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Re:If software engineering is in demand, why is it so hard t... by hirvi74 on Monday August 30, 2021 @08:30PM (#28362647)
> I bombed a question about an appropriate length of a Bloom filter because I hadn’t recently been thinking about Bloom filters, and I was summarily rejected for onsites.

I've never even heard of a Bloom filter, so I know how I would have done.

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Re:If software engineering is in demand, why is it so hard t... by randomswede on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @08:02AM (#28366812)
Bloom filters are really cool for space-efficient "have I never seen this before?" lookups. If that is a question that code you write frequently have to answer, Bloom filters may be a good choice. The Wikipedia page actually seems as if it's not too horrible,
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