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This byte reordering trick has also been done elsewhere. For example, the HDF5 file format supports a "shuffle" filter which reorders the bytes.

(post author) All of this has been done elsewhere! I'm just trying to try various approaches that are out there, on "my own data".

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest you were claiming it was discovered by you. It was more on giving some background and a different name for it.