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| First post | 2017-06-07 22:49 +0800 |
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Hamming distance: "covfefe" vs "coffee" vs "coverage" "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2017-06-07 22:49 +0800
Re: Hamming distance: "covfefe" vs "coffee" vs "coverage" acc <email@farlocca.it> - 2017-06-07 17:55 +0200
Re: Hamming distance: "covfefe" vs "coffee" vs "coverage" Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-06-07 20:42 +0100
Re: Hamming distance: "covfefe" vs "coffee" vs "coverage" "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2017-06-09 22:05 +0800
| From | "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-06-07 22:49 +0800 |
| Subject | Hamming distance: "covfefe" vs "coffee" vs "coverage" |
| Message-ID | <oh93ji$o18$4@dont-email.me> |
On 6/6/2017 5:43 PM, K Wills (Shill #3) wrote: >> Was the word supposed to be "coffee" by chance? "Covfefe" is two typos >> different from "coffee", and the typos could have been caused by either >> not enough or way too much coffee. > > It was supposed to be "coverage." > "covfefe" vs "coffee" vs "coverage" It's still a better explanation than "coverage". I think it's called Hamming Distance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_distance -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa
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| From | acc <email@farlocca.it> |
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| Date | 2017-06-07 17:55 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <oh97m8$7ps$2@gioia.aioe.org> |
| In reply to | #111701 |
Il 07/06/2017 16.49, Mr. Man-wai Chang ha scritto: > "covfefe" vs "coffee" vs "coverage" > > It's still a better explanation than "coverage". I think it's called > Hamming Distance. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_distance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance
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| From | Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-06-07 20:42 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <871sqv60uv.fsf@gmail.com> |
| In reply to | #111713 |
acc <email@farlocca.it> writes: > Il 07/06/2017 16.49, Mr. Man-wai Chang ha scritto: > >> "covfefe" vs "coffee" vs "coverage" >> >> It's still a better explanation than "coverage". I think it's called >> Hamming Distance. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_distance > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance In Levenshtein distance COFFEE is much the closer word. The reason people think its COVERAGE is from the context.
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| From | "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-06-09 22:05 +0800 |
| Message-ID | <ohe9ok$t5f$5@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #111713 |
On 7/6/2017 11:55 PM, acc wrote: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance Thanks! One more name that's hard to remember.... dark magic? :) -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa
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