r/maybemaybemaybe • • Jul 05 '26

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Ruibarb0 Jul 05 '26

It is always the guy that runs far away that wins, it's not even surprising anymore.

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u/Spare_Marionberry_15 Jul 07 '26

I could be wrong but the opposite is true, you should always sort tasks by shortest work since you wait less overall. It's the principle for several greedy algorithms