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[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] kirby@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 10 months ago

all cops aren't binary-searching

[–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 32 points 10 months ago (22 children)

A police officer being unable to think in such a fashion is exactly why no one could solve the see-saw riddle on Brooklyn 99.

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

that dawn of humanity is only going to work if the rewind/fast forward is instantaneous.

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[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm realizing now that this would have been super useful when I worked in Loss Prevention way back when. Wish I had known...

[–] coloredgrayscale@programming.dev 28 points 10 months ago

Even without algorithm knowledge it should be fairly obvious that you can just fast forward several minutes and check if the item has gone missing.

Not the most efficient solution, but beats watching the entire tape in real time.

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[–] Dukeofdummies@kbin.social 23 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I mean, in the era of VHS this won't work because ultimately you're fast forwarding and rewinding. So you're gonna watch it anyway. but in the digital era I thought this would be what any Police officer did?

Like... they're not even gonna spend 10 minutes on a theft?

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago

Like... they're not even gonna spend 10 minutes on a theft?

What and be responsible for paperwork?

Cops are the biggest bludges you’ll ever meet.

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[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (8 children)

In Artillery you call it bracketing/straddling.

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[–] 8000mark@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 10 months ago

For anybody else looking for the source of this quote: https://archive.md/RyZI0

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