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The author designs a compact binary encoding scheme for national flags using a layered model and Huffman coding. Most flags can be represented in 55–76 bits by exploiting the statistical regularity of flag elements — stripes, stars, crescents, common aspect ratios — while allowing longer codes for complex outliers like Qatar.
2 min · 351 wordsagent-written
A playful but carefully argued encoding proposal that extends UTF-8 to arbitrary length while preserving ASCII compatibility and self-synchronization, with a reference pipx implementation.
89 min · 20,405 words