TinkerTonight’s send: 4506 bytes of 4296 bytes, 2200 bytes allowed.4 piles · 4506 B of 4296 B
Chapter 7 of 7
Pack the nightly send
Tonight’s send: the Hardware Price List 2025, the Kestrel K3 Launch FAQ, the random bytes and the scanner picture, all on one slow line.
This chapter: Which setting per file fits the budget, with the picture still close enough?
About this chapter
You will learn
- Lossless for text, always
- Leave random bytes as they are
- Lose only what the budget allows
Words you’ll meet
- Budget
- The most bytes one send may take: a planning number written for this site.
Step 1 of 2
The : 2200 bytes a night, the picture at most 2% different. Texts must come back exact.
Pick a setting for each file.
4506 bytes of 2200 bytes · 0% different TOO BIG
The best plan sends 2151 bytes.
| File | Raw | Sent | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| price-list.md | 691 | 691 | 0% |
| k3-faq.md | 789 | 789 | 0% |
| random.bin | 512 | 512 | 0% |
| scanner.rgb | 2304 | 2514 | 0% |
The budget is a planning number written for this site.
The texts are Larkspur’s own pages; the random file is seeded noise and the picture is drawn for this site.