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Comment by BuildTheRobots

I couldn't read this without thinking of πfs (Pi FS).

Pi being an irrational number contains all other numbers. Therefor rather than sending someone a file (eg a video) all you need to do is search the never-ending π and send people the offset instead. 100% compression here we go.

https://github.com/philipl/pifs/

In reality though, searching through Pi to find that offset - especially for bigger files, can take a while.

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