alt Hacker NewsIt doesn't have to be part of the algorithm. It all depends on how you measure it.
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SkiFire13 • last Sunday at 9:49 PM
Yup, and everyone measures it to be part of the algorithm, otherwise you start getting nonsensical results.
It doesn't have to be part of the algorithm. It all depends on how you measure it.
Yup, and everyone measures it to be part of the algorithm, otherwise you start getting nonsensical results.
Well, yes, which is why they don't measure it your way, as it doesn't lead to discovering anything interesting about computation to have a shortcut like that. Or if they do it's part of a larger analysis, called an oracle machine.