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Re:The Case of the 50ms request by joshspankit on Thursday May 06, 2021 @07:28AM (#27061648)
Exactly. If anyone has ever seen The Price Is Right, this is the optimal strategy for the “higher / lower” game: cut the options in half each time.
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Re:The Case of the 50ms request by nevada_scout on Thursday May 06, 2021 @07:35AM (#27061716)
Also known as: Binary Search
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Re:The Case of the 50ms request by joshspankit on Friday May 07, 2021 @07:45AM (#27074828)
True, but not as catchy
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