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Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by jefftk on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @12:41PM (#41436649)
Ballmer opens with "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100". If he uses your strategy instead that's a different scenario.
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Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by layer8 on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @02:39PM (#41437758)
That’s only if you’re willing to trust Ballmer to do what he claims, which I wouldn’t.
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Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by jefftk on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @03:34PM (#41438344)
Do you trust Ballmer to give you $1 in the cases where he's said he's going to give you $1? If not the EV calculation looks pretty bad...
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