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Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whoever owns the camera presumably has an interest in reducing/solving crime in the area (why else have cameras?), so they would likely be happy to make the footage available to police if asked nicely, with no warrant required.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, in general, but not necessarily in that circumstance. A lot of time talking to tech people (I'm a softwar engineer) they can can be smug about this while leaving out important context.