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The problem is older than I thought... (thelemmy.club)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev
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I guess now we finally know why Babbage never finished building the Analytical Engine.

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[–] 30 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Ah, you must be an expert

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  • [–] 33 points 10 months ago

    One time my boss asked me to basically solve the Travelling salesman problem.

    My first pass at ot was a simple grab closest neighbor solution, but that left a slightly unoptimal path and my boss asked me to "fix" it. I explained to him why, no, I can't make it both fast amd accurate, pick one, while also showing him that wikipedia page. I was so mad when he said just make it more accurate ignoring now it takes hours to run sometimes only to save 10 seconds of a machine moving.

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