Comments on: Testing string similarity using Ruby and Zlib http://rcoder.net/content/testing-string-similarity-using-ruby-and-zlib Code, food, pinball, beer, and bikes. It's hard living in a place this awesome. Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:37:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kevin Elliott http://rcoder.net/content/testing-string-similarity-using-ruby-and-zlib/comment-page-1#comment-410 Kevin Elliott Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:29:00 +0000 #comment-410 How did you end up deduping Calagator? Did you implement this distance algorithm? Did you use a different algorithm? Then, do you just delete dupes? Or did you need to flag dupes somehow, and let users who submitted the duped data know? Or, are you simply just preventing dupe data from getting put in by showing the user an error during submission? I really enjoy seeing other developer's perspectives on their implementation strategies! Your zlib distance algorithm seems interesting. Thanks, Kevin How did you end up deduping Calagator? Did you implement this distance algorithm? Did you use a different algorithm?

Then, do you just delete dupes? Or did you need to flag dupes somehow, and let users who submitted the duped data know? Or, are you simply just preventing dupe data from getting put in by showing the user an error during submission?

I really enjoy seeing other developer’s perspectives on their implementation strategies! Your zlib distance algorithm seems interesting.

Thanks,
Kevin

]]> By: JerboaKolinowski http://rcoder.net/content/testing-string-similarity-using-ruby-and-zlib/comment-page-1#comment-89 JerboaKolinowski Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:57:14 +0000 #comment-89 Nah, the scary writeup was the one underneath mine. I'm a bit more relaxed. See the critique in my writeup of the one underneath :) Nah, the scary writeup was the one underneath mine. I’m a bit more relaxed. See the critique in my writeup of the one underneath :)

]]> By: lennon http://rcoder.net/content/testing-string-similarity-using-ruby-and-zlib/comment-page-1#comment-33 lennon Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:28:47 +0000 #comment-33 Vruba: Wow, I hope JerboaKolinowski from E2 doesn't find my little write-up; I'd be worried about my safety. For the record, I'm entirely aware of methods like Naive Bayes, Bloom filters, and even more sophisticated methods like neural nets. This was just a fun little experiment. Vruba: Wow, I hope JerboaKolinowski from E2 doesn’t find my little write-up; I’d be worried about my safety.

For the record, I’m entirely aware of methods like Naive Bayes, Bloom filters, and even more sophisticated methods like neural nets. This was just a fun little experiment.

]]> By: Vruba http://rcoder.net/content/testing-string-similarity-using-ruby-and-zlib/comment-page-1#comment-30 Vruba Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:15:08 +0000 #comment-30 <a href="http://everything2.com/e2node/Using%2520gzip%2520to%2520do%2520computational%2520linguistics" rel="nofollow">A similar idea on E2</a>. A similar idea on E2.

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