We actually threw half of the list away and we kept dividing it down, until ultimately we got something of size one to search.

我们实际上将另一半的列表给抛弃了,我们接着不断的如此分解下去,直接最终我们搜索到了唯一的一个元素。

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I just kept sub-dividing down until I got really easy problems, and then I combine them back.

我不断的进行子分解,直到得到简单的问题，然后我再把它们合并回去。

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Hacking believes that there were many gambling theorists who invented probability theory at various times in history but never wrote it down and kept it as a secret.

哈金相信历史上有很多赌博理论家,曾多次构想了概率论,但从来没有记录下来,并且恐为人知

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