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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police (startrek.website)
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[โ€“] lemming741@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When troubleshooting physical systems, it's called half-splitting

https://www.ecmweb.com/maintenance-repair-operations/article/20889049/the-beauty-of-halfsplitting

[โ€“] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

This is fault finding 101 for fire alarm systems.