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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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[–] psud@aussie.zone 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'm used to the narrower meaning of "history", meaning recorded. I like that definition as it lets you differentiate between it and prehistory.

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[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Definitely a useful distinction.

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago

Well, in this case it must have been recorded on video, so could as well start recording before inventing the writing

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