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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police (startrek.website)
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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 126 points 11 months ago (140 children)

Part of my job is to review security footage for reported incidents.

If there is a long-lasting visual cue that the event has or has not happened yet (e.g. a window is either broken or not), then a binary search is very useful.

If the event lasts only a moment and leaves no visual cue (e.g. an assault), then binary search is practically useless.

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