https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/cond-mat_0108530/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49505210urn:hackerpapers:submission:cond-mat_0108530:49505210Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:18:30 GMT<p>Language Trees and Zipping</p><p></p><p>1 point; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/cond-mat_0108530/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cond-mat.stat-mechhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37035055urn:hackerpapers:mention:cond-mat_0108530:37035055Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:38:26 GMT<p>Gzip on genes is something I wondered about for a good while (since I read about &quot;language trees and zipping&quot; about 20 years ago[1].) Pleased to hear someone tried it! I was wondering in particular whether anyone looked at &quot;junk&quot; DNA with gzip, etc., as a test of how randomised it was.. Do you know if that ever happened? 1: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0108530</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/cond-mat_0108530/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cond-mat.stat-mech