leyrerFeb 27
*grabs some popcorn*
Show threadDaniel MolkentinFeb 27

@leyrer "Describe the travelling salesman problem"

"The Travelling Salesman Problem refers to people conducting door-to-door-sales. Famously, it has been proven that there is no ideal solution to that problem."

Show threadÖlbaumMar 3
@danimo It all depends on the definition of “ideal.” If it means “does not involve violence,” then yes, there is no ideal solution to the problem of people travelling to your doorstep to sell you something. 😅
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Show threadDaniel MolkentinMar 3
@oscherler @leyrer Somebody got the reference 🙏
Show threadleyrerMar 3
@danimo @oscherler ???
Show threadDaniel MolkentinMar 3
@leyrer @oscherler "solution to the problem" meant "problem of unsolicited salespeople showing up on your doorsteps", not shortest distance.
Show threadleyrerMar 3
@danimo @oscherler ah. I thought it was a reference to a movie,...
Show threadDaniel MolkentinMar 3
@leyrer @oscherler not in this case. Had a specific one in mind?
Show threadÖlbaumMar 3
@danimo After you said “the reference,” I started thinking about a movie or book it could be a reference to that I had missed, and concluded that it sounds like something Douglas Adams could have written. Well done.
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Show threadDaniel Molkentin
@oscherler @leyrer or Prattchet, yeah.
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