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xkcd #173: Movie Seating (20 Oct 2006) (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/8619086

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It's like the traveling salesman problem, but the endpoints are different and you can't ask your friends for help because they're sitting three seats down.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You also need to account for where the really tall people are in the row in front of you. Social optimization be damned, I want to see!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, well we want to have enough space to sit lower, but it's not always an option unfortunately! :-)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And group people based on how loud their snacks are.

Also, am I the only one hating that person who keeps talking how the seating is suboptimal while everyone else tries to watch the movie?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Those ones you group outside the movie theater.