Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 6 days agoFrom the original Leisure Suit Larry age verification quiz (1987)lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down12
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minus-squarevrek@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 days agoSo if a couple can have a baby in 9 months, 9 couples can have a baby in a month?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoWe will deliver one baby per month, yes.
minus-squarevrek@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoSpoken like a true sales person
minus-squarevrek@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoNo, you can have 9 babies in 9 months, but you won’t have 1 baby in 1 month.
minus-squaremagikmw@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoYou can if you staggered them in anticipation of requirements!
minus-squarezerofk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoCreate one baby in 9 months. Without loss of generality, assume a spherical baby. Every following month, use Banach-Tarski to turn one baby into two. Repeat exponentially for 2^n babies in month n+9.
minus-squarevrek@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoCan you put that into big O notation?
So if a couple can have a baby in 9 months, 9 couples can have a baby in a month?
We will deliver one baby per month, yes.
Spoken like a true sales person
Assuming no communication overhead, yes.
No, you can have 9 babies in 9 months, but you won’t have 1 baby in 1 month.
You can if you staggered them in anticipation of requirements!
Create one baby in 9 months. Without loss of generality, assume a spherical baby. Every following month, use Banach-Tarski to turn one baby into two. Repeat exponentially for 2^n babies in month n+9.
Can you put that into big O notation?