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dekhn
on Oct 13, 2016
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Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
Basically, you get 50% chance of collision around sqrt(size of table).
bogomipz
on Oct 14, 2016
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Ah right, a probability theory classic. Thanks, cheers.
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