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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police (startrek.website)
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[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

For those looking for the handout:

person: A B C D E F G H I J K L

round 1: L L L L R R R R — — — -

round 2: L L R R R — — — L R L -

round 3: L R R — — L R — L L — R

[–] drislands@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

This would be easier to parse with a monospaced font. I'm not sure how that works in lemmy so this might take an edit or two...


round 1: L L L L R R R R — — — -

round 2: L L R R R — — — L R L -

round 3: L R R — — L R — L L — R```
[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Cool, thanks. I’m not the best at formatting when using my phone.

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Oh i get it. So if in round 1 it tilted down on the right. Round 2 it was even then round 3 it tilted down on the right then it was person G and they are heavier. However if it was reversed and tilted on the left then even then left then it was still person G but they are lighter. Because that pattern only occurs once. This is brilliant. Thankyou to you and the person you corrected the formatting of.