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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police (startrek.website)
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[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm realizing now that this would have been super useful when I worked in Loss Prevention way back when. Wish I had known...

[–] coloredgrayscale@programming.dev 27 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] pressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyi 13 points 1 year ago

You can now go back working there with this new secret technique.