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Forgret commented on Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only alternative · Posted by u/Forgret
I'm very curious as to how one gets tired of Base64?
Base64 is great and widely used. I just wanted to experiment with a numeric-only representation. NUMBASE encodes everything into a single large number, which can make certain compression schemes like Huffman more efficient and opens up new ways to store or transmit data.
Forgret commented on Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only alternative · Posted by u/Forgret
Hmm - why would you do that? How much data, if any, can you safe by compressing it as to compared with the classic Base64?
It depends on the data. Base64 adds ~33% overhead, while NUMBASE can be encoded into one large number at once and compressed with Huffman or other algorithms. For some data types this results in fewer extra characters.
Forgret commented on Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only alternative · Posted by u/Forgret
Url?
URL I added it to the description.
Or here it is: https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/numbase
Forgret commented on Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only alternative · Posted by u/Forgret
Url?
Ops, I forgot to add the link.