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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 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@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 years ago
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    In Artillery you call it bracketing/straddling.

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

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

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          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.

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        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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      Binary boom

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

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