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		smegsicle on May 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Understanding Bloom filters by building one the answer is no/maybe, but it's still a yes/no question as typically used

dspillett on May 29, 2022 [–]

I was about to make a very pedantic point, but thinking about it I'm actually wrong… If the question is phrased oddly then it does give yes/no answers: “Is <item> definitely not in <set>?”.

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