> Hacker news loves upvoting articles about bloom filters (and Bayesian probability - its on the front page again this evening.) Personally I've never found a u

> Hacker news loves upvoting articles about bloom filters (and Bayesian probability - its on the front page again this evening.) Personally I've never found a use for either of them in practice. Perhaps that speaks about the type of work you are involved in rather than about the Hacker News community?