śatosha on Nostr: no .. that is like using English v/s French .. Base 64 takes around 33 % more space ...
no .. that is like using English v/s French .. Base 64 takes around 33 % more space but it has other benefits such as human expressibility .. to some extent ..
The first order of compression is when we agree on the means of communication - English for example .. The next order of compression is solidifyig the language accuracy with Math ... both Binary and Base64 are mathematical expressions of human languages
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