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rcxdudeyesterday at 8:58 AM1 replyview on HN

Only if those similarities are indicating more than 'generic internet hacker' for both of them. You only need 23 bits to identify a person but those are 23 uncorrelated bits, and all the 'similarities' presented here are extremely strongly correlated with themselves.


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extraduder_ireyesterday at 1:56 PM

Where are you getting 23 from? That's only 8-ish million values max.

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