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Computer scientist had bike stolen and tried to explain binary search to a cop
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Re: Computer scientist had bike stolen and tried to explain binary search to a cop
#12its annoying how those in power want us to forgo cars and bike but also are happy to normalize decriminalize crime…
Bike theft was normalized long ago.
Largely by the pro-car group.
'If you didn't want your bike nicked you should have bought a car' is a phrase often uttered by the public and police alike.
Re: Computer scientist had bike stolen and tried to explain binary search to a cop
#13git bikesect
can't upvote enough
Re: Computer scientist had bike stolen and tried to explain binary search to a cop
#14The argument didn't go well not because the cop doesn't understand but because the cop doesn't care when the bike got stolen, how it got stolen, who stole it or that it was stolen at all. I had an expensive motorbike stolen. It had a tracker so I could see exactly when it was stolen, where they took my poor bike to remove the tracker etc. I gave all this data to the cops and they did precisely nothing whatsoever abou…
That conversation gets even more interesting when you tell them you are going there yourself, with some friends.
Re: Computer scientist had bike stolen and tried to explain binary search to a cop
#15You have to be pretty stupid to think cops are too stupid to understand binary search
Re: Computer scientist had bike stolen and tried to explain binary search to a cop
#16The argument didn't go well not because the cop doesn't understand but because the cop doesn't care when the bike got stolen, how it got stolen, who stole it or that it was stolen at all. I had an expensive motorbike stolen. It had a tracker so I could see exactly when it was stolen, where they took my poor bike to remove the tracker etc. I gave all this data to the cops and they did precisely nothing whatsoever abou…
That conversation gets even more interesting when you tell them you are going there yourself, with some friends.
At that point might as well never involve the police so they have no leads on the recovery.
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#17Re: Computer scientist had bike stolen and tried to explain binary search to a cop
#18The argument didn't go well not because the cop doesn't understand but because the cop doesn't care when the bike got stolen, how it got stolen, who stole it or that it was stolen at all. I had an expensive motorbike stolen. It had a tracker so I could see exactly when it was stolen, where they took my poor bike to remove the tracker etc. I gave all this data to the cops and they did precisely nothing whatsoever abou…
The only reason to involve the cops at all in this stuff really is to get a police report for insurance purposes.
Re: Computer scientist had bike stolen and tried to explain binary search to a cop
#19I thought that's what they already do?
if is_black: search() else: pass
Re: Computer scientist had bike stolen and tried to explain binary search to a cop
#20Computer scientist patronizes the little person. We really are the most arrogant profession.