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Re:500M of “Have I been Pwned” hashes broken by majewsky on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @01:18PM (#16803096)
> Within a margin of error, [the value of a measure is] zero.

Nitpick: Zero does not have a magnitude, so "a margin of error" is not remotely well-defined here.

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Re:500M of “Have I been Pwned” hashes broken by aidenn0 on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @01:43PM (#16803336)
Nitpick nitpick: margin of error can be either absolute or relative.
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Re:500M of “Have I been Pwned” hashes broken by arghwhat on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @09:36AM (#16810911)
Nitpick nitpick nitpick: "margin of error" without any value effectively means "the following value has no meaning at all", as the margin of error is unspecified.
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