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 (DIR) Post #9vmAUTojRFreoYf2WW by sir@cmpwn.com
       2020-06-05T14:44:59Z
       
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       Imagine inventing zip files when tarballs are right there
       
 (DIR) Post #9vmBHICnOr6qzTBz96 by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
       2020-06-05T14:54:41Z
       
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       @sir imagine inventing a format which has 3 ways to parse, 2 of which are intuitive and the third one is correct
       
 (DIR) Post #9vmBUjZGyh2jcP7CKW by xair@totallylegit.site
       2020-06-05T14:57:12.812043Z
       
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       @sir big brain moments of the past
       
 (DIR) Post #9vmBWgbaxnnT0e8GFU by admicos@mastodon.social
       2020-06-05T14:55:42Z
       
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       @sir Imagine inventing rar
       
 (DIR) Post #9vmD2SQdJ9baGHibLc by clacke@libranet.de
       2020-06-05T15:13:35Z
       
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       @sir Imagine inventing gzip for compressing tar, when zip is right there and supports random access to files.
       
 (DIR) Post #9vmDIAmyewDEBdfCOu by ben@social.bfoliver.com
       2020-06-05T15:15:54Z
       
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       @sir My answer to "how do I encrypt a file with a password?" is "use zip".
       
 (DIR) Post #9vokcnGYzt8W7IrWrI by foxcpp@puppo.space
       2020-06-06T20:38:15Z
       
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       @sir I consider ZIP format to be an improvement over tarballs since ZIP allows partial decompression and contents listing with much smaller overhead.
       
 (DIR) Post #9vokk3SVBy4IMduPwW by sir@cmpwn.com
       2020-06-06T20:38:58Z
       
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       @foxcpp separating the file layout from the compression has been extremely useful to me throughout the years