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ultimate storage hack (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] JamonBear@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 month ago (4 children)

You want real infinite storage space? Here you go: https://github.com/philipl/pifs

[–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

that's awesome! I'm just migrating all my data to πfs. finally mathematics is put to a proper use!

[–] needanke@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago

Finally someone uses the fact that compute time is so much cheaper than storage!

[–] groet@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Easy, just replace each byte of data with multiple bytes of metadata. I see no problem here