Hamming distance: "covfefe" vs "coffee" vs "coverage"

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Date	Wed, 7 Jun 2017 22:49:42 +0800
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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


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