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Re:Computer Scientists Invent an Efficient New Way to Count by empath-nirvana on Friday May 17, 2024 @03:01PM (#40393192)
If you don't know the length of the stream in advance, you can just calculate the margin of error when you're done, no?
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Re:Computer Scientists Invent an Efficient New Way to Count by cb321 on Friday May 17, 2024 @04:04PM (#40393707)
You just solve for epsilon. That's what I did: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cb321
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