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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year ago

Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police

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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police

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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year ago
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    This internet myth has got to die. ONE case in ONE department, a quarter century ago, does not mean it’s a practice.

    https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/09/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-connecticut-judge-rules-that-police-can-bar-high-iq-scores.html

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        Can you blame them if they can not find one from after 1999?

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        Because the 1999 story is the origin of this talk.

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      Anyone got a non-paywalled link?

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        https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

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