The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 10 months agoProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policeimagemessage-square34 fedilinkarrow-up1826
arrow-up1826imageProgrammer tries to explain binary search to the policeThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 10 months agomessage-square34 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonehexbear16·10 months 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 linkfedilink
minus-squarePointAndClique [they/them]hexbear18·edit-210 months agoTrue and interesting to note. OOP says 'dawn of humanity' though, not recorded history, so taking 200k as 'human history' is also valid. link
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonehexbear8·10 months 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. linkfedilink
minus-squarelad@programming.devhexbear1·10 months agoWell, in this case it must have been recorded on video, so could as well start recording before inventing the writing linkfedilink
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