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ILoveUnions@lemmy.world 1 week agoImages would likely be the easiest possible thing to translate compared to more arbitrary codes since in that situation the output should be more easily decodable?
Also, there’s plenty of easy solutions to that.
probable_possum@leminal.space 1 week ago
I thought it would be hard to reverse engineer the compression algorithms used in JPEG images.
I agree. If easy accessibility for future archeologists was the goal one could maybe use 1 or more monochromatic 2D matrices of scalar values to represent an image. Or just to etch the pixels of image itself in the medium - like in microfiche.
ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Why would you need to reverse engineer the compression algorithm? The output can be viewed without that. I don’t need to know how you got to my party to have a good time with you :)
pot_belly_mole@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
IIRC the thing is, you first present the key to the structure in some simple form, and then the rest of the data can be more complex.
probable_possum@leminal.space 1 week ago
Like the question how one would tell a future generation to not go to a dangerous place? Like a nuclear waste dump. Slightly different topic, I know.
Communicating with someone whose language and mindset doesn’t exist yet could be tricky. But math could be possible.:)