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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Its generated dynamically based on a seed string.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Huh, if it's dynamically generated, would the storage required to host website grow as visitors search for more strings?

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It doesn't generate and save it, it generates it again at the same position.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

In that case, wouldn't the "address" for the position of the string in the library be as long as the string itself?

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Yes, it's a fancy way to turn a link containing encoded text into that text.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

https://libraryofbabel.info/book.cgi?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-w3-s1-v11:1

This is a link to a book. Its much larger than the url, thats just the seed to generate it.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Address is the seed. It's not stored. Try visiting it to see how it works.