**Exciting News!** After 15 years of developing #Blosc/#Blosc2, we're thrilled to announce the beta program for Cat2Cloud! 
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Share complex data securely and effortlessly
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Access to the best compression algorithms available
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Perform advanced computations directly in the cloud
...and more!
https://ironarray.io/cat2cloud
Join our beta program today and be among the first to experience the power of Cat2Cloud!
#DataScience #Compression #SaaS #CloudComputing #BetaProgram
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Salut, je cherche une app mobile libre pour compresser des images jpg par lot. Une appli à me recommander ?
#help #android #mobile #photo #app# #fdroid #compression #manipulationImage
@sarahdalgulls Arduously long but one point struck me. The use of ambiguity in AI responses because it doesn't know what to put. In effect the reader sees the meaning in the sentence.
Does this mean that we are being gaslighted, and AI is not nearly as advanced as we think? Has it just learnt to produce text that is plausible to anyone and fits multiple interpretations, just like the tabloid astrology columns?
I don't think there's a simple answer to this. On relatively closed domains like writing computer language it definitely can produce real direct answers. On ambiguous social questions, perhaps it does produce ambiguous answers for us to project meaning on to?
I'm quite surprised that I hadn't noticed or thought of this possibility. I think I will ask some questions and look at the answers while asking myself "how would someone with a different worldview understand this?".
Scientists are storing light we cannot see in formats meant for human eyes - Imagine working with special cameras that capture light your eyes can't ev... - https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/scientists-are-storing-light-we-cannot-see-in-formats-meant-for-human-eyes/ #multispectrumimages #imagecompression #spectralimaging #imageformats #compression #datascience #science #biz #jpegxl #jpeg
Updated article on Blosc2: Compute with TB-sized datasets on your own hardware, within human timeframes!
Highlights:
Outperforms NumPy by 10x ~ 100x for large computations
Maintains performance with datasets far exceeding physical memory
Integrates seamlessly with the Python data science ecosystem
Works both in-memory and on-disk with minimal performance differences
Read more: https://ironarray.io/blog/compute-bigger
Page Speed: Avoid Large Base64 Data URLs in HTML and CSS, by @debugbear.com:
Fitting a Spell Checker into 64 kB - By some estimates, the English language contains over a million unique words. This... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/fitting-a-spell-checker-into-64-kb/ #computerhacks #bloomfilter #compression #spellcheck #algorithm #memory #hash #unix
Exciting Python-Blosc2 Update!
In 3.2.1 release, we've implemented the __array_interface__ protocol for our array containers, dramatically expanding interoperability with NumPy, CuPy and other array libraries.
This means our blosc2.jit decorator now works with virtually all NumPy functions! Compute with the full power of NumPy with either decompressed data... or compressed data without decompressing first.
Check out examples: https://github.com/Blosc/python-blosc2/blob/main/examples/ndarray/jit-numpy-funcs.py
New blog post where I explain how to minify your Godot export size, turning it from the default 93MB to a tiny 6.4MB file.
Some sacrifices were made, but this should serve as a guide on which options you can tune and how effective each one is!
https://popcar.bearblog.dev/how-to-minify-godots-build-size/
BOOK LAUNCH — How to make books more sustainable?
→ How to make books more sustainable? Inspired by the image compression on its solar-powered website, Low-tech Magazine squeezed the article catalog of their three-volume book series into just one book. Compressing the content — an editorial and design choice — produces a larger reduction in resource use than printing on recycled paper could ever do.
→ During this book launch event, we present our "Compressed Book Edition", followed by a public discussion on sustainability in the book publishing business. We also have a number of copies for sale during the event.
18:45 Doors open
19:00 Book launch
19:30 Q&A
19:45 Book sale / snacks & drinks / networking / low-tech showcase ;)
Barcelona — Akasha HUB, Carrer de la Verneda 19 (El Clot)
sign-up on meetup! (https://www.meetup.com/akashabarcelona/events/306644137/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze_canvas&utm_campaign=mmrk_alleng_event_announcement_prod_unfiltered_v7_en&utm_term=promo&utm_content=lp_meetup&dispatch_id=67ceebedb8e8eab07052f4842939fd80)
poster by our intern Hugo Lopez
As a video codec engineer I don't think I'll allow movies I ripped from decades old DVDs to be encoded with MPEG-2. It's not like I am trying to save storage on the NAS. It's a principle thing.
My AMD 7900xtx supports AV1 hardware encoding... It can encode 1000+ frames per second for those 480p movies.
Rust inadequate for text compression codecs?
https://palaiologos.rocks/posts/rust-codecs/
#ycombinator #opinion #rust #cpp #compression
CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities - A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/compression-conjures-apparent-intelligence-in-new-puzzle-solving-ai-approach/ #françoischollet #machinelearning #aicompression #aibenchmarks #compression #arc-agi #biz #tech #ai
Have you ever thought about how amazing modern #video #compression is?
When #QuickTime came out in 1991, the video codecs didn't save you much space, and were very primitive. You could see the (temporally) repeating blocks very obviously, and they didn't have a lot of finesse.
Cinepak was the first one that had some real compression muscle, then Intel Indeo and others.
I've got a 113-second, 720x1600 video that SHOULD take up 21GB of data raw, but easily compresses down to 16MB, and I can hardly tell the difference.
That's 1360:1 savings!
FLAC 1.5 : l’encodage multithread est enfin disponible https://goodtech.info/flac-1-5-lencodage-multithread-est-enfin-disponible #codec #musique #open_source #multithreading #encodage #flac #compression #opensource #audio
WebP : Boostez votre site avec un format révolutionnaire https://www.zendevs.xyz/webp-le-format-dimage-pour-le-web #webp #web #compression #image #format
Major Upgrade on UPX:
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