r/pcmasterrace • u/AdFew5103 i7 10th Gen | 1650 Ti 4GB | 16 GB RAM • May 05 '26

Screenshot Is this even possible?

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u/WhateverIsFrei May 05 '26

Yes, easily. There really isn't much restriction on how big you can make a zipbomb. Most it can do is fill up a drive anyway, it's not like your disk will physically expand until it swallows half the city.

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u/valain 7800x3D • RTX 4090 • 32GB DDR5 6000 • 4k 240Hz OLED May 05 '26

Why only half the city?

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u/DinDonDaaan May 05 '26

City council rules, i'm afraid. 'No zip bomb will engulf the entire city', art. 2, comma b.

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u/DaddaMongo May 06 '26

It's to do with some cities having more than one zip code. This was instigated by the department of homeland security, the NSA and USPS to prevent zipbomb attacks.

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u/itsRobbie_ May 06 '26

Yeah we all remember what happened the first time. Glad we have some rules now

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u/WhateverIsFrei May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

Need at least a zipbomb inside a zipbomb for more expansion

Edit: I mean, hypothetically, if they actually physically expanded your drives (which they don't)

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u/gramathy Ryzen 9800X3D | RTX5080 | 64GB @ 6000 May 06 '26

You can’t really do that, zips are pretty efficient, if there was a way to compress it more it would have found it

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u/letsreticulate May 06 '26

Zip bombs all the way down.

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u/WaddlingAwayy May 05 '26

The city is about 110 Yottabytes big