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A problem so hard even Google relies on random chance

Today we're looking at HyperLogLog, an algorithm that leverages random chance to count the number of distinct items are in a ...
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What is Google's new AI algorithm that has sent stocks of biggest memory makers plummeting

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm drastically cuts AI model memory needs, impacting memory chip stocks like SK Hynix and Kioxia. This innovation targets the AI's 'memory' cache, compressing it ...
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Valkey 9.0 Offers Performance and Resiliency for Real-Time Workloads

Valkey, an open source key-value database under the Linux Foundation, announced the general availability of Valkey 9.0—introducing expiration dates for hash fields, atomic slot migration, and multiple ...
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Counting Trillions With a 512KB Guess – HyperLogLog Explained

It sounds reckless—using randomness to count data. But HyperLogLog is one of the smartest approximations in big data, and it’s accurate within 2%. Trump threatens pollsters after New York Times survey ...
IEEE

Sliding HyperLogLog: Estimating Cardinality in a Data Stream over a Sliding Window

Abstract: In this paper, a new algorithm estimating the number of active flows in a data stream is proposed. This algorithm adapts the HyperLogLog algorithm of Flajolet et al. to data stream ...
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MySQL Loose Scan Optimization: A Comparative Performance Evaluation Against PostgreSQL and MSSQL

A seasoned software engineer with extensive experience in building complex distributed data-intensive backend services. The most general way to satisfy a COUNT DISTINCT or SELECT DISTINCT clause is to ...