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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIn that case, wouldn’t the “address” for the position of the string in the library be as long as the string itself?
minus-squareRedjard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYes, it’s a fancy way to turn a link containing encoded text into that text.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agohttps://libraryofbabel.info/book.cgi?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-w3-s1-v11:1 This is a link to a book. Its much larger than the url, thats just the seed to generate it.
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAddress is the seed. It’s not stored. Try visiting it to see how it works.
In that case, wouldn’t the “address” for the position of the string in the library be as long as the string itself?
Yes, it’s a fancy way to turn a link containing encoded text into that text.
https://libraryofbabel.info/book.cgi?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-w3-s1-v11:1
This is a link to a book. Its much larger than the url, thats just the seed to generate it.
Address is the seed. It’s not stored. Try visiting it to see how it works.