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[–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year 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...

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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago (8 children)

In Artillery you call it bracketing/straddling.

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[–] 8000mark@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago

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

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