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cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/4219678

Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 5 days ago

You could teach a farm pig binary search, they're pretty smart.

Standard city hogs though? Well, they have a tougher time.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They didn't want to admit that it's a blindspot.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago

They didn't want to find the bike

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

That, AND the software is a piece of shit that you need to wait 15 minutes every time you jump to a different time, even if that time is 5 seconds away... Ask me how I come to be so quick with this response. I'm not bitter about working with a cheap employer's video system, not at all.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago

You generally don’t go into the police force if you have intellectual curiosity

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago

I do this kind of explaining, and yeah police and some bureaucrats have no patience for it.

I am also a total, total (ASD) dork.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

If this happens to me I'll just say i "watched" the entire video and assume they won't question me further.