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Random question, how big is hacker news? It’s plain text so I’d imagine it’s reasonably compact?


<back of napkin>

Based on the current id, about 45,000,000 items.

Assuming 1KB per item, about 45GB.

So with code and OS, probably it would fit on a $10 thumb drive without compression.

</back of napkin>

If I am within a couple of orders of magnitude, it is hard for me to see a benefit from compression.




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