[Link] A Super Speedy Lightweight Lossless Compression Algorithm

Read: 30/11/2021 hackaday.com

[Dominic Szablewski] was tinkering around with compressing RGB images, when he stumbled upon idea of how to make a simple lossless compression algorithm, resulting in the Quite OK Image Format, which seems to offer comparable file sizes to the PNG format but is so simple it runs up to 50 times faste

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[Link] Meet FitGirl, The Repack ‘Queen’ Of Pirated Games

Read: 1/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

Repacked games are in high demand on pirate sites as they save considerable bandwidth. One of the leading names in this niche is FitGirl. In recent years, the Russian-born repacker transformed from a home archivist into the best-known releaser on the Internet.

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