it costs more than buying a new one at this point

i know, but after you add a compression method to it, tar still doesn’t compress. Only the other, actual compression algorythm you add to it, like gz, xz, bz2, zst, rz, etc. I do know how modern tar works, but no matter how modern it is, it still can’t compress files. It only calls a file compressor at most

neither of these indicate any actual compression. I do know how compression works, there are around 10-15 major ways, from which i can compress with 2, using a sheet of paper and a pen, no computer involved. Here is tar’s wikipedia: Filename extension .tar Internet media type application/x-tar Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) public.tar-archive Magic number u s t a r \0 0 0 at byte offset 257 (for POSIX versions) u s t a r \040 \040 \0 (for old GNU tar format)[6]

absent in pre-POSIX versions Latest release various various Type of format

File archiver (from file archiver wikipedia page: " The Unix tools ar, tar, and cpio act as archivers but not compressors.")

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_archiver

Basically, the key is to know the difference between a file archiver and a file compressor. Most tools are somewhat both, but tar, ar, cpio are exceptions, just like some very rare formats that doesn’t create an archive, only compresses raw data and prints in stdout, in the same format (just like i would do on a paper)

typical Trump presidency bullshit. Yet they fail to prosecuate many gangsters and rich money launderers. like this was the biggest problem ever

i’m just tired and generalizing things too much. Don’t need to take me as someone purposely spreading misinformation

tiny core

on arch, it will display gibberish that somehow means that you need to reprogram the firmware externally, then shuts down permanently

you can actually connect to online ram, but it will be slow and potentionally unsecure if you don’t secure it. This is how cloud gaming works

achsully tar is store only, not compression. Use zstd, xz, rz for good compression 🤓

if it boots up, ram, storage, video adapter, cpu, and usb slot is intact then propably yes

tf is usa on, why they need perios statistics