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Exactly. For a city with 200,000 people you only need 18 bits. For the whole planet, you only need 33 or 34 bits.
by informatimago 10y ago
Exactly. For a city with 200,000 people you only need 18 bits. For the whole planet, you only need 33 or 34 bits.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoBut you have to select the bits very carefully for that population. If you're playing "Bitwise Guess Who?" against Moscow's population, there are going to be many combinations of bits that result in zero matches (ethnicity: African, hair color: red, eye color: blue, height: 4 feet) and many combinations of bits that result in many matches (ethnicity: Slavic, hair color: blonde, eye color: blue, height: 5'8")