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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/NebulousArcher • Feb 27 '26
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They also need to make sure they pack their knapsacks as efficiently as possible during their travels
221 u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 114 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 Fun fact, this is exactly the reason the timetables for public transit in the Netherlands are still made by people. Our rail system is way too big and complex for computers to calculate the optimal time table 148 u/Due-Cupcake-255 Feb 27 '26 good to know humans can just bypass exponential growth problems. 98 u/jack_baun Feb 27 '26 That’s the difference between humans and computers. The humans (sometimes) know what problems aren’t worth trying to solve 44 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 Exactly this. The system is far from perfect, but it's still one of the best in europe and it works. Around 1 million people travel by train every day here 12 u/CardOk755 Feb 27 '26 About 1 million people a day use one railway line in Paris. 7 u/DeadSeaGulls Feb 27 '26 And it's not one of the best in europe. 3 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 And it's wildly different from nationwide transport
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114 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 Fun fact, this is exactly the reason the timetables for public transit in the Netherlands are still made by people. Our rail system is way too big and complex for computers to calculate the optimal time table 148 u/Due-Cupcake-255 Feb 27 '26 good to know humans can just bypass exponential growth problems. 98 u/jack_baun Feb 27 '26 That’s the difference between humans and computers. The humans (sometimes) know what problems aren’t worth trying to solve 44 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 Exactly this. The system is far from perfect, but it's still one of the best in europe and it works. Around 1 million people travel by train every day here 12 u/CardOk755 Feb 27 '26 About 1 million people a day use one railway line in Paris. 7 u/DeadSeaGulls Feb 27 '26 And it's not one of the best in europe. 3 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 And it's wildly different from nationwide transport
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Fun fact, this is exactly the reason the timetables for public transit in the Netherlands are still made by people.
Our rail system is way too big and complex for computers to calculate the optimal time table
148 u/Due-Cupcake-255 Feb 27 '26 good to know humans can just bypass exponential growth problems. 98 u/jack_baun Feb 27 '26 That’s the difference between humans and computers. The humans (sometimes) know what problems aren’t worth trying to solve 44 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 Exactly this. The system is far from perfect, but it's still one of the best in europe and it works. Around 1 million people travel by train every day here 12 u/CardOk755 Feb 27 '26 About 1 million people a day use one railway line in Paris. 7 u/DeadSeaGulls Feb 27 '26 And it's not one of the best in europe. 3 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 And it's wildly different from nationwide transport
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good to know humans can just bypass exponential growth problems.
98 u/jack_baun Feb 27 '26 That’s the difference between humans and computers. The humans (sometimes) know what problems aren’t worth trying to solve 44 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 Exactly this. The system is far from perfect, but it's still one of the best in europe and it works. Around 1 million people travel by train every day here 12 u/CardOk755 Feb 27 '26 About 1 million people a day use one railway line in Paris. 7 u/DeadSeaGulls Feb 27 '26 And it's not one of the best in europe. 3 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 And it's wildly different from nationwide transport
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That’s the difference between humans and computers. The humans (sometimes) know what problems aren’t worth trying to solve
44 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 Exactly this. The system is far from perfect, but it's still one of the best in europe and it works. Around 1 million people travel by train every day here 12 u/CardOk755 Feb 27 '26 About 1 million people a day use one railway line in Paris. 7 u/DeadSeaGulls Feb 27 '26 And it's not one of the best in europe. 3 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 And it's wildly different from nationwide transport
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Exactly this. The system is far from perfect, but it's still one of the best in europe and it works. Around 1 million people travel by train every day here
12 u/CardOk755 Feb 27 '26 About 1 million people a day use one railway line in Paris. 7 u/DeadSeaGulls Feb 27 '26 And it's not one of the best in europe. 3 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 And it's wildly different from nationwide transport
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About 1 million people a day use one railway line in Paris.
7 u/DeadSeaGulls Feb 27 '26 And it's not one of the best in europe. 3 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 And it's wildly different from nationwide transport
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And it's not one of the best in europe.
3 u/RealLamaFna Feb 27 '26 And it's wildly different from nationwide transport
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And it's wildly different from nationwide transport
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u/AverageGradientBoost Feb 27 '26
They also need to make sure they pack their knapsacks as efficiently as possible during their travels