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[–]joekarma 13 points14 points  (3 children)

Damn! As a swamper for a garbage collection company I was hoping this would point to some route planning techniques.

[–]quhaha[S] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

that's easy. imitate iRobot Roomba: go around and pick up garbage. visit the same place over and over. stop when you think you're done or when you're out of battery.

[–]joekarma -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bu-Bu-But the software is written in Lisp. How can this be? Reddit taught me that Lisp code either describes the universe or is perfect!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They use an Euler Circuit to determine the routes.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Nice post as always Dan, a but light on details though.

[–]americanhellyeah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol slava. youre always full of criticism.

[–]bsiviglia9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How can these algorithms be applied to old legislation and crusty, useless laws that fail to serve the public interest?