The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year agoProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up11.9Karrow-down16
arrow-up11.9Karrow-down1imageProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year agomessage-square237fedilink
minus-squarergb3x3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI’m realizing now that this would have been super useful when I worked in Loss Prevention way back when. Wish I had known…
minus-squarepressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYou can now go back working there with this new secret technique.
minus-squarecoloredgrayscale@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoEven without algorithm knowledge it should be fairly obvious that you can just fast forward several minutes and check if the item has gone missing. Not the most efficient solution, but beats watching the entire tape in real time.
I’m realizing now that this would have been super useful when I worked in Loss Prevention way back when. Wish I had known…
You can now go back working there with this new secret technique.
Even without algorithm knowledge it should be fairly obvious that you can just fast forward several minutes and check if the item has gone missing.
Not the most efficient solution, but beats watching the entire tape in real time.