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[–] livingcoder@programming.dev 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (11 children)

Is there an algorithm or number such that we could basically pirate data from it by saying "start digit 9,031,643,679 with length 5,345,109 is an MP4 of Shrek"? Something that we could calculate in a day or less?

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think if you can ridiculously compress the size down then maybe lol.

[–] livingcoder@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Do you happen to know of any good algorithms or numbers? Pi gets harder to calculate with each digit, so it's not a great candidate.

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