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xkcd #2821: Path Minimization(startrek.website)

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Link to comic: https://xkcd.com/2821/

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octoperson@sh.itjust.works
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Path that maximises time would be some kind of space-filling curve. Maybe it does that off panel?

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Gladaed@feddit.de
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It’s to do with light paths and diffraction. The time maximising path still hast to be a valid path.

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