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The Picard Maneuver to Programmer [email protected] • 2 years ago

Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police

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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police

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The Picard Maneuver to Programmer [email protected] • 2 years ago
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  • @[email protected]
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    21•2 years ago

    In Artillery you call it bracketing/straddling.

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      7•2 years ago

      Binary boom

    • mosiacmango
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      10•2 years ago

      It’s called bracketing in electrical engineering as well for troubleshooting.

      • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍
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        13•2 years ago

        “Hmm still no magic smoke, double the current will you Jeeves?”

        • @[email protected]
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          4•2 years ago

          Fried electronics have such a unique "“oh fuck” smell

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            The smell of the magic smoke that gets released from the electronics, preventing them from working.

      • @[email protected]
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        2•2 years ago

        Called half splitting in troubleshooting terms when I was in the Navy.

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          Half split bracketing was the term I learned in aviation electronic school in the Navy.

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      7•2 years ago

      That’s an analogy that might appeal to the LE types.

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