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Re:Caltech's CS interview prep course by onion2k on Sunday February 27, 2022 @04:59PM (#30493058)
Thet change when they realise the current method doesn't actually work. They're not recreating the problem; they're looking for a solution.
Re:Caltech's CS interview prep course by gcheong on Sunday February 27, 2022 @07:15PM (#30494392)
In their quest to find a solution they simply recreate the problem with a slightly better approximation of an actual work sample evaluation. It’s like watching a Newtonian approximation algorithm.