The bloom filter is:
“a space-efficient probabilistic data structure that is used to test whether an element is a member of a set. False positives are possible, but false negatives are not.”
By using this sort of filtration on your data, you can generate a smaller dataset that is MUCH more likely to be the correct set of data points, and that will have rejected the negatives for your set.
Sphere: Related ContentA friend led me to this program that will show you all the fonts on your machine that can be used in a browser. This is a great way to find out what will look good on your website when you are doing your design.
Sphere: Related ContentIf you need a nice and clean way to display sortable data on your site, whether for public or private use, then check out this very easy to follow tutorial on how to create a flex data grid.
Sphere: Related ContentEvery wonder the correct way to create an RSS feed that will validate and actually be useful to your readers?
Or, do you wonder how everyone on the internet is able to turn something from their site into an RSS feed?
This article will show you definitively how to turn your content into an RSS feed. You can then use your feed to generate site readers, visitors, and even customers.
Sphere: Related ContentIt turns out that the people who own whatismyip.com have decided to change up their design and go with a tabbed layout that makes their site look respectable. The other tabs have command line entries that you can make on various machines to give your ip address as well as a tab that explains the concepts of IP addresses.
They still have your IP address displayed proudly in a giant h1 tag dead center. They also upgraded to video advertising!
I wonder how much money they make off that site…
In case you were wondering, you can always use PHP to give/get the visitors IP address:
Sphere: Related Content<? echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];?>
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