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0 pointsambicapter3y ago0 comments

I was under the impression that base64 encoding doesn't reduce file size of an image at all, rather it sometimes increases it. That wasn't the point of using base64 string, right?

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bdhcuidbebe3y ago· 1 in thread

> a base64 string representing a compressed image

Parent explained that the base64 encoding held compressed data.

TylerE3y ago

But why base64 and not just… send the bytes? 6 bits per character vs 8

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