The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 7 months agoProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square401fedilinkarrow-up12.47Karrow-down111
arrow-up12.46Karrow-down1imageProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 7 months agomessage-square401fedilink
minus-squarergb3x3@beehaw.orgcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·7 months 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-squarecoloredgrayscale@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·7 months 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.
minus-squarepressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 months agoYou 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.