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in the uniform case, the range is {0,59}

in the non-uniform case, the range is {0,256}

if our question was: is it a waste ? - yes.

if our question was: does it matter for the distance / prediction ? - no. adding artificial zeros does not change it, as long as some distance formula like L2, HAMMING, CHI_SQUARE is used, that strictly compares per element .

in the uniform case, the range is {0,59}

in the non-uniform case, the range is {0,256}

if our question was: is it using 256 instead of 59 a waste ? - yes.

if our question was: does it matter for the distance / prediction ? - no. adding artificial zeros does not change it, as long as some distance formula like L2, HAMMING, CHI_SQUARE is used, that strictly compares per element .

in the uniform case, the range is {0,59}

in the non-uniform case, the range is {0,256}

if our question was: is using 256 instead of 59 a waste ? - yes.

if our question was: does it matter for the distance / prediction ? - no. adding artificial zeros does not change it, as long as some distance formula like L2, HAMMING, CHI_SQUARE is used, that strictly compares per element it .

in the uniform case, the range is {0,59}

in the non-uniform case, the range is {0,256}

if our question was: is using 256 instead of 59 a waste ? (of diskspace/memory/cpu)? - yes.yes, ofc.

if our question was: does it matter for the distance / prediction ? - no. adding artificial zeros does not change it .