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Re:Neural programmer better than Quicksort by rusticpenn on Friday July 10, 2020 @07:47AM (#23790534)
That is not practical when you expect the system to be correct 100% of the time and make decisions based on that. There are many situations where this is critical. You would never want your car's safety system to be correct only 99% of the time.
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Re:Neural programmer better than Quicksort by ukj on Saturday July 11, 2020 @04:33AM (#23800540)
If you expect 100% correctness you are not a very practical man.

Perfect is the enemy of good enough.

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Re:Neural programmer better than Quicksort by mtrower on Sunday July 12, 2020 @12:39AM (#23808867)
And good enough is the enemy of perfection.

I suppose it depends on your end goals.

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Re:Neural programmer better than Quicksort by ukj on Sunday July 12, 2020 @04:17PM (#23814419)
Over-achievement of my goals is not my goal.
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