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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

hbag posted:

what is "np hard" anyway

it's a computer science thing for algorithms that was explained to me once in college. I thought I understood it then but I probably really didn't

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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

hbag posted:

ah, this is like when they tried to teach me big o notation and i learned nothing

tech interviewers really like the big o though, so it's good to have a handle on for that alone. if interviewers started talking about p or np or whatever I'd laugh at them

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Sagebrush posted:

Big O is a stupid name. The greeks already had words for big O and little o: omega and omicron. Use those

You just tell the interviewer: I got you're big O right here! :goatsecx:

Then you are guaranteed to get the job.

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

Dijkstracula posted:

if your time complexity is too big, use a hash table instead

if your smoking addition is too strong, switch to hash instead

:hmmyes:

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

I don’t like how cigarette smoke smells and I’m glad it’s not as common anymore

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

I like that there are two earnest and completely unrelated discussions going on here.

akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

rotor posted:

Smoking is very bad for you but it does make you look cool and im tired of people pretending it doesnt

I feel that smoking only makes people who already looks cool look cool. The fat, balding liquor store clerk standing outside on his smoke break still doesn't look cool.

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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

echinopsis posted:

how does a person join the forums in 2022 unless it’s a re-reg

it’s the up to date front page content

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