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[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] kirby@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 2 years ago

all cops aren't binary-searching

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 30 points 2 years 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 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 24 points 2 years 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 26 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago (8 children)

In Artillery you call it bracketing/straddling.

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[–] 8000mark@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Elon_Musk@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What are we supposed to believe this is some sort of magical VCR?

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