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* Questions on which file types and compression formats you prefer for archivingG.K.
`- Re: Questions on which file types and compression formats you prefer for archiviBlue-Maned_Hawk

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Subject: Questions on which file types and compression formats you prefer for archiving
From: G.K.
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Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 02:41 UTC
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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 20:41:27 -0600
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What is your preferred file type for:

1. documentation ?
2. raw text data ?
3. message archiving ?
4. lists ?
5. collections of the above, archived, indexed, or otherwise ?
6. large data stores ?
7. brainstorms ?
8. outlines ?
9. snippets ?

What are your preferred compression formats and why?

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G.K.

Subject: Re: Questions on which file types and compression formats you prefer for archiving
From: Blue-Maned_Hawk
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On 1/14/23 21:41, G.K. wrote:
> What is your preferred file type for:
>
> 1. documentation ?
Manpages or PDFs.
> 2. raw text data ?
I can't figure out what this is asking. Isn't the only type .txt?
> 3. message archiving ?
I guess whatever Thunderbird does? I'm not certain what this means.
> 4. lists ?
A simple newline-split list can work well for a lot of things. But if i
need something more complicated, i'd probably use JSON.
> 5. collections of the above, archived, indexed, or otherwise ?
Directories or folders :P.
> 6. large data stores ?
Usually if i need to do that, i'll put it in a compressed tarball.
> 7. brainstorms ? > 8. outlines ?
> 9. snippets ?
I don't usually keep these digitally. I usually write them down in a
little notebook i carry.
>
> What are your preferred compression formats and why?
>
​For me, the highest priorities are losslessness and the compression
ratio—i've never run into a situation where the slowness of an algorithm
has outweighed these. Some kinds of files have specially‑designed _de
facto_-standard compression schemes (e.g. PNG for images, FLAC for
audio, etc.), but for general stuff i use .xz because i've heard that it
has the highest compression ratio, which my personal experience has
corroborated.
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