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Sometimes, you can tell Bloom filters are the wrong tool for the job, but when they're the right one you can never be sure.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's the bloom shader effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_(shader_effect)

But yeah, some people might refer to that as "bloom filter", although it's not what's meant here.