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When you print out the compression like that, it takes up more space, because instead of "117" being a single byte, it's 3 bytes

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Jabberwocky, but compressed (lzw) 

"A61,137a93t187u20lai186h80abb82o295?89C157e23 86 78m58 312b279m138h53oy!244 fr42j125s day! C142l181h326C328a319'89H38c187rtled194 292s joy296
`Twa93bri45ig,256t99s21h232tov25
27D29 gy110a179g47ble338t99w72;44ll 124m48 265r79e318rog353e58
178n34t99m310 ra94s68utg379be.

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Jabberwocky, but compressed (lzw) 

H51ook his vorpal20w140d in ha61::89Long ti64 111 manxom38foe137e87ugh104--
So 32s97d160 by62 Tumtum17ree,
27A61 stoo34awhil38i146thought.
44n117 as145n uffish40o188h104h38stood177 T99J81erw83k85with ey25 of f101me,
Cam41hiffl39g40r125g213t99tulgey wo204,89A179bur37e182s145t c221e!

One98wo! O245,17w247 A179thr227h118 94r255
27T99v140p142 37a128 went20nicker-snack!134e lef104i104dea192a179w212h240s160ad
27H41e266 galumphing53ack190

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Jabberwocky, but compressed (lzw) 

`Twas brillig, and the s11thy17oves
Did gyre14nd gimble in17h38wabe::
All mimsy wer38the borogoves,
And40e46ome raths outgr42e.

"Bewar51h38J42b50wock, my20on!59 Th38jaws th66 bite85t52 claws40at catch!
B77a32 94e Jubj113 96rd,33d20hun89T99frumiou93Bandersna106h!"

A mastodon instance, but every 3 days a random user account is replaced with a "corrupted" version, which is just a machine learning bot that learnt from their posts

I really like slow paced fiction, but I also have attention issues and can't pay attention to it

I don't know what to CW this as? Sexism? Hypermasculinity? 

some dude in a group chat I'm in is using feminine pronouns for his car, and I'm... really uncomfortable?

It's 2am, so I'm going to the sleep zone, goodnight my soft and sweet loves!

name and trans stuff 

I told both my partners that when I originally came out I chose the name Lilith, and they both said they thought that was a cute name and now I feel a bit weird?

Like? that hasn't been my name for 3 years, but it still kind of feels like it?

lying in bed, thinking about CUTE GIRLS and FLOPPY DISKS

Building your programming ability? Open "secret" about tech industry: programmers only productive about 3-4 hours/day & fake the rest. No need to sit 8 hours.

So don't burn yourself out! Maybe lie down & visualize, before coding tiny pieces. Understand a single thing in many ways; creates strong bricks as foundation of your knowledge. With stronger bricks, the faster you will be.

Maybe first write down a few different ways of doing something; list advantages & disadvantages of each. "Analyze tradeoffs."

Code's often a poor representation of thought, a thin brittle artifact that executes.

*imagines plugging a floppy into my phone or laptop device* see this is the kind of innovation the world is missing

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