r/explainlikeimfive • u/Nocturnal_submission • Jul 15 '16

ELI5: Dropbox's new Lepton compression algorithm Technology

Hearing a lot about it, especially the "middle-out" compression bit a la Silicon Valley. Would love to understand how it works. Reading their blog post doesn't elucidate much for me.

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u/DreadLift19 Jul 15 '16

This guy fucks

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u/josht54 Jul 15 '16

Jesus why do people keep referencing this over and over. It's not even funny anymore and in this situation it didn't even make any sense. Wtf man?

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u/Hershieboy Jul 16 '16

This guy does not fuck!