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		secure on Aug 31, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Probabilistic Many-to-Many Relationships (with Blo... As the article mentions at the very bottom, this technique is not accurate. This fact makes it unusable for many use-cases, but it’s an interesting and good article nevertheless.

mcherm on Aug 31, 2012 | [–]

Yes, and if I were to make one addition to the article it would be to add a section talking about the implications of that 0.5% error rate with some examples of uses where this would be appropriate and where it wouldn't be.

radarsat1 on Aug 31, 2012 | [–]

it's also in the title: probabilistic many-to-many relationships

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