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		cjbgkagh on Sept 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Add extra stuff to a “standard” encoding? Sure, wh... If you have random access, you could leave some space and then go back and fill in the actual length value. Would work better with fixed size integer as you know ahead of time how much space to leave.

ahoka on Sept 20, 2023 | [–]

Just leave some empty electromagnetic waves in the cables before your message, got it.

iainmerrick on Sept 20, 2023 | [–]

If you’re streaming, you generally don’t have random access.

cjbgkagh on Sept 21, 2023 | [–]

Somehow I missed the ‘streaming’ part… my bad

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