Programmer tries to explain binary search to the policeThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev – 2488 points – 7 months ago409Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsI'm realizing now that this would have been super useful when I worked in Loss Prevention way back when. Wish I had known...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.You can now go back working there with this new secret technique.
I'm realizing now that this would have been super useful when I worked in Loss Prevention way back when. Wish I had known...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.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.
I'm realizing now that this would have been super useful when I worked in Loss Prevention way back when. Wish I had known...
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.
You can now go back working there with this new secret technique.