"What thief," he asked, puzzled, taken aback by the chaotic state of the living room.

“什么贼，”他困惑的说，惊讶于客厅的混乱状态。

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To set a thief to catch a thief, that is what we call “to counteract one toxin with another”.

叫小偷去抓小偷， 这就叫 “以毒攻毒”。

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"I'm just doing what I know and I'm doing what you taught me." "I never taught you to be a thief."

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What do you get if you follow the greedy algorithm? What's the first thing the thief does?

如果年贪婪算法你会带走什么呢？,这个贼做的第一件事是什么？

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We're exhausting all possibilities. And then choosing the winner. Well, that's what the slow thief tried. Unfortunately it took so long that before he finished the owner returned home, called the police and the thief ended up in jail.

我们穷举了所有可能方案,然后选择最优方案,这就是动作慢的贼的方案,不幸的是它在失主回家之前，要花上了太长的时间。

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And in many ways, that's absolutely true, and that is because if the identity thief is good at what he or she does, all roads will lead back to the victim.

NPR: Understanding Identity Theft

If someone told you that your most valuable business assets could be stolen in a minute and that it would be almost impossible to catch the thief or even figure out what had been stolen, would you believe it?

FORBES: Can You Keep a Secret? Protecting Your Business's Most Valuable Asset