The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year agoProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square408fedilinkarrow-up12.5Karrow-down111
arrow-up12.49Karrow-down1imageProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policestartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 year agomessage-square408fedilink
minus-squarepsudlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 year agoHistory is about 10k years, the 200k years is mostly pre-history. People didn’t write stuff down until they invented agriculture and needed to track trade between owners, workers, etc
minus-squarePointAndClique [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-21 year agoTrue and interesting to note. OOP says ‘dawn of humanity’ though, not recorded history, so taking 200k as ‘human history’ is also valid.
minus-squarepsudlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoYeah, I’m used to the narrower meaning of “history”, meaning recorded. I like that definition as it lets you differentiate between it and prehistory.
minus-squarePointAndClique [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoDefinitely a useful distinction.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWell, in this case it must have been recorded on video, so could as well start recording before inventing the writing
History is about 10k years, the 200k years is mostly pre-history. People didn’t write stuff down until they invented agriculture and needed to track trade between owners, workers, etc
True and interesting to note. OOP says ‘dawn of humanity’ though, not recorded history, so taking 200k as ‘human history’ is also valid.
Yeah, I’m used to the narrower meaning of “history”, meaning recorded. I like that definition as it lets you differentiate between it and prehistory.
Definitely a useful distinction.
Well, in this case it must have been recorded on video, so could as well start recording before inventing the writing