And the reason for the scale is -- that as we saw last week the idea of these algorithms-- I broke the scale already.

之所以要用到它,是因为上周我们讨论的这些算法思想-,我把天平弄坏了。

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And so I repeat, and so I repeat and one of the visuals meant to be conveyed by this-- this scale here is now I know that this guy is the smallest.

一次又一次地重复这样的比较,这个天平在此传达的信息是,我知道了这个杯子是最轻的。

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So all you have behind here for spaces sake is just 8 cups, each with different weights.

在天平后面就是8个杯子，它们的重量互不相同。

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So this is a little scale that if you put something here or here it's supposed to tell you which one is heavier and I also have 8 cups here.

这是一个小天平，如果你在这边,或者这边放一些东西，它就会显示哪边的更重,我这有8个杯子。

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I did buy this at like a child store so it's not very robust here.

这个天平好像是我在儿童商店买的,似乎不是很结实。

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So I can do this really simply with a scale or just with my own arms.

这个比较很容易就能完成，我可以用天平,或者直接用我的手臂就行了。

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So I have to get out the damn scale again and go through that whole process.

那我就不得不再次使用那个讨厌的天平并,进行整个重复比较的过程。

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I'm gonna put two cups down and it looks like this one is clearly heavier.

我将其中两个杯子放到天平上,可清晰地看到这个比较重。

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Even this, sort the-- I have to get the damn scale again, right?

尽管如此，我还是得用天平，对吧？

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So next year don't pick up the scale.

明年我不会再带天平来了。

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Now I won't bother with the scale anymore.

现在我再也不想用天平了。

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I have my little scale here.

小天平在这。

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