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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police (startrek.website)

submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (1 child)

When troubleshooting physical systems, it's called half-splitting

https://www.ecmweb.com/maintenance-repair-operations/article/20889049/the-beauty-of-halfsplitting

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

This is fault finding 101 for fire alarm systems.

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